Motor Racing
- Stock car racing –
- Michael Waltrip wins rain-shortened Daytona 500
- Winston Cup Championship won by Matt Kenseth for Ford.
- Nextel signs deal to replace R.J. Reynolds as title sponsor of series
- Indianapolis 500
- Won by Gil de Ferran of Brazil for Team Penske.
- Indy Racing League
- Won by Scott Dixon of New Zealand, for Chip Ganassi Racing.
- CART Racing Series
- Paul Tracy of Canada was the champion.
- Sébastien Bourdais was the rookie of the year.
- Formula One Championship
- Michael Schumacher of Germany wins his 6th World Driver's Championship, breaking tie with Juan Manuel Fangio.
- Juan Pablo Montoya wins the Monaco Grand Prix.
- 24 hours of Le Mans
- Victors Tom Kristensen / Rinaldo Capello / Guy Smith driving a Bentley Speed 8 GT
- V8 Supercars –
- Bathurst 1000, Australia – Won by Greg Murphy of New Zealand and Rick Kelly of Australia for the K-Mart Racing Team. Murphy sets the fastest ever lap of any type of car on the mountain, including open wheelers.
- Marcos Ambrose for Stone Brothers Racing wins V8 Supercar Championship Series, with more wins and more poles than any other.
- Mark Winterbottom for Stone Brothers Racing wins 'junior division', Konica Championship Series.
- Rallying –
- the team of Sébastien Loeb / Daniel Elena wins the Monte Carlo Rally driving a Citroën Xsara WRC.
- Petter Solberg of Norway wins the World Rally Championship for Subaru, defeating Loeb by a single point at season's end.
- Drag racing
- Nations Cup Australia
- Championship won by Paul Stokell for Team Lamborghini in a Lamborghini Diablo GTR.
- Bathurst 24 hours at Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, won by Peter Brock, Grey Murphy, Jason Bright and Todd Kelly in a Monaro GRM 427, 7 L Race Prototype.
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