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 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed will honor sports car racing in 1972 and the 30th anniversary of the famed Group C era when it returns to the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb in West Sussex, England on 28 June to 1 July.Forty years ago, the 1972 season was a pivotal year in sports car racing. In America, Can-Am was at its peak, with a fascinating battle for supremacy between McLaren, Porsche, … [Read more...]
Young gun Michael Lyons (Lola T400) won all four MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series races at the first New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing - celebrating BMW Motorsport meetings at the Hampton Downs circuit south of Auckland on January 21-22, 2012 but series point leader Steve Ross (McRae GM1) added the icing on the cake with a new outright track lap record. Lyons, who with father Frank and … [Read more...]
Sir Stirling Moss will be honored guest at Lime Rock Historic Festival 2012, to be held Labor Day weekend on August 31st - September 3rd.The 30th annual Lime Rock Historics will see Sir Stirling Moss speak and take questions at the Friday evening Participants Gala, in addition to being available at various times throughout the weekend for autograph sessions. Moss will also join the judging … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest covered nearly 90 historic car races and rallies in 2011, starting with the VSCC Pomeroy Trophy and ending with the Legends of Motorsports event at Sebring. Dozens of photographers took untold numbers of photos, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. And did they ever...It is now up to you to choose the best photo of … [Read more...]
The Formula 5000 Drivers Association released its vintage car racing schedule for 2012 with an initial three races planned for the upcoming season.According to Seb Coppola, president of the Formula 5000 Drivers Association which organizes the F5000 racing activities in the United States, “I am thrilled to be able to announce another season of superb racing events at great race tracks in the … [Read more...]
Report by Martin Swig | Photos by Maurice LiangThe Anti-Football Run is finally winning. After over 20 years of staging our January 1st drive, to save people from having to stay home and watch football, the Bowl promoters have given in. They moved their games to January 2nd!Over 150 cars gathered at 8:00am on New Year's Day 2012 for the annual 100+ mile drive in beautiful western Marin … [Read more...]
The Vintage Automobile Racing Association of Canada (VARAC) will hold its 34th annual Vintage Racing Festival, renamed for 2012 as the Canadian Historic Grand Prix at Mosport International Raceway, June 15-17, 2012. This 2.459 mile road course and former home to the Formula One Grand Prix, Can-Am, Trans-Am and Formula 5000 is only one hour from Toronto. Corvette will be the featured marque … [Read more...]
Aston Martin club racing is set to flourish in 2012, now that AMOC, the Aston Martin Owners’ Club, has taken the major decision to run all its racing events under a new, independent company – Aston Martin Club Racing Ltd. And to ensure that the club’s racing goes from strength to strength, the new company (AMCR Ltd) has in turn appointed Duncan Wiltshire of Historic Promotions Ltd to promote … [Read more...]
The first edition of Spa Classic took place 27-29 May, 2011 at the famed 4.352 mile, 20-turn Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. A crowd of 10,000 enthusiasts enjoyed the inaugural Spa Classic with its strong grids and competitive vintage racing action.In addition to Marcel Hundscheid's report and photos from Spa Classic 2011, photographer Jurrie Vanhalle offers his pictures from the race … [Read more...]
The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Tribute 2011 was held Friday, September 9th in Watkins Glen, New York. An estimated 20,000 spectators enjoyed the all-day festival that plays a key part of the U.S. Vintage Grand Prix at Watkins Glen International.The Watkins Glen Grand Prix Tribute is designed to recreate the ambiance of the 1948-52 Watkins Glen street races by parading cars along the original 6.6 … [Read more...]
The Coronado Speed Festival 2011 was held September 24-25 at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. The 14th Annual Fleet Week Coronado Speed Festival saw a strong field race on the temporary 1.7-mile course on the runways and taxiways of the military base.In addition to the on-track action at the 2011 Coronado Speed Festival, photographer Brett Siegel of Siegel Thurston … [Read more...]
The Mount Equinox Hill Climb was held August 11-12, 2011 on the 5.2 mile Skyline Drive in Manchester, Vermont. The 61st running of the event makes the Mount Equinox Hill Climb as the longest consecutively run paved hill climb in the world.Sanctioned by the Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA), the field at the 2011 running of the Mount Equinox Hill Climb included a 1936 Lagonda LG45 … [Read more...]
The Supercar Run at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed is unique in providing a dynamic environment in which the public can view new models for the first time. Unlike a conventional motor show, the Supercar Run affords a fantastic opportunity not only to exhibit a new supercar, but also to show it in action on the Goodwood hillclimb during the Festival of Speed.For 2011 the Supercar Run … [Read more...]
The 19th running of the Spa Six Hours was held September 23-25, 2011 at the 4.352 mile, 21-turn Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. With a competitive field of 600 historic racing cars, warm weather and huge crowds, the event a great success and surely one of the strongest in Europe for 2011.In addition to Marcel Hundscheid's report and photos and Peter Falkner's photo gallery, we offer … [Read more...]
The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed will honour the Lotus marque with the main ‘Central Feature’ installation, displayed prominently outside Goodwood House.Goodwood will celebrate this much-loved British brand at an exciting time in the marque’s history, as Lotus is currently two years into a five year plan with the goal of returning the marque to its original status alongside other … [Read more...]
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