The following is an overview of the events of 1922 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

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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.

Date Event Ref
2 April 13th Targa Florio [1]
30 May 10th Indianapolis 500 [2]
30 May-1 June 11th Isle of Man TT [3]

Births

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Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 May Roy Salvadori British Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1959). [4]
11 July Fritz Riess German Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1952). [5]
5 October José Froilán González Argentine Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954). [6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "13^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  2. ^ "1922 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ^ "TT 1922". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Roy Salvadori". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Fritz Riess". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  6. ^ "José Froilán González". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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