title: 1906 in motorsport
text: # 1906 in motorsport
  
  The following is an overview of the events of 1906 in motorsport, including the major racing events, racing festivals, circuits 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | 6 May | 1st Targa Florio | |
  
  ## Opened motorsport venues
  
  * 29 January - opening of Aspendale Racecourse (Aspendale Speedway) near Melbourne (1906) was the world's first purpose-built motor racing circuit.
  
  ## Births
  
  | Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 26 | May | Mauri Rose | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1941, 1947-1948). |
  | 6 | July | Cuth Harrison | British | Racing driver | One of the first British Formula One drivers. |
  | 31 | August | Raymond Sommer | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933). |
  | 4 | October | Eitel Cantoni | Uruguayan | Racing driver | The first Uruguayan Formula One driver. |
  | 12 | October | Piero Taruffi | Italian | Racing driver | 1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner |
  | 30 | October | Giuseppe Farina | Italian | Racing driver | First Formula One World Champion. |
  | 11 | November | Bill Cummings | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1934). |
  