1953 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1953 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.

Date	Event	Ref
25–26 April	20th Mille Miglia	^[1]
14 May	37th Targa Florio	^[2]
30 May	37th Indianapolis 500	^[3]
8–12 June	35th Isle of Man TT	^[4]
13–14 June	21st 24 Hours of Le Mans	^[5]
25–26 July	15th 24 Hours of Spa	^[6]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
10	January	Bobby Rahal	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1986).	^[7]
22	April	Alain Oreille	French	Rally driver	1989 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner.	^[8]
8	August	Nigel Mansell	British	Racing driver	Formula One World Champion (1992).	^[9]
21	September	Arie Luyendyk	Dutch	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1990, 1997).	^[10]
26	September	Sepp Haider	Austrian	Rally driver	1988 New Zealand winner.	^[11]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
12	June	Leslie Graham	41	British	Motorcycle racer	500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1949).	^[12]
11	August	Tazio Nuvolari	60	Italian	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1933).	^[13]
21	November	Felice Bonetto	50	Italian	Racing driver	1952 Targa Florio winner.	^[14]

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