Motor Racing
- Stock car racing –
- Michael Waltrip won the Daytona 500, a race that also saw the death of seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt in an unspectacular crash during the final lap.
- NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon
- Indy Racing League - Sam Hornish Jr. won the season championship
- Indianapolis 500 - Helio Castroneves
- CART Racing - Gil de Ferran won the season championship, while Alex Zanardi is seriously injured
- Formula One Championship - Michael Schumacher of Germany
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Frank Biela, Tom Kristensen and Emanuele Pirro driving an Audi R8
- World Rally Championship - Richard Burns of Great Britain
- Drag racing - Kenny Bernstein won the NHRA "Top Fuel" championship.
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Its name might better be First Motor Kite.”
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