1908 in motorsport

Overview of the events of 1908 in motorsport

1908 in sports
Years in motorsport
← 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 →
Air sports American football Aquatic sports Association football Athletics Australian rules football Badminton Baseball Basketball Canadian football Chess Climbing Combat sports Sumo Cricket 1907–8 1908 1908–9 Cycling Dance sports Darts Equestrianism Esports Field hockey Flying disc Golf Gymnastics Handball Ice hockey Ice sports Korfball Lumberjack sports Mind sports Modern pentathlon Motorsport Orienteering Paralympic sports Precision sports Shooting Racquetball Roller sports Sailing Skiing Speedway Rugby league‎ Rugby union Snooker 1907–8 1908–9 Strength sports Weightlifting Squash Table tennis Tennis Triathlon Volleyball

The following is an overview of the events of 1908 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
18 May	3rd Targa Florio	^[1]
22 September	2nd Isle of Man TT	^[2]

Births

Date	Month	Name	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
26	February	Jean-Pierre Wimille	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1937, 1939).	^[3]
18	December	Bill Holland	American	Racing driver	Indianapolis 500 winner (1949).	^[4]

References

^ "3^ TARGA FLORIO". targaflorio.info. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
^ "TT 1908". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
^ "Jean-Pierre Wimille". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
^ "Bill Holland". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.