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Polin Nellen
	Death date: ??.???.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Rally de La Rioja

António Marino
	Death date: ??.???.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Estadio Nueva Chicago

Floreal López
	Death date: ??.???.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Bagnols Sabran

Douglas Grunst
	Death date: 15.Jan.1978
	Role: team member
	Circuit: Riverside International Raceway (CA, United States)

Sonny Easley
	Death date: 15.Jan.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Riverside International Raceway (CA, United States)

Georges Reinier
	Death date: 23.Jan.1978
	Role: mechanic (car)
	Circuit: Rallye de Monte-Carlo

Bernard Balmer
	Death date: 23.Jan.1978
	Role: mechanic (car)
	Circuit: Rallye de Monte-Carlo

Francis John White
	Death date: 29.Jan.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Phillip Island (purpose-built racing circuit)

Don Anschutz
	Death date: 11.Feb.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Mexicali 300

unknown
	Death date: 23.Mar.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 23.Mar.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 23.Mar.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 23.Mar.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 23.Mar.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 25.Mar.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 25.Mar.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 25.Mar.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

unknown
	Death date: 25.Mar.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Safari Rally [called Coronation Safari Rally until 1959 and East African Safari Rally from 1960 until 1974]

Erich Preg
	Death date: 26.Mar.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Rallye Unterfranken

Norman Rickenbaugh
	Death date: 01.Apr.1978
	Role: mechanic (car)
	Circuit: Port Royal Speedway

Dieter Scholl
	Death date: 14.Apr.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Saarland Rallye

Hanno Menne
	Death date: 14.Apr.1978
	Role: co-driver
	Circuit: Saarland Rallye

Alberto Beguerie
	Death date: 15.Apr.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Buenos Aires (Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez)

Giovanni Bono
	Death date: 22.Apr.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Rally 1000 Miglia

Gianfranco Riccitelli
	Death date: 30.Apr.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Magione (officially called Autodromo dell'Umbria - Mario Umberto Borzacchini since 1979)

Kjell Näsberg
	Death date: 06.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Hudiksvall

Marek Muszyński
	Death date: 10.May.1978
	Role: co-driver
	Circuit: Rajd Świdnicki-Krause (formerly Rajd Elmot)

Antonino Leone
	Death date: 13.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Monti Iblei

Sammy Sauer
	Death date: 20.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Colorado National Speedway

Jim Plummer
	Death date: 20.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Orange County International Raceway (CA, United States)

Thomas Shaffer
	Death date: 21.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Summit Point Raceway

Zaur Tukhareli
	Death date: 26.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Rally Gruzia

Anders Hasselgren
	Death date: 27.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Dalslandsrallyt

Jack Burch
	Death date: 28.May.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Englewood Speedway

Jiří Žďárský
	Death date: 03.Jun.1978
	Role: co-driver
	Circuit: Rallye Toužim

Jon Fairchild
	Death date: 04.Jun.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Jackson Speedway (MN, United States)

Sam Osborn
	Death date: 04.Jun.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Duryea Drive

Buddy Barris
	Death date: 05.Jun.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Tri-City Speedway (Pennsylvania, United States)

Jim Smith
	Death date: 16.Jun.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Mount Clemens Race Track

Dick Tobias
	Death date: 23.Jun.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Flemington Speedway

Sirje Bebenina Kukk
	Death date: 02.Jul.1978
	Role: spectator
	Circuit: Vana Võidu

Fernando Latrubesse
	Death date: 04.Jul.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Salto (Argentina)

Carl Janssen
	Death date: 11.Jul.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Marshalltown Speedway

Gerry Slaughter
	Death date: 15.Jul.1978
	Role: team member
	Circuit: Hawkeye Downs Speedway

Dodger Glenn
	Death date: 23.Jul.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Maple Grove Dragway

Ottaviano Zafferini
	Death date: 23.Jul.1978
	Role: marshal
	Circuit: Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli (officially called Circuito Internazionale Santamonica until 2006, Misano World Circuit from 2006 to 2012)

Albert Corrieri
	Death date: 31.Jul.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Silverstone

Timothy Downs
	Death date: 06.Aug.1978
	Role: worker
	Circuit: Toledo Speedway

Bill Baker
	Death date: 12.Aug.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Sonoma Raceway (called Sears Point between 1968 and 2002 and Infineon Raceway between 2002 and March 2012)

Manuel Comandari
	Death date: 14.Aug.1978
	Role: passenger
	Circuit: Las Vizcachas

Nigel Tan
	Death date: 19.Aug.1978
	Role: marshal
	Circuit: Silverstone

David Allen
	Death date: 19.Aug.1978
	Role: marshal
	Circuit: Silverstone

C. H. Whorton
	Death date: 19.Aug.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Tulsa Fairgrounds Motorplex

Lowell Voss
	Death date: 26.Aug.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Belleville High Banks

Silvio Martínez
	Death date: 27.Aug.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Olavarría (Circuito semipermanente Luciano Fortabat)

Carlos Alberto Puppo
	Death date: 31.Aug.1978
	Role: doctor/paramedic
	Circuit: Vuelta a la América del Sur (rally)

unknown
	Death date: ??.Aug.1978
	Role: by-passer
	Circuit: Rally Soyuz

Tamerlan Malinboim
	Death date: ??.Aug.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Rally Soyuz

Roberto Mussini
	Death date: 01.Sep.1978
	Role: co-driver
	Circuit: Vuelta a la América del Sur (rally)

Larry Squires
	Death date: 01.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Electric City Speedway

Mike Waltz
	Death date: 04.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Bloomington Speedway

Taavi Jõhvik
	Death date: 08.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Bikernieki

Otis Hurley
	Death date: 10.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Phoenix International Raceway (officially named ISM Raceway between 2017 and 2020)

Ronnie Peterson
	Death date: 11.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Monza (officially called Monza Eni Circuit since 2017)

Bruno Nefe
	Death date: 15.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Frohburger-Dreieck

Tommie Ray
	Death date: 17.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Hallsville Dragway

Peter O'Reilly
	Death date: 17.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Phoenix Park

Janito Campos
	Death date: 19.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Silverstone

Buddy Taylor
	Death date: 23.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Manzanita Speedway

Tommy Thompson
	Death date: 28.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Trenton

Tiit Skobelev
	Death date: ??.Sep.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Borovaya (public road circuit)

Charly Kiser
	Death date: 11.Oct.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Hemberg

Kurt Bronson
	Death date: 18.Oct.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Can-Am Motorsports Park

Vincent Cannizzaro
	Death date: 22.Oct.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: East Windsor Speedway

Fernando Pérez de Villaamil
	Death date: 29.Oct.1978
	Role: team member
	Circuit: Jarama

Emilio del Corro
	Death date: 29.Oct.1978
	Role: marshal
	Circuit: Jarama

Ernst Pietzka
	Death date: ??.Oct.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: ÖASC Rallye

Fred DeSarro
	Death date: 01.Nov.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Thompson International Speedway

Sonny Eaton
	Death date: 05.Nov.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Indianapolis Speedrome

Werner Rüdin
	Death date: 18.Nov.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Malindi Rally

Mike Grbac
	Death date: 29.Nov.1978
	Role: driver
	Circuit: Reading Fairgrounds Speedway

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