The following is an overview of the events of 1939 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 own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 14 May30th Targa Florio 30 May27th Indianapolis 500 12–16 June28th Isle of Man TT 17–18 June16th 24 Hours of Le Mans
Births DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef1JanuaryPhil ReadBritishMotorcycle racer500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (-).29MayAl UnserAmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1970-1971, 1978, 1987).11JuneJackie StewartBritishRacing driverFormula One World Champion (, , ).30Harry KällströmSwedishRally driver1976 Acropolis Rally winner.5AugustRoger ClarkBritishRally driver1976 Lombard RAC Rally winner.
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef8FebruaryBill Cummings32AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1934).30MayFloyd Roberts39AmericanRacing driverIndianapolis 500 winner (1938).11AugustJean Bugatti30FrenchAutomotive designer and test engineer
See also List of 1939 motorsport champions
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