The following is an overview of the events of 1950 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 21 May11th Monaco Grand Prix 30 May34th Indianapolis 500 5–9 June32nd Isle of Man TT 24–25 June18th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef29JanuaryJody ScheckterSouth AfricanRacing driverFormula One World Champion ().9MarchDanny SullivanAmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1985).7AprilFranz Wittmann Sr.AustrianRally driverRally New Zealand winner (1987)11SeptemberBarry SheeneBritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef29JulyJoe Fry34BritishRacing driverOne of the first British Formula One drivers.10SeptemberRaymond Sommer44FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner (, ).
See also List of 1950 motorsport champions
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