The following is an overview of the events of 1969 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 1–2 February8th 24 Hours of Daytona 2 February1969 NHRA WinternationalsUltimateracinghistory (retrieved 20 September 2018) 23 February11th Daytona 500 4 May53rd Targa Florio 18 May27th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May53rd Indianapolis 500 7–13 June51st Isle of Man TT 14–15 June37th 24 Hours of Le Mans 26–27 July21st 24 Hours of Spa 5 October10th Hardie-Ferodo 500 16 November16th Macau Grand Prix
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef3JanuaryMichael SchumacherGermanRacing driverFormula One World Champion (-, -).30MarchTroy BaylissAustralianMotorcycle racerSuperbike World champion (, , ).23MayLaurent AïelloFrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().24MayMendy FryAmericanDrag racer16AugustYvan MüllerFrenchRacing driverChampion of the BTCC in 2003 and , -, 3SeptemberJörg MüllerGermanRacing driver1993 Macau Grand Prix winner.23NovemberOlivier BerettaMonégasqueRacing driver1999 FIA GT Champion, 2000 24 Hours of Daytona winner.29DecemberAllan McNishBritishRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, , ). FIA World Endurance champion (2013).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef30MarchLucien Bianchi34BelgianRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().27JulyMoisés Solana33MexicanRacing driver
See also List of 1969 motorsport champions
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