2017 in motorsport

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2017 in sports

The following is an overview of the events of 2017 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.

Date Event Ref
2–14 January 39th Dakar Rally [1]
21–22 January 28th Race of Champions [2]
28–29 January 55th 24 Hours of Daytona [3]
26 February 59th Daytona 500 [4]
18 March 65th 12 Hours of Sebring [5]
22–23 April 40th 24 Hours of Le Mans Moto [6]
27–28 May 45th 24 Hours of Nürburgring [7]
28 May 75th Monaco Grand Prix [8]
101st Indianapolis 500 [9]
3–9 June 99th Isle of Man TT [10]
17–18 June 85th 24 Hours of Le Mans [11]
25 June 95th Pikes Peak International Hill Climb [12]
29–30 July 69th 24 Hours of Spa [13]
30 July 40th Suzuka 8 Hours [14]
16–17 September 81st Bol d'Or [15]
8 October 60th Bathurst 1000 [16]
14–18 November 50th Baja 1000 [17]
19 November 64th Macau Grand Prix [18]

Established championships/events

First race Championship Ref
10–11 January 24H Proto Series [19]
13 January TCR Middle East Series [20]
8 April Blancpain GT Series Asia [21]
15 April FIA Formula 2 Championship [22]
GT4 European Series Southern Cup [23]
29 April TCR Iberico Touring Car Series [24]
17 June TCR China Touring Car Championship [25]
1 October FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup [26]

Disestablished championships/events

Last race Championship Ref
18 November TCR International Series [27]
World Series Formula V8 3.5 [28]
1 December World Touring Car Championship [27]

Opened motorsport venues

Date Venue First event Ref
15 July Brooklyn Street Circuit New York ePrix [29]
29 July Montreal Street Circuit Montreal ePrix [29]

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
24 January Chuck Weyant 93 American Racing driver [30]
10 March John Surtees 83 British Motorcycle racer
Racing driver 		World champion in MotoGP (1956, 1958, 1959, 1960) and Formula One (1964) [31]
12 Patrick Nève 67 Belgian Racing driver [32]
2 April Sam Ard 78 American Racing driver NASCAR Late Model champion [33]
5 Tim Parnell 84 British Racing driver [34]
27 Joe Leonard 84 American Motorcycle racer
Racing driver 		1954, 1956 and 1967 AMA Grand National champion
1971 and 1972 USAC champion 		[35]
28 Billy Scott 68 American Racing driver [36]
30 Preston Henn 86 American Racing driver Also known as entrepreneur (Fort Lauderdale Swap Shop) [37]
4 May Timo Mäkinen 79 Finnish Rally driver One of the Flying Finns [38]
18 Jim McElreath 89 American Racing driver 1966 USAC runner-up [39]
22 Nicky Hayden 35 American Motorcycle racer 2006 MotoGP champion [40]
18 July Erich Waxenberger 86 German Engineer and racing driver Creator of the Rote Sau. [41]
26 July Leo Kinnunen 73 Finnish Racing driver First Finnish Formula One driver. [42]
1 August Bud Moore 75 American Racing driver Raced in NASCAR. [43]
3 Ángel Nieto 70 Spanish Motorcycle racer Winner of 13 Grand Prix World Championships. [44]
19 Shane Sieg 34 American Racing driver Raced in NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. [45]
21 Don Nichols 92 American Team owner Founded Shadow Racing Cars. [46]
15 September Bruce Leven 79 American Racing driver/team owner Triple 12 Hours of Sebring winner (1981, 1987 and 1988) [47]
19 John Nicholson 75 New Zealander Racing driver Founded Nicholson-McLaren engines, classified in 1975 British Grand Prix. [48]
9 October Bill Puterbaugh 81 American Racing driver 1975 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year. [49]
25 October Gaspar Ronda 91 American Drag racer and restaurateur [50]
17 December Bob Glidden 73 American Drag racer

See also

References

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  2. ^ Juan Pablo Montoya wins the 2017 Race of Champions – Samuel Reiman, Fox Sports, 21 January 2017
  3. ^ "2017 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  5. ^ "12 Hour Race Information". Sebring International Raceway. Archived from the original on 2017-06-11. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
  6. ^ "The 2017 24 Hours Moto, third round of the FIM EWC". lemans.org. Retrieved 2017-05-21.
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  20. ^ "Three-race TCR Middle East Series to be launched in 2017". TouringCarTimes.com. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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  27. ^ a b "Inaugural WTCR calendar announced, Suzuka added". Motorsport.com. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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  30. ^ "Chuck Weyant, oldest Indy 500 starter, dies at 93". Archived from the original on 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  31. ^ John Surtees dies aged 83
  32. ^ Former Williams driver Patrick Nève dead at 67
  33. ^ Former NASCAR Late Model champion Sam Ard dies at 78
  34. ^ Tim Parnell obituary: 1932–2017
  35. ^ Indy car, motorcycle champion Joe Leonard dies
  36. ^ "Crew member-turned-Indy 500 starter Billy Scott dies". Archived from the original on 2017-05-06. Retrieved 2017-05-07.
  37. ^ Swap Shop entrepreneur Preston Henn dies at 86
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  42. ^ "Ensimmäinen suomalainen F1-kuljettaja Leo Kinnunen on kuollut". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  43. ^ "Former Driver "Lil Bud" Moore, 75". speedsport.com. Turn 3 Media. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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  45. ^ "Former Truck Series driver Shane Sieg dies at 34". Yahoo! Sports. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2017.
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  47. ^ "Sports car owner-driver Leven dies at 79". ESPN.com. 2017-09-22. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
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  49. ^ "Former Indy 500 Rookie of the Year Puterbaugh dies aged 81". Motorsport.com. 10 October 2017. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
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