Motor Racing
- Stock car racing –
- 20 February – A. J. Foyt wins the Daytona 500 in the #21 Mercury for Wood Brothers
- 28 May – E. W. Baker wins the World 500 in the #6 Dodge for Petty Enterprises
- NASCAR Championship – Richard Petty (#43 Plymouth, Petty Enterprises)
- USAC Racing
- 30 May – Mark Donohue wins the 56th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Sunoco Special McLaren-Offenhauser
- Joe Leonard wins the season drivers' championship
- Formula 5000 – Gijs van Lennep of the Netherlands
- Formula One – Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) wins World Drivers' Champion, driving a Lotus 72D-Cosworth.
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Henri Pescarolo / Graham Hill win, sharing a Matra MS670
- Rally racing – Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci win the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Lancia Fulvia 1.6HF
- Drag racing – Don Moody wins Top Fuel at the Supernats.
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