The following is an overview of the events of 1979 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 significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related
season articles.
Births
Deaths
See also
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List of 1979 motorsport champions
This list of 1979 motorsport champions is a list of national or international auto racing series with a Championship decided by the points or positions earned by a driver from multiple races.
Open wheel racing
Sports car
Touring car
Stock ...
References
External links
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Motorsport by year