1939 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • Grand Prix racing – Main article: 1939 Grand Prix season. No European champion officially declared due to war breaking out.
  • 23 August – at Bonneville, John R. Cobb in the Railton Special breaks G. E. T. Eyston's record for the flying mile (set 16 September 1938), with a new mark of 367.91 mph (592.09 km/h). Due to the Second World War, the mark will survive until 1947.
  • August 11 – Jean Bugatti, automobile designer and the 30-year-old son of Ettore Bugatti, dies in a crash on the Molsheim-Strasbourg highway.

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