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.
Championship racer and innovator Jim Hall was honored on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) Evening with Jim Hall presented by Firestone. This was the fourth annual RRDC West Coast banquet, held prior to the running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. The dinner was also supported by Chevrolet and Honda.Hall, whose accomplishments ranged from the 1960s, with … [Read more...]
The 1938 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Autobahn Kurier owned by Arturo and Deborah Keller was named winner of the 2011 Louis Vuitton Classic Award.The Louis Vuitton Classic Award is given annually to an automobile judged Best of the Best by the jury of specialists at Louis Vuitton. … [Read more...]
The 2012 International Motor Racing Research Center speaker series will focus upon “America’s Great Tracks,” highlighting the great tracks at Daytona, Riverside, Indianapolis and Road America.This year's Series kicks off Saturday, May 19th with J.J. O'Malley's talk on the Daytona International Speedway, followed by Sports Car Digest contributor William Edgar's conversation about … [Read more...]
Review by Wallace WyssIt was a long time coming; a near complete authorized biography of a giant in American sports car circles, Carroll Hall Shelby. The author is a surprising choice, British author Rinsey Mills, surprising only because in a couple of his earlier books on Shelby he seemed of the opinion that the British side of the AC Cobra story wasn't being given due credit, a … [Read more...]
The Auto Italia Concours 2012 will be held Sunday 3rd June on the grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, UK. With a strong display of Ferraris, Maseratis, Lamborghinis, Alfas, Fiats, Abarths, Lancias, among others, the annual Italian Concours has grown into a top-tier event for fans of Italian marques.Lining up on the immaculate Leicestershire lawns will be a strong selection of the … [Read more...]
“At this time there is nothing in the world any quicker, any better handling, any more advanced technically, or any more fun to drive. It is, to me, the perfect race car.” ~ Mark Donohue, 1973By 1969, with the 917 program still in its early stages, Porsche had already built a special variant of its 12-cylinder race car for the popular North American Can-Am series. Although the original 917 … [Read more...]
The Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty returns to the 12-turn, 2.54 mile Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on April 27–29, 2012. Sanctioned by HSR, vintage racing will again headline the 36th annual Mitty. In addition to four days of racing action on the historic Road Atlanta track, the many off-track activities will include car corrals for different makes, after-hour parties, car … [Read more...]
Bonhams will offer the ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail FIA GT Endurance Racing Coupe at its 2012 Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, August 16th and 17th at Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The McLaren F1 GTR at the 2012 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, chassis 028R, is the 28th McLaren F1 GTR produced by the British McLaren Cars factory in Woking, … [Read more...]
Collector car auction icon Rick Cole has joined Barrett-Jackson as an Automotive Specialist. The announcement was made on the auction block during Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach event this past weekend.Barrett-Jackson said Los Angeles-based Cole will utilize his vast experience in the auction arena to help the company source consignments for collector cars. He will work with Gary Bennett, … [Read more...]
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, better known as Gilles Villeneuve, passed away May 8th, 1982 in a crash during qualifying for the 1982 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.The memory of Gilles Villeneuve is still vivid and alive in the minds of many; his talent, his speed, his bravery which bordered on recklessness, all go to make his name still hugely popular with motorsport fans, even among younger … [Read more...]
Ed Gilbertson will retire as Chief Judge after the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, and Chris Bock, celebrating his 50th year at the event, will step into that role. "The success of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is directly linked to the quality of cars on our show field and the manner in which they are judged," said Concours Chairman Sandra Button. … [Read more...]
Boy Meets Car, Loses Car, Finds CarBy Steve Smith | Photographs as creditedEvery car guy has the automotive equivalent of the fisherman’s “the one that got away” story ("It was this big! Really!"). The car of a lifetime...loved and lost. Some car guys even have two such tales. Like my friend Brock Yates. He once had the opportunity to buy one of the world-famous D-Type Jaguars … [Read more...]
Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, designer of the iconic Porsche 911, died on 5 April 2012 in Salzburg, aged 76.Ferdinand Alexander Porsche was born in Stuttgart on 11 December 1935, the oldest son of Dorothea and Ferry Porsche. Even his childhood was shaped by cars, and he spent much of his time in the engineering offices and development workshops of his grandfather Ferdinand Porsche. … [Read more...]
A selection of significant Ferraris have been consigned to the RM Auctions Monaco 2012 sale, scheduled for May 11-12 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. Scheduled during the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique weekend, the 2012 RM Auctions Monaco auction will offer a 1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Spider, 1966 Ferrari 206 S Dino Spyder, 1953 Ferrari 375 MM Spider, ex-Michael Schumacher Ferrari Formula One Racing … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz will showcase its motorsport heritage at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for June 28 to July 1 at the 1.16 Goodwood Hillclimb in West Sussex, England.“There is so much to look forward to at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. We celebrate 60 years of our SL-Class with the latest model arriving in the UK just in time for the Summer. There will also be … [Read more...]
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