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 Vince Johnson The 2013 Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport was held March 9-11 at the 4.445 km (2.762 mile) Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia. It wasn’t only the sun that brought the heat to Phillip Island for the 24th Classic Festival of Motorsport. The big bangers were back and Can-Am thunder was the weather predicted for the meeting. Competing … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson Historic and classic motoring is alive and well down under. On 26-28 October 2012 the city of Melbourne hosted the country’s third annual Motorclassica, with a Concours d'Elegance, Collector Car Auction and displays featuring the cars of triple World Formula 1 Champion Sir Jack Brabham and commemorating the sixty years of Lotus. Last year the event was a … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The 2012 running of the Supaloc Targa Adelaide Rally was held 22-26 August in South Australia. Modern vehicles were included in the Targa Adelaide competition category for the first time this year, bringing the latest European and Japanese sports and touring cars to the first round of the Australian Targa Championship. Closed road special stages in the … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The Aussie V8 Supercar series kicked off its 2012 season on 1-4 March around the streets of the South Australian capital in Adelaide. Supported by seven categories of racing, the event has Hall of Fame status, usually reserved only for champion drivers. Two 78 lap races of the unforgiving 3.22 kilometre circuit make for 500km of close racing over the weekend. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The 2012 running of the Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport was held March 18-20 at the 4.445 km (2.762 mile) Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia. Several anniversaries were celebrated at this year’s Phillip Island Classic, south of Melbourne, Australia. In addition to five hundred local cars there were overseas entrants from USA, UK, … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The inaugural Supaloc Classic Targa Adelaide, held 14-17 September 2011 in South Australia, was the opening round of the Australian Targa Championship. Entries in the four-day tarmac rally were limited to cars twenty years or older, grouped into Early, Late and Contemporary Classic categories. More modern cars contested the Regularity section, nominating an … [Read more...]
Report by Vince Johnson and photos by Bob Taylor and Grant Sims The Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2011 was held 17-20 March at the 14-turn, 3.22 km Adelaide Street Circuit in South Australia. Fifteen years ago the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix headed interstate from South Australia, but Adelaide still echoes to the sound of race engines each year. The Clipsal 500 is actually two 250 kilometre races … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince Johnson The Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport was held 18-20 March, 2011 at the 4.445 km (2.762 mile) Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia. With around 500 entries contesting 46 races and regularity time trials over the weekend it’s no wonder the Phillip Island track status stays hot all day long. … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest covered more than 60 vintage car races in 2010, starting with the Phillip Island Classic in Australia and ending with the 1000 Millas Sport in Argentina. Our photographers lugged around multiple cameras and lens, taking tens of thousands of pictures along the way, all in an effort to impress readers with the perfect shot. Similar to our Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2009 … [Read more...]
Phillip Island Classic, March 19-21, 2010 Australia Report and photos by Vince Johnson Held annually on the 4.4km circuit familiar to motorcycling viewers, the Phillip Island Classic attracts over 500 cars for the largest event of its type in the southern hemisphere. Celebrating its 21st anniversary in 2010, this internationally recognised meeting came of age years ago. Irreplaceable … [Read more...]
Clipsal 500 Adelaide, 11 - 14 March 2010 Story and photos by Vince Johnson Early each year the V8 Supercars descend on Adelaide for the first Australian round of the distinctly Aussie series. These 5 litre racers, based on Holden Commodore and Ford Falcon road cars, are the main drawcard for the bi-partisan fans at a four-day event Murray Walker calls the greatest touring car festival in … [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...]
