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 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance 2012 was held Sunday, March 11th on the 10th and 18th fairways of the Golf Club of Amelia Island adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. The event attracted an estimated crowd of 23,000 and nearly 300 vehicles on display.Honorary Chairman Vic Elford kicked off the 17th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance by driving onto the field in … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Amelia Island Auction 2012 will be held Friday, March 9th on the grounds of the Amelia Island Plantation in Florida.Gooding and Company assembled more than 80 vintage and modern collector cars for its 3rd annual Amelia Island Auction. While Porsche won’t be the only manufacturer offered for sale, it may be hard to notice anything else in the sea of Stuttgart sport … [Read more...]
1966 Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance - Ford Triumphs Amid TragedyBy Louis Galanos | Photos as creditedDuring the third week of March 1966 the annual pilgrimage of sports car aficionados was taking place in South Central Florida as fans of the Sebring 12-hour race descended on the aging 5.2 mile road course that was laid out over the runways and access roads of an old World War ll … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Amelia Island 2012 auction will be held on Saturday, March 10th on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. RM Auctions assembled more than 100 automobiles for the single-day auction, which will again act as a prelude to this year’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.“We’re thrilled to be returning to Amelia Island and continuing our strong track … [Read more...]
By Bob HarmeyerSebring International Raceway, located on a former Army Air Force base situated among the orange groves of south-central Florida, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the legendary 12 hour endurance classic in 2012.Sebring has always been one of my three favorite races to photograph, along with the 24 hour races at Daytona and Le Mans. At all three, the lengths of the … [Read more...]
A funny thing happened while writing about the sports car world: we started selling cars. It began slowly at first. One reader sought a particular Talbot-Lago and another was selling a late-production 289 Cobra. We made a few phone calls. Sent a few e-mails. Pretty soon, cars were coming and going quickly, word was spreading and our newsletter (and inboxes) were filling with readers … [Read more...]
The Kuwait Concours d'Elegance 2012 was held February 15th to 18th at Marina World in Kuwait City.In only three years, the Kuwait Concours has jumped to one of the top-tier automotive events worldwide, an envious position for such a young event. Much credit is due to its organizers Paul Goldsmith and the team of Ahmad Al-Anzi and Zakaria Dhashti of the host Historical, Vintage and Classic … [Read more...]
The 24th annual Winter Marathon was held 19-22 January 2012 in Madonna di Campiglio situated in the Dolomites of Italy.The father and daughter team of Ezio and Francesca Salviato took overall honors in their 1939 Lancia Aprilia, as they braved tough conditions to place a win over the other 158 teams in the 2012 Winter Marathon. Second and third place went to the official drivers from the Alfa … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Alessandro GerelliThe Cavallino Classic 2012 was held January 17-22 at the Breakers Resort Hotel in Palm Beach, Florida. Well-known to Ferrari enthusiasts worldwide, Cavallino celebrated the 21st anniversary of its annual meeting this year.The 2012 edition of the Cavallino Classic celebrated the Ferrari GTO, Vignale-bodied cars and Aston Martin. The event included a … [Read more...]
By William Edgar | Photographs as CreditedIt was July 19, 1974 that I really got to know John Young Stewart, even though I’d already met and worked with him several years before that British Grand Prix Friday practice day riding with him in a chauffeured Daimler out to Brands Hatch, a distance of some 25 miles from London’s Savile Row where we’d first made a stop at Jackie’s tailor. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Csaba KissThe bigger, the better – that could be the most appropriate motto for the 2012 Retromobile Salon, which opened its doors for the 37th consecutive year February 1-5, in Paris. Although the main location, the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center remained the same as in the past years, Europe’s biggest classic car exhibition and fair moved to larger halls, the … [Read more...]
The Rolex 24 at Daytona 50th Anniversary Heritage Display - Bringing Racing History Back To LifeBy Louis Galanos | Photos by Louis Galanos and as notedWell over a year ago the Daytona International Speedway (DIS) embarked on a task that even the great Hercules might have shied away from. That is to search the world over for every car that ever won, what we now call the Rolex 24 at … [Read more...]
New Year Meeting 2012 - Starting the Year Off in StyleReport and photos by Len ClarkeFor auto enthusiasts in Tokyo and its surrounding areas, the end of January means the New Year Meeting, an annual event that brings together an almost unimaginable array of cars and assorted vehicles, both domestic and foreign, for a day of auto-sensory overload. It’s a car lover’s dream.Organized … [Read more...]
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2012 was held January 28-29 on the 12-turn, 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway, a combined track made up of portions of the NASCAR tri-oval and an infield road course.With the minutes ticking down on the Rolex clock in Pit Row, there was an epic battle for the 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona title taking place on Daytona International Speedway’s road course. … [Read more...]
Report and photos (unless noted) by Peter HelbachThe Louwman Museum was opened by HRH Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands on July 2, 2010. This opening marked the culmination of eight years of very hard work by Mr. Evert Louwman and his management team, led by Museum director Ronald Kooyman. Regulations being what they are, this was the time it took, from the first application to build a museum … [Read more...]
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