Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Happy Halloween from Sports Car Digest. Hennessey Performance Engineering is well-known in modern tuner circles for their ability to wring out amazing performance figures from Corvettes to Vipers and nearly everything in between. One of their latest creations is a supercharged version of the Cadillac CTS-V that turns the already quick Caddy into a 700hp beast capable of 11.07 second … [Read more...]
Barber Motorsports Park will join with Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP) to present a unique vintage racing and automotive lifestyle event. "Bobby Rahal's Legends of Motorsports" will debut at the stunning permanent road course on May 20-23, 2010. "Barber Motorsports Park is a jewel among North American racing facilities," said Rahal, winner of the 1986 Indianapolis 500. … [Read more...]
Mecum Auction held the '57 Heaven Museum Auction on October 24, 2009 at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri. Mecum Auction sold hundreds of items from the museum's unique collection of 1957 vehicles, authentic storefronts and automotive memorabilia, with total gross sales over $7 million (excluding buyer's premium). … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, held its third annual Automobiles of London auction on October 28th, 2009 at Battersea Evolution in London, posting $18 million in total sales with a strong 87% of all lots sold. The single-day auction presented 84 motor cars, consigned from 11 countries around the world, and 40 lots of automobilia, attracting strong international interest from … [Read more...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright To celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Mini, the IMM2009 meeting and Mini 50th Anniversary event was held in Cofton Park, right next to the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, UK where most of the Minis were built. The Birmingham Mini Owners club organised this one off event. Visitors from 36 countries all around the world attended the event, from places such … [Read more...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Guards Trophy for Sports Racing and GT cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit. The Guards Trophy championship is open to Sports Racing and GT cars built before 1966 which have a model competition history from the original period. There is also a class for Pre 1969 2 litre or … [Read more...]
RM Auctions announced the addition of a new sale in Monaco on 1st May, 2010. Held at the Grimaldi Forum and during the same weekend as the 7th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, the Sporting Classics of Monaco event will present 80 of the world’s finest motor cars to the assemblage of automotive enthusiasts and collectors. “Since hosting our first European event in 2007, RM has experienced … [Read more...]
Following their highly successful ‘GT & Sports Car Cup’ race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais announce a new race series to complement GTSCC, for genuine Pre-74 Italian Sports, Sports-Prototype and GT cars of a type that were raced in the World Endurance Championship and in International Competition in period. The ‘Italian Historic Car Cup’ has been created … [Read more...]
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca officials announced that automobile industry veteran Barry Toepke will be joining the company as Vice President, Historic Races. “I have known and worked with Barry throughout both of our Historic Racing careers and I am so pleased to have him on our team,” said Gill Campbell, CEO/general manager for Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. … [Read more...]
The Concours d’ Elegance, an annual classic car show in its 33rd year, will be held on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Cincinnati’s historic Ault Park. The 2010 event featured theme “International Designers and Coachbuilders”, is a tribute to the quality and craftsmanship of automobiles from around the world, with representation from the United States, France, Germany, Great Britain and … [Read more...]
When enthusiasts discuss the "best of the best," these drivers always make the list: Petty in oval racing, Moss in road racing and Garlits in drag racing. "The King" Richard Petty, Sir Stirling Moss OBE and "Big Daddy" Don Garlits are unsurpassed in their combined number of races entered and won. … [Read more...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Derek Bell Trophy for Formula 5000 and Formula 2 cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit on a cloudy but cold day. Morning qualifying was fairly eventful under sunny skies with several cars spinning off at Beckets corner. … [Read more...]
BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and Walter Bäumer drove to a historic victory in their BMW 328 Mille Miglia Coupé with a Touring body. Driving at an average speed of 166.7 km/h, they set a record that would remain unbeaten. The second-placed car, an Alfa Romeo, did not cross the finish line until a quarter of … [Read more...]
Bonhams is offering a 1926-27 1.5-litre supercharged straight-eight Talbot-Darracq as part of its line-up for the annual Retromobile auction to be held in Paris, on January 23, 2010. Its pre-sale estimate is 400,000 - 600,000 Euros. The car was conceived by two Italian Grand Prix engineers working at Talbot’s Suresnes factory in Paris and at the time set new standards in automobile … [Read more...]
The UK’s biggest classic motoring exhibition returns to Birmingham, UK next month as the Classic Motor Show opens its doors from November 13-15, 2009. Spanning six halls of the NEC and displaying over 1,250 cars and 250 motorcycles from all over the World, the Classic Motor Show … [Read more...]
