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Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2016

Start of the Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival 2016 Julien Mahiels
Start of the Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)

Starting with the Winter Marathon Rally in January and ending with the Classic 12 Hours Sebring in November, Sports Car Digest covered a diverse range of historic car races and rallies in 2016. Our award-winning team of photographers took tens of thousands of pictures, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. To celebrate the effect that these photographs have on us as well as the dozens of talented photographers who capture them, we have once again narrowed it down to the 50 best vintage racing pictures of the year.

Identifying the top 50 certainly wasn’t a walk in the park, as the shots worthy of high praise number not in the dozens but in the many hundreds. The list is done, however, and similar to our Best of 2009, Best of 2010, Best of 2011, Best of 2012, Best of 2013, Best of 2014 and Best of 2015 contests, we are asking for your assistance picking the best vintage car racing photo from 2016.

Previous Best Vintage Car Racing Photo Winners

Simply vote by leaving a comment below indicating which photo is your favorite image. If you feel that we’ve overlooked a particular picture, please nominate a candidate by linking to the picture in your comment. We will announce the winner in the January 18th edition of our newsletter and in the comment section.

We will randomly choose THREE winners from the comments to receive a SCD T-Shirt and sticker combo, so be sure to include your email address in the comment form so we can reach you. In order to win, you must also be a subscriber to Sports Car Digest Weekly, so sign up for our free newsletter if you haven’t already.

We hope you enjoy the top 50 best pictures of 2016, sorted by the date taken.

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Porsche 917K at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 917K at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Crossed-up 1905 Darracq 200hp at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Tim Scott)
Crossed-up 1905 Darracq 200hp at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Tim Scott)
Ford GT40 at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Ford GT40 at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Jaguar E-Type and AC Cobra at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Tim Scott)
Jaguar E-Type and AC Cobra at the Goodwood Members Meeting (photo: Tim Scott)
Maserati 250F at the LSR Invitational (photo: Dennis Gray)
Maserati 250F at the LSR Invitational (photo: Dennis Gray)

 

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Bentley Super Sports makes a splash at the Flying Scotsman Rally (photo: Gerard Brown)
Bentley Super Sports makes a splash at the Flying Scotsman Rally (photo: Gerard Brown)
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta on the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Pierrick Dupaquier)
Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta on the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Pierrick Dupaquier)
Porsche 911 Coupe at the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Geoffray Chantelot)
Porsche 911 Coupe at the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Geoffray Chantelot)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 at the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Pierrick Dupaquier)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 at the Tour Auto Rally (photo: Pierrick Dupaquier)
McLaren M8F at the Mitty (photo: David Ferguson)
McLaren M8F at the Mitty (photo: David Ferguson)

 

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Simply vote by leaving a comment below indicating which photo is your favorite image. If you feel that we’ve overlooked a particular picture, please nominate a candidate by linking to the picture in your comment. We will announce the winner in the January 21st edition of our newsletter and in the comment section.

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Dynamic Shadow DN4 duo at the Mitty (photo: David Ferguson)
Dynamic Shadow DN4 duo at the Mitty (photo: David Ferguson)
Alfa Romeo T33/3 at the Spa Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Alfa Romeo T33/3 at the Spa Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W194 Coupe at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)
1952 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL W194 Coupe at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Spider Scaglietti at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)
1956 Ferrari 500 TR Spider Scaglietti at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Jaguar C-Type and Austin-Healey 100S at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Jaguar C-Type and Austin-Healey 100S at the Mille Miglia (photo: Julien Mahiels)

 

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Austin Mini Cooper S on the front straight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Austin Mini Cooper S on the front straight at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Grand view of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Grand view of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Porsche 356A Coupe on the 8,500-mile Peking to Paris (photo: Gerard Brown)
Porsche 356A Coupe on the 8,500-mile Peking to Paris (photo: Gerard Brown)
Datsun 240Z on the 8,500-mile Peking to Paris (photo: Gerard Brown)
Datsun 240Z on the 8,500-mile Peking to Paris (photo: Gerard Brown)
Lancia Stratos World Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Lancia Stratos World Meeting (photo: Julien Mahiels)

 

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Lancia D50A at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Canada (photo: David Ferguson)
Lancia D50A at Circuit Mont-Tremblant in Canada (photo: David Ferguson)
Greenwood Chevrolet Corvette at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Greenwood Chevrolet Corvette at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 3.0 at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.1 Turbo at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 911 Carrera RSR 2.1 Turbo at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Pair of Ford GT40s at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Pair of Ford GT40s at Le Mans Classic (photo: Julien Mahiels)

 

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Porsche 356A Coupe at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Porsche 356A Coupe at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (photo: Michael DiPleco)
High-flying BMW CSL at the Eifel Rallye Festival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
High-flying BMW CSL at the Eifel Rallye Festival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Ferrari 308 GTB Group IV at the Eifel Rallye Festival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Ferrari 308 GTB Group IV at the Eifel Rallye Festival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Jaguar XJR-14 at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)
Jaguar XJR-14 at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)
Leyton House Porsche 962 at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)
Leyton House Porsche 962 at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)

 

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Tight formation at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)
Tight formation at the Silverstone Classic (photo: Matt White)
Flaming Audi DTM at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Flaming Audi DTM at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Sports racers at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Sports racers at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 356 Speedster at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Porsche 356 Speedster at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Mercedes-Benz DTM at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Mercedes-Benz DTM at the Oldtimer Grand Prix (photo: Julien Mahiels)

 

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Ferrari 250 GTO and Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Ferrari 250 GTO and Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Ferrari 412MI the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Ferrari 412MI the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Scarab Mk I left its mark on the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
Scarab Mk I left its mark on the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Victor Varela)
McLaren M6A at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Dennis Gray)
McLaren M6A at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Dennis Gray)

 

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Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta 'Tour de France' at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Dennis Gray)
Ferrari 250 GT LWB Berlinetta ‘Tour de France’ at the Monterey Motorsports Reunion (photo: Dennis Gray)
The Lancia D50s were crowd favorites at the Lime Rock Historics (photo: Michael DiPleco)
The Lancia D50s were crowd favorites at the Lime Rock Historics (photo: Michael DiPleco)
Maserati 450S at the Bernina Gran Turismo (photo: Alberto Novelli)
Maserati 450S at the Bernina Gran Turismo (photo: Alberto Novelli)
Big banger McLaren M12 and McLaren M8C at the CSRG Charity Challenge (photo: Dennis Gray)
Big banger McLaren M12 and McLaren M8C at the CSRG Charity Challenge (photo: Dennis Gray)
Spa Six Hours at night (photo: Matt White)
Spa Six Hours at night (photo: Matt White)

 

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A different perspective of famed Spa-Francorchamps (photo: Matt White)
A different perspective of famed Spa-Francorchamps (photo: Matt White)
Start of the RAC Touring Trophy Celebration at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Start of the RAC Touring Trophy Celebration at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Slippery AC Cobra at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Slippery AC Cobra at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Start of the Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Start of the Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Lots of Italian red in the Richmond Trophy at Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)
Lots of Italian red in the Richmond Trophy at Goodwood Revival (photo: Julien Mahiels)

 

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[Source: Sports Car Digest; photos as credited]