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.
Julien Mahiels is a freelance sport photographer living in Brussels. Inheriting the photo virus from his mother and the motorsport one from his father, he has spent the past seven years combining these passions by capturing the essence of speed and motion.
Julien has worked for many automotive firms and publications. Besides photography, he is a freelance graphic designer working in event management and brand activation. To see more, visit julienmahiels.net. To purchase any prints or digital files, contact Julien at julien.mahiels@gmail.com or via his website.
Report and photos by Julien Mahiels The Mille Miglia 2013 was held 16-19 May on the scenic roads of Italy. This year’s route traveled clockwise from Brescia to Rome and back, on the fabled Mille Miglia roads to cross through Vincenza, Ferrara, San Marino, Roma, Firenze, Siena, Maranello, among others. Of the 415 crews that embarked on the 31st running of the retrospective Mille Miglia, … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Julien Mahiels The Tour Auto 2013 was held April 22nd to 27th along the secondary roads and racing circuits of France. This rally traditionally held the end of April has been the highlight of my year for the past four years. This charismatic event takes place over the best landscapes France offers, mixing 400+ km daily stages with closed sections and track races that … [Read more...]
The Antwerp Classic Salon 2013 was held 1-3 March at the Antwerp EXPO in Belgium. This year's event celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Porsche 911 by focusing on its illustrious racing history. Now in its 36th year, the Antwerp Classic Salon saw well in excess of 20,000 visitors enjoying the 350 exhibitors displayed over four halls totaling 215,000 square feet of exhibition area. … [Read more...]
The Legend Boucles de Spa 2013 was held 16 February in the countryside outside the town of Spa in Belgium. The strong field of participants in this year's regularity rally was greeted with snowy and icy conditions that made navigating the Ardennes forest even more difficult. The famed Boucles de Spa Rally was held between 1953 and 1990, known for its typically snowy conditions and landscape … [Read more...]
The Goodwood Revival 2012 was staged 14-16 September at the 7-turn, 2.4 mile Goodwood Motor Circuit located on the estate of Lord March's Goodwood House in West Sussex, England. The 14th annual Revival again proved why it's considered by many to be the finest historic motor race in the world. In addition to our more comprehensive individual race reports, we offer the following selection of … [Read more...]
The Avd Oldtimer Grand Prix 2012 was staged 10-12 August at the Nurburgring race track in Germany, with 600 participants and in excess of 50,000 spectators enjoying for the 40th running of the historical racing event. BMW was a partner of this year’s AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the BMW Motorsport and the division’s motorsport heritage. Attracting … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Julien Mahiels The Eifel Rallye Festival 2012 was staged 26-28 July in the Eifel Mountains of Western Germany. The 3-day event took place on seven special stages all located in a 30 km circle around the small city of Daun. The volcanic Eifel region, home to a certain 20 km racetrack wrapped around the village of Nurburg, offers hundreds of kilometers of epic roads. … [Read more...]
The Tour Auto Rally 2012 was held 16-21 April on the secondary roads and race circuits of France. A field of nearly 250 cars gathered at famed Le Grand Palais in Paris for the start of the 21st historical Tour de France rally, a multi-day event that combines 2,500 km of road driving with multiple circuit and hillclimb stages. This year's event honored the Ferrari 250 GTO as it celebrates its … [Read more...]
The biennial Gstaad Audemars Piguet Classic was held 31 August to 4 September 2011 in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Organized by Peter Auto, the second Gstaad Classic took place on three new courses on the winding roads of the Alps, punctuated by timed stages on closed roads around one of the most beautiful villages in Switzerland - Gstaad. The scenic village of Gstaad offered an exceptional … [Read more...]
The Avd Oldtimer Grand Prix 2011 was staged 12–14 August at the Nurburgring race track in Germany, with 600 participants and in excess of 60,000 spectators enjoying for the 39th running of the historical racing event. In advance of our more comprehensive race report, we offer the following 125+ images from Julien Mahiels that offer a glimpse of the 2011 AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix race weekend. … [Read more...]
The 2011 edition of Modena Trackdays was held June 29-30 at the legendary Nürburgring racing circuit in Nürburg, Germany. Beginning in 1993, Modena Trackdays has been held every other year on the race tracks of the Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps, coordinated by Modena Motorsport of Germany. The event has become one of the premier Ferrari track events in the world, as it artfully combines … [Read more...]
