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.
The BMW Museum in Munich is devoting a special exhibition to the development of the big BMW Coupes and Convertibles, starting October 28, 2011 and running through the end of September 2012. Entitled "The Line of Beauty", it features 14 outstanding exhibits that span the years 1937 to 2011 and take visitors on a historical journey through the world of BMW sports cars. Preliminary design studies and … [Read more...]
Review by Wallace WyssWith John Bentley doing the ghostwriting, Carroll Shelby wrote his book The Cobra Story in 1965, at a point when the Cobra story wasn’t done yet — not by a long shot. So you could say he began building the legend of Shelby American even before he was done with the first phase of the Cobra and, remarkably, he is still building them 50 years later!There have been … [Read more...]
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) created a website devoted to the education of racing drivers, with top champion drivers offering a collection of inside secrets.Supported by the FIA Motor Sport Safety Development Fund, this site (www.SAFEisFAST.com) is an invaluable tool for up-and-coming racing drivers, as well as established ones, to hone their skills and learn from the best in the world. … [Read more...]
For its thirteenth annual fall celebration of the Legends of Motorsport, The Petersen Automotive Museum, along with The Phil Hill Family and The Checkered Flag 200, will present a very special “Tribute to Phil Hill” and the 50th Anniversary of his Formula One World Drivers’ Championship, to be held at The Petersen Museum in Los Angeles on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. This is a … [Read more...]
Arnold Hubert Wagner, an original partner of Andial - one of America's most successful and respected authorities on Porsche performance tuning – died at the age of 75.Wagner, who, along with partners Dieter Inzenhofer and Alwin Springer, worked at Vasek Polak Porsche in Redondo Beach before the three Porsche specialists formed Andial (AN for Arnold, DI for Dieter and AL for Alwin. From the … [Read more...]
Catching the spirit of Can-Am is one of the goals of the new Unlimited Racing Championship (URC) that will feature identically built NuArt CanAm cars reminiscent of the wide-open racing series from the 1960-70s. The URC will run as the "Heritage Series" with the American Le Mans Series for the 2012 season and beyond.“The American Le Mans Series presented by Tequila Patrón is thrilled to … [Read more...]
The Road Racing Drivers Club elected 29 new members for 2011, bringing its rolls to 380 significant racing drivers and contributors to the sport. The organization will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2012.Twenty racing drivers whose resumes include championships in karting, FIA GT2, SCCA Nationals, Indy Lights, European rallying, USAC National Sprint Car, British Formula Renault, and … [Read more...]
By Stephen MitchellMy pilgrimage to Pebble Beach this year was memorable for many reasons. My purpose in attending was to shoot footage of the Ferrari 250 GTOs that would be the feature attraction--for me, at least--of the event for inclusion in my on-going GTO documentary. The cars looked great and each of them was recognizable by their distinguishing detail differences unlike another Ferrari … [Read more...]
Craig Breedlove – the first person to exceed 400, 500, and 600 miles per hour on land – will receive the fourth annual Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum “Spirit of Competition” Award at a dinner at the Museum on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011. Breedlove joins drivers Mario Andretti, Janet Guthrie and John Fitch as a Simeone Museum Award recipient.“Craig Breedlove represents what … [Read more...]
By Will SilkWhen conversing about American premium luxury automobile manufacturers, no conversation would be complete without the mention of Packard; the focus of this edition of Classic Cars for Sale with a 1937 Super Eight Convertible Sedan found in the 1965 catalog of the Vintage Car Store.Packard’s history is lengthy and indeed worthy of a feature length story in its own right. In … [Read more...]
The Puzzles Facing the Car Industry - Oil Prices and Consumer BiasesBy Martin SwigCar selling requires a long-term strategy. Consider Hyundai. In their first ten years in the U.S. they wandered all over the map. They then “idled” for about five years. Finally they found a sound strategy and produced a succession of very good cars. At long last they are recognized as a major … [Read more...]
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event. One hundred Rolls-Royce motor cars, from 1911 until the present day, were displayed in the Courtyard at the Home of the car manufacturer in Goodwood, West Sussex.The cars were presented by members of the Rolls-Royce Enthusiasts’ Club, who joined VIPs and neighbours from … [Read more...]
By Stephen MitchellA friend once asked me what was the fastest I'd ever driven a car. My answer was 7500 rpm in fifth gear. Race cars don't have speedometers and the car in question was my Ferrari 250 GTO. I was on the way to Las Vegas and my father was riding next to me in the passenger seat. In those days, there were no posted speed limits on Nevada's highways and we were having the time of … [Read more...]
By Art EvansSports Car Digest Editor Jamie Doyle has assigned me to write a column about the history of sports cars. For the first one, I thought it would be interesting to look at the first events that established motorsports.It’s rather obvious that the first was the invention of the automobile itself. The first motorized vehicles were steam-driven tractors. But the purpose of tractors … [Read more...]
A virtual museum tour of the famed BMW Art Car Collection is now available, with an extensive overview of the origin, history and development of the collection. In addition to extensive photographic material, a film has been devoted to every single one of the 17 “works of art on wheels”, each of which was designed by an internationally well-known artist. Historic racing footage and artists’ … [Read more...]
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