Motor Racing
- Stock car racing –
- Fred Lorenzen wins the Daytona 500 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
- Fred Lorenzen wins the World 600 in the #28 Ford for Holman and Moody.
- NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett in the Bondy Long-owned Ford
- USAC Racing
- 30 May – Jim Clark (Great Britain) wins the 50th running of the Indianapolis 500 in Lotus 38-Cosworth, with a winning margin of one lap. It is the first mid-engined car to win.
- Mario Andretti wins the driving championship
- Formula One – Jim Clark (Great Britain) is two-time World Drivers' Champion, driving a Lotus 25-Climax.
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Jochen Rindt / Masten Gregory win, sharing a Ferrari 275LM
- Rally racing - the team of Timo Mäkinen / Paul Easter won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Mini Cooper S
- Drag racing –
- Don Garlits wins his first NHRA Top Fuel Dragster Championship
- Maynard Rupp wins Top Fuel at the NHRA World Finals
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