1949 in motorsport
# 1949 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 1949 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 |
| - | - |
| 20 March | 33rd Targa Florio |
| 24–25 April | 16th Mille Miglia |
| 30 May | 33rd Indianapolis 500 |
| 6–17 June | 31st Isle of Man TT |
| 25–26 June | 17th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| 9–10 July | 14th 24 Hours of Spa |

## Births

| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 | February | Niki Lauda | Austrian | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (1975, 1977, 1984). |
| 23 | May | Jerry Sneva | American | Racing driver | 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year |
| 8 | August | Ricardo Londoño | Colombian | Racing driver | The first Colombian Formula One driver. |
| 12 | August | Louis Krages | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1985). |
| 11 | September | Bill Whittington | American | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1979). |
| 5 | October | Klaus Ludwig | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1979, 1984, 1985). |
| 27 | November | Masanori Sekiya | Japanese | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1995). |

## Deaths

| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | January | Jean-Pierre Wimille | 40 | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1937, 1939). | |
| 7 | March | Lora L. Corum | 50 | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1924). | |
