title: 1951 in motorsport
text: # 1951 in motorsport
  
  The following is an overview of the events of 1951 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 |
  | - | - |
  | 28–29 April | 18th Mille Miglia |
  | 30 May | 35th Indianapolis 500 |
  | 6–8 June | 33rd Isle of Man TT |
  | 23–24 June | 19th 24 Hours of Le Mans |
  | 9 September | 35th Targa Florio |
  
  ## Births
  
  | Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | January | Hans-Joachim Stuck | German | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1986, 1987). World Endurance champion (1985). |
  | 22 | January | Fulvio Bacchelli | Italian | Rally driver | 1977 Rally New Zealand winner. |
  | 15 | February | Markku Alén | Finnish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1978). |
  | 15 | June | Alain Ambrosino | French | Rally driver | 1988 Rallye Côte d'Ivoire winner. |
  | 7 | August | Jorge Recalde | Argentine | Rally driver | 1988 Rally Argentina winner. |
  | 8 | October | Timo Salonen | Finnish | Rally driver | World Rally champion (1985). |
  | 3 | December | Rick Mears | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991). |
  | 14 | December | Joaquim Moutinho | Portuguese | Rally driver | 1986 Rally de Portugal winner. |
  | 31 | December | Kenny Roberts | American | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1978-1980). |
  