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 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is already accepting entry applications for the 59th annual show to be held on Sunday, August 16, 2009. Entry forms were mailed out last week, and all completed forms are due back to the Concours by January 7, 2009 — two full months earlier than in previous years. "The earlier time frame allows our Selection Committee to put together the very best field," … [Read more...]
San Francisco businessman Kjell Qvale has been a big wheel in the automotive industry for more than six decades. Qvale, 89, founder and chairman of British Motor Cars Ltd., introduced "foreign" cars to the West Coast in 1948, when American-made vehicles were unrivaled in the United States and foreign competition was considered a joke. His vision in bucking the establishment made him legendary, … [Read more...]
The Ferrari Club of America Desert Region presents the annual Concorso Arizona event at The Boulders Resort in their el Pedregal Marketplace this Saturday, November 15, 2008. This Italian Sports Car and Exotics show features Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pantera and other spectacular Italian cars which will be on display from 9:30am to 3:30pm. … [Read more...]
The 2008 Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival was held October 30th – November 2nd in the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. The Hilton Head Island Concours is the culmination of four days of events that also include … [Read more...]
The second annual Rocky Mountain Concours d'Elegance was held at the grounds of the famous Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 31st. The 2008 Rocky Mountain Concours highlighted the achievements of racing's Unser family with a special Unser Racing Museum tent displaying some of the Unser's historic Pikes Peak Hillclimb cars amidst the show field of 120 automobiles. … [Read more...]
The Honorable Michael A. Nutter, mayor of the City of Philadelphia, will be dedicating the new Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum – containing a collection of some of the rarest and most significant racing sports cars in the world – on November 12, 2008, from 6PM to 9PM. In addition to the dedication, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum will also be presenting its first annual "Spirit … [Read more...]
On Sunday, October 12th, an estimated 10,000 spectators packed the streets of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, U.K. to support Lola Cars landmark 50th Anniversary parade of racing cars. The impressive display of 20 cars represented the marque's most iconic models from the past half century through to Lola's all-new 2008 designs. Some of Lola's most successful drivers were reunited with the winning … [Read more...]
Bringing together the world's rarest sport and racing automobiles, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, returned to its intimate setting on Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The 2008 Quail honored one of the greatest endurance races in America, the Twelve Hours of Sebring, … [Read more...]
The 2008 Euro Auto Festival was held October 17-19 at the BMW Zentrum located next to the BMW Manufacturing Co. center in South Carolina. Now in its 13th year, the Euro Auto Festival is a 3-day affair that brings together European Car enthusiasts to display and celebrate the great European car marques. Held in and around the massive 4 million square foot production facility where BMW produces … [Read more...]
The 2008 Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival is set to zoom into the Lowcountry Thursday, October 30 through Sunday, November 2. The seventh annual Hilton Head Island Concours will feature a number of exciting events including: … [Read more...]
The 2008 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance included competitors from 27 states and 12 countries, all hoping that their prized automobiles would win one of the 24 general classes. Participants also contended for the prestigious Special Awards, which are as numerous as they are diverse in their respective honors. … [Read more...]
The fifth annual Centennial Celebration of the Vanderbilt Races scheduled for Sunday, October 19, 2008 In the spirit of England's Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Pebble Beach Concours, this year's Vanderbilt Races Celebration will again be held on the grounds of Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, New York. The races will feature timed demonstration runs, among many other celebrations of … [Read more...]
The 6th annual Automobilia Monterey again showed why it is a "must-attend" Monterey Week event. In fact, for serious collectors of original, vintage automotive collectibles, it is the event in the United States. Held August 12-13 at the Embassy Suites in Monterey, CA, the 2008 Automobilia Monterey featured more vendors (43) than ever, which is saying something for what was already the largest … [Read more...]
More than 5,000 visitors and spectators enjoyed the tremendous display of historic automobiles and motorcycles at the 2008 Fairfield County Concours d'Elegance. Held September 21st on the grounds of the Fairfield County Hunt Club in Westport, CT, the 5th annual event attracted owners of more than 200 vehicles for display at the show. … [Read more...]
The Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival will include a 60th Anniversary of Porsche celebration at Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island, S.C., from October 30th through November 2nd. To celebrate Porsche's contributions to automotive history, the Concours event will feature a display of 11 vintage Porsches and a rare viewing of the RS Spyder, Porsche's acclaimed race car. … [Read more...]
