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unknown
  Death date: ??.???.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Le Luc (Circuit du Var)
Ignazio Giunti
  Death date: 10.Jan.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Buenos Aires (Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez)
Brian Mapplebeck
  Death date: 24.Jan.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Palidor Rally
Pete Robinson
  Death date: 06.Feb.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Pomona Raceway
Kathy Russell
  Death date: 07.Feb.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Pomona Raceway
Herb Spivey
  Death date: 20.Feb.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Jacksonville Speedway (FL, United States)
Paul Pritchett
  Death date: 21.Feb.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Beeline Dragway
James McDowell
  Death date: 21.Feb.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Palm Beach International Speedway (called Moroso Motorsports Park from 1981 to 2007)
unknown
  Death date: ??.Feb.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Rallye de Printemps
Jean-Louis Philbois
  Death date: 28.Mar.1971
  Role: track official
  Circuit: Ampus-Draguignan
Betty Fletcher
  Death date: 28.Mar.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Cadwell Park
Andrea Scopelliti
  Death date: 03.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Coppa Milano - Sanremo
Paolo Galleggiante
  Death date: 03.Apr.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Coppa Milano - Sanremo
Fabio Perrone
  Death date: 03.Apr.1971
  Role: passenger
  Circuit: Coppa Milano - Sanremo
Jean-Claude Wicke
  Death date: 03.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Critérium de Touraine
Yves Wache
  Death date: 03.Apr.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Critérium de Touraine
King C. Matthews
  Death date: 04.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville
John Wratten
  Death date: 11.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Calder Park
Luis A. Montelparo
  Death date: 18.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Zapala (Circuito Arturo Kruuse)
John Ledford
  Death date: 22.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Ellington Airport
Mel Andrus
  Death date: 24.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Riverside International Raceway (CA, United States)
John Rakowski
  Death date: 25.Apr.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Maple Grove Dragway
Clarence Fizer
  Death date: 01.May.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Wythe Raceway
unknown
  Death date: 03.May.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Nürburgring
Harold Fryar
  Death date: 15.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Gadsden Raceway
Fulvio Tandoi
  Death date: 16.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Madonie
Stan Furman
  Death date: 16.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Detroit Dragway
Victorian Martínez
  Death date: 16.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Delicias
Carlos López
  Death date: 16.May.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Delicias
Heber Pond
  Death date: 19.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Orange County International Raceway (CA, United States)
Bill Tennill
  Death date: 22.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Anderson Speedway
Bob Wantz
  Death date: 24.May.1971
  Role: mechanic (car)
  Circuit: Hagerstown Speedway
unknown
  Death date: 30.May.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Neuhausen-Schwenningen
unknown
  Death date: 30.May.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Neuhausen-Schwenningen
unknown
  Death date: 30.May.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Neuhausen-Schwenningen
Leigh Gaydos
  Death date: 31.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Mallory Park
Graham Coaker
  Death date: ??.May.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Silverstone
Jean Pierre Vroonen
  Death date: 06.Jun.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Zolder
Ken Holden
  Death date: 06.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Black Hills Speedway
Brian Tarrant
  Death date: 07.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Thruxton
Jacky Norman
  Death date: 07.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rallye du Touquet
Ants Vaino
  Death date: 15.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Borovaya (public road circuit)
Melvin Liegl
  Death date: 15.Jun.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Dodge County Faigrounds Speedway (a. k. a. Beaver Dam Raceway)
Clayton Hayward
  Death date: 18.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Spartan Speedway
Kauko Eriksson
  Death date: 19.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Keimola
William Warner
  Death date: 19.Jun.1971
  Role: other
  Circuit: Lakeville Speedway
Jerry May
  Death date: 19.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Black Hills Speedway
Fred Hadley
  Death date: 20.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Pennsboro Speedway
Ted Wanerus
  Death date: 20.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Tipton Speedway (Cedar County Raceway)
Christian Serradori
  Death date: 25.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Coupe des Alpes
Yves Serradori
  Death date: 25.Jun.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Coupe des Alpes
Jack Thomas
  Death date: 25.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Drum Raceway
Stephen Wooley
  Death date: 27.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Nelson Ledges Road Course
Ferenc Müller
  Death date: 27.Jun.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Rába Rallye
Joe Messner
  Death date: ??.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Salzburgring
unknown
  Death date: ??.Jun.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Robert Le Diable
Art Ellis
  Death date: 03.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville
Earl Stein
  Death date: 03.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Tillicum Speedway
Stan Burnett
  Death date: 04.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Pacific Raceways (officially called Seattle International Raceway from 1968 to 2002)
Danilo Zaffari
  Death date: 04.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rally da Integração Nacional
Alvin Gatlin
  Death date: 10.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Riverside International Speedway (West Memphis, AR)
Pedro Rodríguez
  Death date: 11.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Norisring
Vincenzo Matonti
  Death date: 18.Jul.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Messina (Lago di Ganzirri)
Pietro Marotta
  Death date: 18.Jul.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Messina (Lago di Ganzirri)
Raymond Mathay
  Death date: 25.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Spa-Francorchamps
Krzysztof Krajewski
  Death date: 25.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rajd Festiwalowy
Jack Belk
  Death date: 28.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Topeka Fairgrounds
Link Toland
  Death date: 30.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Clovis Speedway (California)
David Pearl
  Death date: 31.Jul.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Daytona International Speedway
unknown
  Death date: 08.Aug.1971
  Role: firefighter
  Circuit: Bellegarde-sur-Valserine
Drexel White
  Death date: 10.Aug.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Mansfield Motorsports Speedway
Dave Routliffe
  Death date: 22.Aug.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Luskville Dragway
George van de Voorde
  Death date: 23.Aug.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Zandvoort
Francisco Cipolleta
  Death date: 27.Aug.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Los Cóndores (Córdoba)
Charles Custer
  Death date: 02.Sep.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Tri-City Motor Speedway (Michigan, United States)
Duane Bonini
  Death date: 04.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Calistoga Speedway
Gary Witter
  Death date: 05.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Oswego Speedway
Bruno Cantelli
  Death date: 05.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Palazzolo di Sona
unknown
  Death date: 05.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Dresden-Hellerau
unknown
  Death date: 05.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Dresden-Hellerau
Larry Dolphin
  Death date: 05.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Buena Vista Raceway
Jim Humphrey
  Death date: 06.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Santa Rosa Fairgrounds Coliseum (California, USA)
Klaus Reisch
  Death date: 12.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Imola (officially called Autodromo Dino Ferrari from 1970 to 1988 and Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari since 1989)
Hans Werner Böhnke
  Death date: 12.Sep.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: AVUS (Automobil-Verkehrs-und-Übungs-Straße)
Dickie Harrell
  Death date: 12.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Golden Horseshoe Dragway
Peter Hawtin
  Death date: 18.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Oulton Park
Wayne Kelly
  Death date: 19.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Mosport Park (offically called Canadian Tire Motorsport Park since 2012)
Miloš Polášek
  Death date: 19.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Piešťany
Udo Hoffmann
  Death date: 22.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Klingenring
Humberto Matarrese
  Death date: 24.Sep.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Gran Premio Cerros Tucumanos
unknown
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Yahuarcocha (Autódromo Mayor)
unknown
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Yahuarcocha (Autódromo Mayor)
unknown
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Yahuarcocha (Autódromo Mayor)
unknown
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Yahuarcocha (Autódromo Mayor)
"Carletti"
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Rally La Respinga
Clifford Wise
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Maryborough Speedway
Pearl Isabell Greenhalgh
  Death date: 26.Sep.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Maryborough Speedway
Pierre-Alain Clément
  Death date: 02.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rallye du Vin en Valais
Eddie Williams
  Death date: 02.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Caney Valley Speedway
Nolan Johncock
  Death date: 03.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Sandusky Speedway
"Mavros"
  Death date: 04.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rhodes
Pablo Horyaans
  Death date: 07.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Río Cuarto
Jim Cox
  Death date: 09.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Manzanita Speedway
Gene Thomas
  Death date: 16.Oct.1971
  Role: passenger
  Circuit: Dallas International Motor Raceway
Robert Kelsey
  Death date: 16.Oct.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Dallas International Motor Raceway
Sean Pence
  Death date: 16.Oct.1971
  Role: marshal
  Circuit: Dallas International Motor Raceway
Jorge Mazieres
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Jorge Mazieres, Hijo
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Jorge Granger
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
José Slater
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Teresina Pavez
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Elena Fernández
  Death date: 22.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Jo Siffert
  Death date: 24.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Brands Hatch
Bill Beck
  Death date: 24.Oct.1971
  Role: spectator
  Circuit: Willamette Speedway
Don Schecter
  Death date: 24.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Monterrey (Apodaca)
Saturnino Otárola
  Death date: 25.Oct.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Gran Premio Sopesur
Philippe Chéronnet
  Death date: 31.Oct.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Rallye Jeanne d'Arc
Udo Schmalzek
  Death date: ??.Oct.1971
  Role: mechanic (car)
  Circuit: Rallye de Portugal
Danny Caruthers
  Death date: 04.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Corona Raceway
Antonio Verna
  Death date: 08.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Lobos
Giovanni Salvati
  Death date: 14.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Tarumã
Willy Bendeck
  Death date: 14.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
Efraín Araúz
  Death date: 14.Nov.1971
  Role: co-driver
  Circuit: Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
John Arrigo
  Death date: 14.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Island Dragway
David Ma
  Death date: 19.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Macau (Circuito da Guia)
Geno Redd
  Death date: 22.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Orange County International Raceway (CA, United States)
David Sutton
  Death date: 29.Nov.1971
  Role: driver
  Circuit: Western Springs Speedway

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