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.
Report by Dennis Gray | Photos by author and Bob Ross The 2013 California Mille was held April 28th to May 2nd on the challenging back roads of Northern California. The four-day, 1,000-mile rally continued its long tradition of spirited driving in historic sports cars on the twisty and picturesque roads for which they were intended. The rally celebrates Italy’s famous Mille Miglia (thousand … [Read more...]
Report by Dennis Gray | Photos by author and Bob Ross The 2012 running of the California Mille was held April 30th to May 3rd on the twisty and scenic back roads of Northern California and Nevada. Similar to the previous twenty editions of the rally, the California Mille departed San Francisco on Monday morning from its traditional starting line at the famed Fairmont Hotel, located atop Nob … [Read more...]
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. Dozens of photographers took untold numbers of photos, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. And did they ever... It is now up to you to choose the best photo of … [Read more...]
Photos by Dennis Gray and Bob Ross The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2011 was held June 3-5, at Infineon Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California. Led by featured marque McLaren, the field of 400 historic race cars were enjoyed by spectators and participants alike. The highlights of the racing action were the 12 McLaren Can-Am cars roaring around the 12-turn, 2.52 mile Infineon … [Read more...]
The inaugural Porsche Race Car Classic was held Sunday, October 16, 2011 on the grounds of the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The Porsche Race Car Classic 2011 honored Porsche cars from 1950-1965 and included purpose-built race cars and production cars with significant race history during that period. They were arranged in 18 groups, with each representing another step in Porsche’s march … [Read more...]
There is confusion in the classic car community regarding the California Mille and its association with the new Mille Miglia North America Tribute. We try our best to explain. The California Mille has been conducted as a 1,000 mile rally in Northern California each spring for the past 21 years. Event founder Martin Swig started the event in honor of Italy’s famed Mille Miglia (thousand mile) … [Read more...]
Photos by Dennis Gray and Bob Ross The second race of the 2011 North American Ferrari Challenge Series was held May 21-22 at the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course in Salinas, California. The Ferrari Racing Days Series offers Ferrari owners the opportunity to compete against each other at venues throughout the United States and Canada. In addition to the Ferrari F430 … [Read more...]
The Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance 2011 was held Sunday, May 15th at the Marin County Fairgrounds in San Rafael, California. An estimated crowd of more than 5,000 were on hand to see more than 200 American and European automobiles on the show field. The featured marques at the third annual Marin Sonoma Concours d’Elegance were Rolls-Royce and Stutz. The 2011 event honored a century of … [Read more...]
Photos by Dennis Gray and Bob Ross The 21th running of the California Mille was held April 24-28, 2011 on the secondary roads of Northern California. As always, the California Mille departs San Francisco bright and early from its traditional starting line at the famed Fairmont Hotel, located atop Nob Hill. Similar to the 2010 edition, we convinced Senior Photographer Dennis Gray to made the … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest covered vintage car races from Portland to Portugal in 2009, taking tens of thousands of pictures along the way. We worked with amateur photogs armed with Nikons to wily veterans stalking a shot like a hunter following its prey, all seeking a picture to wow our readers. Try as we may, we cannot choose the best vintage car racing photo from the past year. Therefore, we'd like … [Read more...]
The Monterey Pre-Historics are held annually at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca the weekend prior to the Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races. The Pre-Historics are generally designed to give Historic entrants, many of whom have never raced on Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, track time before the green flag drops the following weekend. … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest is the leading international online journal for sports, racing and vintage car enthusiasts. We offer current and timely auction, event and vintage car racing coverage, in addition to profiles on the history of classic cars, drivers and the most unforgettable races. We sincerely hope that you will enjoy Sports Car Digest and come back often. We typically publish 8-12 stories … [Read more...]
