1994 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • NASCAR Stock car racing –
    • Sterling Marlin won the 36th Daytona 500
    • Jeff Gordon wins the Coca Cola 600
    • Jeff Gordon wins the Inaugural Brickyard 400
    • Winston Cup Championship - Dale Earnhardt
  • CART Series - season championship won by Al Unser, Jr.
    • 78th Indianapolis 500 - Al Unser, Jr.
  • Formula One - Michael Schumacher wins the Drivers' Championship.
    • The season is marred when, during qualifying for the San Marino Grand Prix, Roland Ratzenberger crashes at the Villeneuve corner and dies from his injuries. The race goes ahead and Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash at the Tamburello corner.
  • 24 hours of Le Mans – Yannick Dalmas / Hurley Haywood / Mauro Baldi won, driving a Porsche 962LM
  • Rally racing - Didier Auriol won the World Rally Championship
    • the team of Francois Delecour / Daniel Grataloup won the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Ford Escort RS Cosworth
  • Drag racing - Scott Kalitta won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.

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