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 began in 1950 when spectators came to see a display of 30 cars in the Del Monte Forest. That is a stark comparison to today, as the annual event attracts thousands of attendees to see and celebrate the craftsmanship and timeless beauty of some of world's rarest and most historic vehicles. … [Read more...]
2008 Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Sunday Race Highlights Include Historic IMSA GT and Historic F1 The third and final day of the 35th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races presented by Toyota rounded out a special weekend of vintage car races, celebrity guests, expansive consumer expo, historical auto displays and more. … [Read more...]
2008 Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Saturday Race Highlights Include Bobby Rahal Winning the Can-Am Race in Dramatic Fashion and Toyota F1 Driver Timo Glock Winning the Toyota Race of Legends Day two of the 35th Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races … [Read more...]
The 2008 Bonhams & Butterfields "Quail Lodge, A Sale of Exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia" was held Friday, August 15th at the Quail Lodge Resort in Carmel, California.Bonhams & Butterfields' 11th annual auction, held in connection with The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering … [Read more...]
RM Auctions continued their highly successful sales run in Monterey, California with twelve cars breaking the million dollar mark at the legendary "Sports & Classics of Monterey" auction event, held on August 15th and 16th at the Portola Hotel & Spa in downtown Monterey. There was a standing room only crowd for the two day sale, as over 170 collector cars … [Read more...]
The 2008 Gooding & Company "The Pebble Beach Auction" was held Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August, 17th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding & Company's 4th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance … [Read more...]
ALMS Porsche GT2 driver Dirk Werner came into the series this year with a championship pedigree that matched the accomplishments of his team, Farnbacher Loles Racing. In their initial foray into the ALMS series the team has performed like they've been involved … [Read more...]
The 2008 Gooding & Company "The Pebble Beach Auction" will be held Saturday, August 16th and Sunday, August, 17th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding & Company's 4th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours … [Read more...]
The 2008 Bonhams & Butterfields "Quail Lodge, A Sale of Exceptional Motorcars and Automobilia" will be held Friday, August 15th at the Quail Lodge Resort in Carmel, California. Bonhams & Butterfields' 11th annual auction, held in connection with The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, will feature 75 cars, collectively valued north of $25 million. … [Read more...]
The 2008 RM Auctions "Sports & Classics of Monterey" automobile auction will be held August 15th and 16th in downtown Monterey at the Portola Hotel and Spa and Monterey Conference Center. RM Auctions' 23rd annual Monterey sale, billed as the world's largest sports and racing car auction, will feature over 180 cars … [Read more...]
Officine Specializzate Costruzioni Automobili - Fratelli Maserati SpA, established 1947 in Bologna, was an Italian brand of sports car automobiles, usually abbreviated to O.S.C.A. or OSCA. It was founded by Ernesto and his two brothers Ettore, and Bindo Maserati. The brothers left Maserati after their ten-year contract with Adolfo Orsi had terminated. … [Read more...]
Silverstone Classic Saturday, July 26th Results and Pictures Peter Sowerby won the first FIA Historic Formula One race of the weekend in a lights to flag victory in front of a large crowd enjoying the glorious summer sunshine and entertainment at the 2008 Silverstone Classic. … [Read more...]
1934 ERA A-Type Prototype Single-Seater Racing Voiturette ProfileEx-works/Raymond Mays/Humphrey Cook/Richard Seaman/Tim Rose-Richards/Oliver Bertram/Prinz zu Leiningen/Mrs Kay Petre/The Hon. Brian Lewis, Eugen Bjornstad – John Heath – Reg Parnell – Ashmore Brothers – David Hampshire – Philip Fotheringham-Parker – Alastair Birrell – Ron Flockhart – Bill Moss – Sandy … [Read more...]
The Ferrari 312 B2 Formula 1 car was first raced in 1971, a development of the 312B. With notably different rear suspension and rear wing, the 312 B2 scored an impressive victory at the Dutch Grand Prix in 1971.For the 1972 season, the 312 B2 was again used by Ferrari in the F1 World Championship, and with drivers Jacky Ickx and Clay Regazzoni, the team finished 4th in the World … [Read more...]
Six types of Ferrari Spyder Californias will appear together August 17, alongside the first showing of the only factory-built Ferrari Superamerica with Spyder California coachwork In 1958, Ferrari began production of a race-inspired convertible named after its best-selling market – the Ferrari 250 GT Spyder California. Only 105 "Cal Spyders" … [Read more...]
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