Motor Racing
Grand Prix racing
- 6 April — the 2nd Monaco Grand Prix is run at Monte Carlo. The winner is René Dreyfus (France) driving a Bugatti T35B. He covers the 318 km (198 mi) (100 laps) in 3:41:02.6.
- 20 July — the 2nd Belgian Grand Prix is run at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The winner is Louis Chiron (Monaco) driving a Bugatti T35C. He covers the 596.56 km (370.69 mi) (40 laps) in 5:08:34.6. The race is given the honorary designation of European Grand Prix.
- 21 September — the 16th French Grand Prix, organised by the Automobile Club de France (ACF), is run at Pau. The winner is Philippe Etancelin (France) driving a Bugatti T35C. He covers the 395.875 km (245.985 mi) (25 laps) in 2:43:18.4. The race is retrospectively referred to as the XXIV Grand Prix de l'ACF.
Indianapolis 500
- 30 May — 18th running of the Indianapolis 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is won by Billy Arnold in the Hartz Special Summers-Miller in 4:58:39.72. (This, an average speed of 100.448 mph (161.655 km/h), is the first time the winner averages over 100 mph (160 km/h).)
Le Mans 24 hours
- The 8th Le Mans 24 hours race is won by Woolf Barnato (Great Britain) and Glen Kidston (Great Britain) driving a Bentley Speed Six over 179 laps (2,930.663 km (1,821.030 mi)).
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