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 and photos by Dennis Gray The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2013 was staged Saturday, May 4th at the Quail Lodge and Golf Club in Carmel, California. A crowd of more than 2,000 enthusiasts and collectors enjoyed the more than 230 motorcycles from the pre- and post-war era on display during the fifth annual event. The daylong celebration of motorcycle heritage also honored special guest and … [Read more...]
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...]
The 2013 Quail Motorcycle Gathering will be held Saturday, May 4th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, California. The 5th annual event celebrating motorcycling heritage and performance will feature special guest and racing legend Wayne Rainey. … [Read more...]
The inaugural f8 Motorsports Photography Workshop was held March 22-24, 2013 during the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) Spring Club event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Laguna Seca was even more beautiful than usual with the wild flowers in full bloom and the normal brown hills a bright vibrant green. The ten students attending not only had perfect weather and spectacular backgrounds but … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis Gray Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) held its Spring Club Event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on March 23-24, 2013. The March club event featured nearly 150 historic race cars circling the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course in Monterey, California. This year's event celebrated the life of Martin Swig, who passed away on July 3, 2012. The quintessential West … [Read more...]
By Dennis Gray and Peter Giddings | Photos by Dennis Gray This 1926 Delage Grand Prix 15-S-8, better known as Dick Seaman's "Black Delage", is now garaged in California, having been recently rebuilt to period specifications. As a ten-year-old Grand Prix car the Delage, chassis #4, was driven to victory by Richard "Dick" Seaman in the 1936 Isle of Man race against a number of newer and more … [Read more...]
A new series of motorsports photography workshops will offer aspiring photographers the chance to shoot with and learn from the best in the business. Newly formed Group f/8 will initially conduct two seminars that give amateur photographers the chance to shoot where only the professionals can go, while shooting a great selection of historic racing cars. … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest covered nearly 100 historic car races and rallies in 2012, starting with the New Year's Day Anti-Football Run and ending with the Historic Grand Prix at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix. Though reading over highlights and results of each event and race can be interesting, nothing makes you feel like you're there like a well-timed action shot. As a publication that annually … [Read more...]
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling and reviewing modern and classic cars, collections, historic races and more, 2012 was, thankfully, an increasingly busy year at Sports Car Digest. The grand total of stories published during the year came to nearly 550, an average of more than ten per week and growing the archives to nearly 2,800 … [Read more...]
The Platypus Porsche Sports Racing car By Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis Gray The Platypus Sports racing car routinely appears historic car racing events on the West Coast; it is a great story of an American home-built race car improbably named after the Australian mammal. At the 1953 Paris Auto Show, Porsche introduced the 550 Spyder, a lightweight, two-seat, mid-engine, … [Read more...]
The California Mille 2013 will be staged April 29th to May 2nd on 1,000 miles of secondary roads in Northern California. The rally returns for its 23rd year, continuing the tradition of spirited driving in vintage sports cars on the scenic backroads for which they were intended. The 2013 California Mille will celebrate the legacy of the event's founder, Martin Swig, a lifelong car enthusiast … [Read more...]
For its fourteenth year of celebrating Legends of Motorsport, the Petersen Automotive Museum, along with the Checkered Flag 200 Group, will present a “Tribute to George Follmer” program to be held at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 8, 2012 beginning with cocktails at 6:00 p.m. The evening’s festivities will include a gallery display of George Follmer-centric race … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The 9th annual Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) Charity Challenge was held October 6-7, 2012 at the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Sonoma Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California. The 2012 CSRG Charity Challenge featured a strong field of more than 220 historic race cars, including pre-war, sports racing and formula as well as production and GT entrants. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The Danville Concours d'Elegance 2012 was held September 15-16 on the streets of historic downtown Danville, California. The 8th annual event included a traditional Concours, plus a Tour d'Elegance rally and Dinner d'Elegance celebration at the Blackhawk Museum. Best of Show at the 2012 Danville Concours d'Elegance was awarded to the 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 … [Read more...]
Within two weeks we've have two major changes to vintage car racing organizations in North America. On the heels on the SVRA expansion news, Historic Sportscar Racing, Ltd. announced that Vintage Racing Events LLC has joined the HSR ownership group with a controlling interest in the company. Vintage Racing Events President (and long-time HSR member), David Hinton, has been elected as HSR … [Read more...]
