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Goodwood Revival 2010 Celebrates John Surtees and BRM
The Goodwood Revival 2010 will be held 17-19 September on the celebrated West Sussex motor circuit with three days of the world’s finest wheel-to-wheel vintage racing. This year’s Revival will mark the important contribution that two British legends made to the sport of motor racing over the decades when it pays tribute to multiple World [...]
VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb 2010 – Photo Gallery
The Prescott Speed Hill Climb 2010 is the crown jewel in annual Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) calendar, as 250 Pre-war Sports and Racing cars were in action 7-8 August at the historic hill climb venue in Gloucestershire, England. VSCC calls the Prescott Hill Climb its ultimate weekend; there is no other event that sums [...]
Mecum Monterey Auction 2010 – Reggie Jackson Collection
A piece of baseball great Reggie Jackson’s original collection will be offered at the Mecum Monterey Auction, August 13-14, 2010. Jackson has consigned several unique cars for Mecum Monterey, including a rare 1969 ZL1 COPO Camaro. “Reggie is a lifelong car guy whom I’ve known for 25 years,” said President Dana Mecum.
Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2010 – Racing and Sports Cars
Bonhams’ annual summer sale at Quail Lodge will be held August 12-13, 2010 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Now in its 13th year, Bonhams’ auction held during the Monterey Peninsula Car Week will once again prominently feature sporting cars. With many of Bonhams’ specialists competing regularly in racing events, and the firm’s [...]
Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2010 – Photo Gallery
The Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion (formerly Monterey Pre-Historics) has long been the insider’s choice as a good way to enjoy the vintage racing action at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca without having to fight the crowds. Held August 7-8, 2010 on the weekend prior to the much larger Monterey Motorsports Reunion, the Monterey Pre-Reunion was officially open [...]
Gooding & Company Pebble Beach 2010 – Auction Preview
Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction 2010 will be held Saturday, August 14th and Sunday, August, 15th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding & Company’s 6th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will feature 135 cars, including 17 estimated to reach bids in excess of [...]
Russo and Steele Monterey 2010 – Auction Preview
The 2010 Russo and Steele “Monterey Sports and Muscle” auction will be held August 12-14 at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Monterey, California. Celebrating its 10th Anniversary in 2010, Russo and Steele’s expanded, three-day auction offers a diverse set of more than 250 cars. Headlining the sale is the 1971 AMC Javelin Race Car that [...]
Indy 500 Race Cars Offered at Worldwide Auburn Auction 2010
Those making the annual journey to Auburn, Indiana, this Labor Day Weekend, can look forward to an assortment of motorcars at Worldwide Auctioneers’ expanded event, the Auburn Auction. The company’s premier catalogue auction of automobiles will this year serve as “The Main Event” and Saturday evening climax to an expanded three-day sale, running from September [...]
Keeneland Concours d’Elegance 2010 – Winners and Photo Gallery
The Keeneland Concours d’Elegance 2010 was held Saturday, July 17th at the Keeneland Horse Racing Course in Lexington, Kentucky, featuring the marque of Ferrari. The seventh annual Keeneland Concours d’Elegance is part of a larger four-day event that includes a tour of a Kentucky bourbon distillery, the Venetian Masquerade Gala, the Hangar Bash and the [...]
International Bugatti Rally 2010
The American Bugatti Club announced the 2010 International Bugatti Rally along California’s beautiful Pacific Coast. Seventy-three Bugatti’s from all over the world will be gathering in Monterey, California on August 16th to begin the rally. With over 175 participants from 13 countries, this rally will be one of the world’s largest gatherings of Bugatti enthusiasts [...]
RM Auctions Monterey 2010 – Sale Preview
RM Auctions will hold its 2010 Sports and Classics of Monterey auction on August 12th to 14th at the Portola Hotel and Spa and Monterey Convention Center in Monterey, California. RM’s 25th annual auction will feature approximately 225 cars, with 20 automobiles estimated to garner over $1 million. “RM has truly pulled out all the [...]
Rick Carey Joins Sports Car Digest as Auction Editor
Rick Carey has joined Sports Car Digest as Auction Editor, where he will offer overall market insight and pre- and post-auction reports with perspective gained from nearly two decades of following the collector car market. Sports Car Digest has quickly become the leading international online journal for sports, racing and classic car enthusiasts. Launched in [...]
Silverstone Classic 2010 – Report and Picture Gallery
Silverstone Classic 2010 – Stirling Moss returns to racing By Simon Wright and Janet Wright At the 2010 Silverstone Classic Sir Stirling Moss made a return to racing only four months after suffering two broken ankles when he fell down a lift shaft at his home at the beginning of March. Driving his Maserati Osca [...]
Delage D8S Gives New Meaning to Elegance
Born in the Depression, Restored in a Recession, Delage D8S Gives New Meaning to Elegance Story by Philip Powell In perhaps the strangest paradox of the 1930s, as the worst depression the world had ever known was putting millions out of work, extraordinary design still flourished. Bauhaus architecture by the likes of Mies van der [...]
Auctions America Prepares for Inaugural Labor Day Sale
The Auctions America by RM team has been enjoying an extremely busy month since the entity’s formation was announced on July 1, 2010 with the purchase of the 235-acre Auburn Auction Park and its intent to hold a sale of up to 1,500 collector cars at the facility over the Labor Day weekend. The Auburn [...]
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