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.
The RM Auctions Villa d'Este 2013 sale will be held 25th May at Villa Erba on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, as part of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend. The international team at RM Auctions assembled 40 vehicles for the biennial Villa Erba sale, headlined by the 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Berlinetta Competizione; 1905 FIAT 60HP Five-Passenger Touring; 1962 Ferrari 400 Superamerica … [Read more...]
The organisers of last year's successful Windsor Castle Concours announced a new location for the 2013 edition of the event. The St James’s Concours of Elegance will take place from September 5-7 in the gardens of the 300 year-old Royal Palace Marlborough House, which is adjacent to the Mall and St. James's Palace, the official residence of the Sovereign. In just one year, the UK's Concours … [Read more...]
The 2013 Donington Historic Festival was staged May 3-5 at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The 3rd annual event saw an excellent field of more than 400 historic racing cars challenge the 12-turn, 4.020 km circuit. This year's Donington Historics honoured two historic events which took place at Donington Park - the 30th anniversary of the first time Senna ever … [Read more...]
RM Auctions has become the official auction partner of the St James’s Concours of Elegance, scheduled for 5-7 September 2013 at St James’s Palace in central London. As a result of the partnership, RM Auctions has changed the dates of its well-established London sale which has traditionally taken place in late October. … [Read more...]
The Historic Grand Prix Cars Association held its Spring Test Day on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Silverstone National Circuit in England. Held the day before the annual VSCC Spring Start, the event is a great opportunity for both the car and driver to get up to speed before the vintage and historic racing season begins. A varied and interesting selection of automobiles challenged the 2.638 … [Read more...]
The HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy Race will be among the featured racing classes at the 2013 Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 3-5 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Pre-war Grand Prix racing cars will compete in their national colours and a number that originally raced there almost 80 years ago will compete at the track once more. Two iconic Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 masterpieces, … [Read more...]
The seventh edition of Le Mans Classic will be held on 4-6 July 2014 at the full 38-turn, 13.629 km (8.469 mi) Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. In less than eighteen months a field of nearly 500 historic cars will start the 2014 Le Mans Classic to relive the great years of the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours. … [Read more...]
The 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be held August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, again serving as an anchor event of Monterey Classic Car Week. A total of 533 historic race cars have been initially accepted for this year's event, with the option of up to 17 additional cars to complete the field. The Chevrolet Corvette is the featured marque and the Chevrolet Motor Division will … [Read more...]
By Andrew Newton Featured in this classified ad from Road & Track's June 1964 issue is an example of one of the most exclusive, desirable, and drop dead gorgeous sports cars to have ever graced this earth. Just sixteen Jaguar XK Super Sports, or XKSS's, were built in Coventry during a short production run in 1957. These days, the XKSS is near the top of everybody's dream car wish … [Read more...]
The 2013 edition of the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival Press Day was staged 20th March on the grounds of Goodwood House in West Sussex, England. Lord March's annual teaser of what's to come saw more than 140 vehicles on display and roaring up the famed Goodwood hill. This year marks the 20th annual Festival of Speed and the official theme will highlight the first 20 years of the … [Read more...]
The Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival Press Day was held Wednesday 20 March 2013 on the grounds of Goodwood House in West Sussex, England. Lord March's launch of the 2013 Goodwood Motorsports program was an over-the-top introduction as to what will be expected at this year's events. The Festival of Speed was founded twenty years ago as a tribute to the rich motorsport history at Goodwood … [Read more...]
The Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2013 will be staged on the weekend of 24-26 May over the grounds of the Grand Hotel Villa d'Este and neighboring Villa Erba on Lake Como in Cernobbio, Italy. The 2013 edition of the Villa d'Este Concours d'Elegance will again see an intimate selection of classic automobiles displayed against the stunning backdrop of Lake Como. … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Villa d'Este 2013 sale will be held 25th May at Villa Erba on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, with a selection of 40 automobiles offered as the official auction of the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este. In addition to the previously announced 1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Pinin Farina Berlinetta Competizione, further consignments for this year's auction include examples from Ferrari, … [Read more...]
By Jeff Walker, Chubb Collector Car Every so often we're reminded that no matter how well you prepare, Mother Nature can take over and change everything. It seems that every year some part of the country is left picking up the pieces after a weather event or other natural disaster. Inevitably, this means classic cars are caught in the crosshairs. If you’re a collector, you know you’re … [Read more...]
On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname "Silver Arrow" were entered for their first race, on the Avus racetrack in Berlin. Although neither Auto Union nor Mercedes-Benz won that event, it was not long before these two manufacturers began to dominate international Grand Prix racing, a situation that prevailed until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. … [Read more...]
