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Racing legend Jim Hall establishes Chaparral Cars, a highly innovative team in the Can Am Series. Racing legend Caroll Shelby establishes Shelby Motors, bringing to racing the famous Cobra and Daytona. Formula 5000 is established based on F1, but using five liter engines instead of the three from Formula One. It is also sanctioned by the SCCA ...
The following is an overview of the events of 1960 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.
[citation needed] During the 1960s and early 1970s, the race was filmed and an edited highlight package aired the following weekend. In 1974, ABC began the first semi-live coverage (joined-in-progress) of the Daytona 500. Coverage was normally timed to begin when the race was halfway over.
1990. No events. 1991. No events. 1992. 8 November – BBC2 stays up all night to provide live coverage of the final race of the 1992 Formula One World Championship. [5]1993. 27 March – To cash in on Nigel Mansell's popularity, ITV begins to broadcast highlights of the 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series, showing coverage a week after the races had taken place, however the Indianapolis 500 is ...
This list of 1960 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races. Some titles may be from single events.
Car and Track, a weekly auto racing show hosted by Bud Lindemann, recapped all of NASCAR's top-series races in the 1960s and 1970s in a weekly 30-minute syndicated show. The following table is a list of races from NASCAR's top three series that have been broadcast partially or in their entirety on television during the 1960s.
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The 1000 km Buenos Aires returned to the calendar at the expense of the RAC Tourist Trophy, which formed part of the inaugural FIA GT Cup.. Ferrari won the championship with its 250 TR 59/60 (pictured) & Dino 246 models Winning Porsche 718 RS 60 at the Targa Florio on 8 May 1960, driven by Jo Bonnier.