Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Report and photos (unless noted) by Peter HelbachThe Louwman Museum was opened by HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on July 2, 2010. This opening marked the culmination … Read Full Story
1967 24 Hours of Daytona - The Revenge of “Il Commendatore”By Louis Galanos | Photos as creditedThe year 1966 was not a good year for Enzo Ferrari. Ford beat … Read Full Story
By Bob HarmeyerDaytona International Speedway in 2012 is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the track's first road race, a three hour event won by Dan Gurney when he … Read Full Story
By Louis Galanos | Photos as creditedJanuary 2012 marks the Golden Anniversary (50th) of sports car endurance racing at the Daytona International Speedway (DIS) in Daytona … Read Full Story
Sports Car Digest covered nearly 90 historic car races and rallies in 2011, starting with the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy and ending with the Legends of Motorsports event at Sebring. … Read Full Story
By Ed LenahanWhen Gooding and Company opens their 2012 auction season at the Scottsdale Fashion Square in Scottsdale, Arizona January 20th and 21st, they’ll do so with a … Read Full Story
Report and photos (unless noted) by Peter HelbachThe Louwman Museum was opened by HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on July 2, 2010. This opening marked the culmination of eight years of very hard work by Mr. Evert Louwman and his management team, led by Museum director Ronald Kooyman. Regulations being what they are, this was the time it took, from the first application to build a museum … [Read more...]
The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed will honor sports car racing in 1972 and the 30th anniversary of the famed Group C era when it returns to the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb in West Sussex, England on 28 June to 1 July.Forty years ago, the 1972 season was a pivotal year in sports car racing. In America, Can-Am was at its peak, with a fascinating battle for supremacy between McLaren, Porsche, … [Read more...]
By Rick Carey, Auction EditorOnce the spiritual home of the Muscle Car, clones, "Resto-mods" and Pony Cars, the Scottsdale auctions are now dominated by great sports cars, Classics and custom cars.The turnaround has been dramatic. Barrett-Jackson returned to its roots with a Salon collection assembled by Gordon McCall that posted curve-setting numbers: seven cars hammered sold for $1 … [Read more...]
The Artcurial Motorcars Retromobile auction will be staged Friday 3rd February 2012 at the Retromobile Show in Paris.Artcurial has assembled a strong collection of motor cars, automobilia and motorcycles for their 2012 Retromobile auction, headlined by the sale of cars from the former collection of Jean-Claude Bajol: a Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder with factory hardtop – formerly owned … [Read more...]
Bonhams will hold its flagship Paris auction on Thursday 2 February 2012 at La Halle Freyssinet in Paris. Over 100 cars and 35 motorcycles, including several French-built cars and three private collections, are to be sold at the auction.Initially scheduled for 1 February 2012, Bonhams decided to move its sale to Thursday 2 February, after a competitor cancelled its sale on that day. Bonhams … [Read more...]
