The following is an overview of the events of 1950 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.
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.
| Date | Event | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| 21 May | 11th Monaco Grand Prix | [1] |
| 30 May | 34th Indianapolis 500 | [2] |
| 5–9 June | 32nd Isle of Man TT | [3] |
| 24–25 June | 18th 24 Hours of Le Mans | [4] |
| Date | Month | Name | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | January | Jody Scheckter | South African | Racing driver | Formula One World Champion (1979). | [5] |
| 9 | March | Danny Sullivan | American | Racing driver | Indianapolis 500 winner (1985). | [6] |
| 7 | April | Franz Wittmann Sr. | Austrian | Rally driver | Rally New Zealand winner (1987) | [7] |
| 11 | September | Barry Sheene | British | Motorcycle racer | 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle racing World champion (1976-1977). | [8] |
| Date | Month | Name | Age | Nationality | Occupation | Note | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 | July | Joe Fry | 34 | British | Racing driver | One of the first British Formula One drivers. | [9] |
| 10 | September | Raymond Sommer | 44 | French | Racing driver | 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1932, 1933). | [10] |
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