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.
From the Goodwood Revival in England to Monterey Reunion in California, we bring the very latest vintage racing action to life through photo and video galleries and results in a timely and interesting fashion.
Report and photos by Dirk de Jager Italy in the spring and 420 classic cars making their journey around the country for a 1000 mile drive. It sounds almost like a fairy tale and perhaps this year it slightly was. In the days preceding the 2013 running of the Mille Miglia, the weather was nice and warm with clear blue skies, yet on Wednesday, when everybody arrived for technical scrutineering, … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Julien Mahiels The Mille Miglia 2013 was held 16-19 May on the scenic roads of Italy. This year’s route traveled clockwise from Brescia to Rome and back, on the fabled Mille Miglia roads to cross through Vincenza, Ferrara, San Marino, Roma, Firenze, Siena, Maranello, among others. Of the 415 crews that embarked on the 31st running of the retrospective Mille Miglia, … [Read more...]
The 2013 running of the Hawk at Road America with Brian Redman will be staged July 18-21 at the famed 4-mile, 14-turn Road America road course in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. A mid-summer favorite, the event is one of the largest vintage car racing gatherings in the United States and features over 50 classes of cars racing in several groups. The four-day weekend will also showcase a historic Can-Am … [Read more...]
The 2013 Goodwood Revival will pay tribute to the legendary Scottish racer Jim Clark, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first of his two Formula 1 World Championship victories. Scheduled for 13-15 September, this year's Revival will feature a daily track parade at the Goodwood Motor Circuit that will include a variety of Jim Clark’s most famous cars to honor the life and … [Read more...]
The 2013 Donington Historic Festival was staged May 3-5 at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The 3rd annual event saw an excellent field of more than 400 historic racing cars challenge the 12-turn, 4.020 km circuit. This year's Donington Historics honoured two historic events which took place at Donington Park - the 30th anniversary of the first time Senna ever … [Read more...]
The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2013 will be held August 30th to September 2nd at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. Vintage car racing returns to the 7-turn, 1.5 mile road course over Labor Day weekend, in addition to the Sunday in the Park Concours. The 31st annual event will honor the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin and Buick, as well as the 50th birthday of the Porsche 911, Lotus Elan and … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid The Bosch Hockenheim Historic - Jim Clark Revival was held April 20-21, 2013 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. A field of 500 drivers competing in eight different categories celebrated the 9th annual historic races, held in honor of the two-time world champion tragically killed in an accident at the Hockenheimring on April 7th, 1968. As new FIA … [Read more...]
Report by Dennis Gray | Photos by author and Bob Ross The 2013 California Mille was held April 28th to May 2nd on the challenging back roads of Northern California. The four-day, 1,000-mile rally continued its long tradition of spirited driving in historic sports cars on the twisty and picturesque roads for which they were intended. The rally celebrates Italy’s famous Mille Miglia (thousand … [Read more...]
Report and photos by David Ferguson The Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2013 was held April 25-28 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Sanctioned by HSR, the 36th running of the Mitty saw more than 400 entries challenge the 12-turn, 2.54 mile road course. David Hobbs served as grand marshal for the 2013 Speedfest Mitty, which also featured a classic Can-Am reunion and honored MG as the … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Julien Mahiels The Tour Auto 2013 was held April 22nd to 27th along the secondary roads and racing circuits of France. This rally traditionally held the end of April has been the highlight of my year for the past four years. This charismatic event takes place over the best landscapes France offers, mixing 400+ km daily stages with closed sections and track races that … [Read more...]
Featured marque Corvette is the major focus in the official poster art of the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California. The official artist, Bill Patterson, unveiled this year’s artwork that features the red, white and blue 1967 Chevrolet Corvette. The poster car is the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette No. 9 that was raced by … [Read more...]
To balance their schedule and attract new racers, SVRA is rescheduling their Rockingham event and introducing an innovative "Double Points/Half Price" program. Originally scheduled for April 18-21, SVRA's "Race the Rock Vintage Celebration" at Rockingham Speedway has been rescheduled to August 8-11, 2013. The New Jersey Motorsports Park event is being held July 18-21, 2013. … [Read more...]
The Historic Grand Prix Cars Association held its Spring Test Day on Friday, April 19, 2013 at the Silverstone National Circuit in England. Held the day before the annual VSCC Spring Start, the event is a great opportunity for both the car and driver to get up to speed before the vintage and historic racing season begins. A varied and interesting selection of automobiles challenged the 2.638 … [Read more...]
The HGPCA Nuvolari Trophy Race will be among the featured racing classes at the 2013 Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 3-5 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, England. Pre-war Grand Prix racing cars will compete in their national colours and a number that originally raced there almost 80 years ago will compete at the track once more. Two iconic Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3 masterpieces, … [Read more...]
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser, Jr. was named Grand Marshal for the 2013 Portland Historic Automobile Races, scheduled for June 27-30 at the Portland International Raceway in Oregon. The 1990 and 1994 CART champion will return to the site of his first Indy Car win in 1984 at Portland International Raceway. In addition to the inaugural 1984 CART race, Unser won at Portland again in … [Read more...]
