Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2013 was held 14-16 June on the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, England. A field of nearly 140 automobiles and motorcycles raced … Read Full Story
The largest gathering of Lamborghini cars ever assembled toured from Piazza Castello in Milan to the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, held 8-11 May 2013 in … Read Full Story
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The Historic Motors Sports Association (HMSA) held the LSR Invitational event on June 4-5, 2013 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The race … Read Full Story
The Greenwich Concours d'Elegance 2013 was held June 1-2 at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. The waterfront park situated on the Greenwich Harbor once … Read Full Story
The 2013 Great South American Challenge, organised by H&H Classic Rallies, crossed the finishing line March 24th in Ushuaia, Argentina - the world's most southerly town - … Read Full Story
Report and photos by Dennis Gray This Marin Sonoma Concours d'Elegance 2013 was held Sunday, May 19th on the grounds of Marin County Civic Center in San Rafael, California. … Read Full Story
Mecum Auctions, Original Spring Classic, State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 14-19, 2013 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It is amazing how many collector cars (maybe better characterized as ‘collectible cars’) keep coming out of the woodwork to auctions across the country. Nowhere is that better reflected than in the marathon sessions orchestrated by Mecum … [Read more...]
The Royal grounds of St James’s in Central London will be filled with a wonderful line-up of sixty cars for the UK’s 2013 Concours of Elegance, scheduled for September 5-7 in the gardens of the 300 year-old Royal Palace Marlborough House, adjacent to St. James’s Palace, the official residence of the Sovereign. Event organisers announced a banner entry lists that includes more than 20 cars … [Read more...]
The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2013 was held 14-16 June on the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, England. A field of nearly 140 automobiles and motorcycles raced on the Cholmondeley circuit over the three-day event, divided into 13 race classes. The 2013 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power celebrated birthdays for two iconic brands. Aston Martin marked its centenary year with a display … [Read more...]
A selection of sports and racing cars are the latest featured consignments for the 2013 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for August 16-17 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in California. Among the more than 100 motor cars on offer, RM's flagship two-day Monterey auction will feature a 1955 Jaguar D-Type, 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, a 1950 Ferrari 166 Touring … [Read more...]
Argentine racing driver Jose Froilan Gonzalez passed away June 15th, 2013 at the age of ninety in his native Buenos Aires. Born October 5th, 1922, Gonzalez will be forever linked to capturing Ferrari's first victory in a Grand Prix counting towards the Formula 1 World Championship, coming at the 1951 British Grand Prix held at Silverstone. … [Read more...]
The largest gathering of Lamborghini cars ever assembled toured from Piazza Castello in Milan to the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, held 8-11 May 2013 in honor to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. Setting off from Milan, Italy, the Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour honored the "House of the Raging Bull" with a convoy that spanned 4km long and comprised some … [Read more...]
The Celebration of Automobiles was held Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. The third annual event paid tribute to the heritage of automotive development at the famed track for more than 100 years. Held in conjunction with the Indianapolis 500, the Celebration of Automobiles 2013 featured approximately 200 classic cars from 1910 to 1970 on display among some of … [Read more...]
The Artcurial Automobiles sur les Champs 2013 auction was held 10 June in Paris, resulting in €8.7-million in total sales and a 90% sell-through rate. The 5th auction in Artcurial's 'Automobiles Sur Les Champs' series of Paris sales was held, for the first time, in the Theatre du Rond-Point, opposite the Artcurial headquarters on the Champs Elysees in Paris, to accommodate the international … [Read more...]
Motor Racing Legends, organiser of four historic race series as well as the annual Le Mans Legend, support race to the 24 Hours, asked more than 100 of its customers (drivers, owners and preparers of historic racing cars) what they see for the future of the sport. In particular, asked Motor Racing Legends, what are the potential threats to historic motorsport in the next few years? … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The Historic Motors Sports Association (HMSA) held the LSR Invitational event on June 4-5, 2013 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The race weekend offered an interesting and diverse field of 100 historic racing cars circling the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course in Salinas, California. The HMSA LSR Invitational at Laguna Seca 2013 featured … [Read more...]
No other name sums up the relationship between Ferrari and Canada better than that of Gilles Villeneuve. He never won a world championship nor did he rack up a host of wins; just six Grand Prix victories came his way and yet Gilles is part of the Prancing Horse’s history and its soul and he has a special place in the heart of all its fans. His talent, speed, courage, bordering on the reckless … [Read more...]
The achievements of Chris Economaki, the late dean of American motorsports, will be celebrated on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, New York. “A Tribute to Chris Economaki” will be led by a panel composed of Corinne Economaki, Chris’ daughter and motorsports insider; Leo Levine, retired automotive industry executive and author; and … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Tim Surman The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) visited Wiscombe Park's beautiful grounds in Devon, England on 12 May, 2013. With its winding hill climb that starts just outside Wiscombe house, the course at Wiscombe Park crosses a bridge, then, with stunning views across the countryside, winds its way up and into the trees. A hill climb is very different to circuit … [Read more...]
The Greenwich Concours d'Elegance 2013 was held June 1-2 at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. The waterfront park situated on the Greenwich Harbor once again provided an excellent setting for the 18th annual event. Since its founding in 1996, the two-day Greenwich Concours is actually two Concours, back-to-back. Saturday’s Concours Americana is exclusively for American … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Greenwich Auction 2013 was held June 2nd at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Connecticut, resulting in $5.6 million in total sales and a 76 percent sell-through rate. The top result at the Bonhams Greenwich Concours sale went to the 1930 Bugatti Type 43 Supercharged Sports 2/4 Seater that sold for $875,000, followed by a rare 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage Volante, formerly … [Read more...]
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