Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The Algarve Historic Festival 2011 was held October 20-23 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. Returning for its third year, the Algarve Historic Festival has quickly established itself as the largest and most important event of its kind on the Iberian Peninsula.The Algarve Historic Festival 2011 saw multiple racing categories on track at the Algarve International … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dirk de JagerIn 2010, the Bourgoo brothers of Belgium realized a dream with setting up the first rally organized by the Zoute Automobile Club. The Bourgoo’s, who run the Bentley dealership in the high-society town of Knokke-Zoute on the Belgian coast, have always enjoyed driving rallies and wanted to bring the same experience to their region and also involve the city in … [Read more...]
Mecum Auctions held their inaugural Dallas, Texas auction on October 6-8, 2011 at the Dallas Convention Center, resulting in total sales in excess of $20.5 million and a 77% sell-through rate.Mecum offered nearly 650 cars during the three-day Dallas sale, with top sale going to the Bloomington Gold Survivor 1969 Corvette L88 Coupe that made $562,500. Other top results included a 1964 Ford … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Jackie BuysFor the first time ever, the West Coast welcomed the Rennsport Reunion. Laguna Seca's world famous Mazda Raceway was the host for Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV, sponsored by Porsche Cars North America. The event is the fourth Rennsport since 2001, gathering the Porsche brand's most renowned race vehicles and the drivers who raced them.An impressive list of … [Read more...]
The Grand Prix de Pau Historique, now held annually, will be back in 2012 for another run in the Bearn city of Pau, France. The 2012 Grand Prix de Pau Historique will be held 5-6 May, again welcoming new single-seater and GT grids to the street circuit in Pau.Coordinated by Peter Auto, the Grand Prix de Pau Historique 2012 will see the following race groups in action: … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Louis GalanosSebring International Raceway has always held some wonderful memories for me ever since I worked as a race official at my very first 12-Hour Grand Prix in 1970. That was the legendary race where Mario Andretti in a Ferrari 512S beat the then leading Steve McQueen/Peter Revson Porsche 908 by 28.5 seconds, the closest Sebring finish up to that time. From that … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Hershey, October 6-7, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM has turned its annual auction during Hershey week into a celebration of old cars and unusual cars.It’s a perfect place to highlight the unusual to the legions of collectors and restorers who’ve spent the week wandering the swap meet field looking for Mason connecting rods and Owen Magnetic … [Read more...]
The inaugural Porsche Race Car Classic was held Sunday, October 16, 2011 on the grounds of the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California.The Porsche Race Car Classic 2011 honored Porsche cars from 1950-1965 and included purpose-built race cars and production cars with significant race history during that period. They were arranged in 18 groups, with each representing another step in Porsche’s march … [Read more...]
The 2012 Concours d'Elegance of America will be held on Sunday, July 29th at the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan.In 2011, the Concours d'Elegance of America moved to The Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth, Michigan after 32 years at Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, Michigan. Attendees, exhibitors and sponsors praised the new location. With the larger show field, on-site hotel, deeper … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson, Las Vegas, September 22-24, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorLas Vegas is the home of glitz and glitter, a place where Barrett-Jackson’s collector car event fits like it was made to order.The three-day event from Thursday through Saturday was assiduously timed to give bidders and spectators ample time to experience the auction excitement, spend … [Read more...]
The 2012 edition of Race Retro will be held 24-26 February at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry, UK. The historic motorsports show will celebrate the Porsche marque, thirty years of the Group C Porsche 956 and thirty years of the Honda Racing Corporation.Porsche is Race Retro’s chosen car marque for 2012. From the 1948 birth of the iconic 356 to the current-model 911 GT2 RS, Porsche’s motorsports … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis GrayPorsche Rennsport Reunion IV was held October 14-16, 2011 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The first West Coast appearance of Porsche Rennsport Reunion saw more than 300 Porsche race cars battle on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course.Hosted by Porsche Cars North America, Rennsport Reunion IV assembled the wide variety of Porsche’s most … [Read more...]
RM Auctions will hold its fifth annual Automobiles of London auction on October 26, 2011 at Battersea Evolution in London.The RM Auctions London 2011 sale will feature approximately 100 automobiles, in addition to a select range of classic bikes also set to go under the hammer during the single-day auction. Headline offerings at the fall London sale include a 1958 Ferrari 250 GT LWB Tour de … [Read more...]
The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) will celebrate 50 years of the MGB as a racing car in 2012.On the suggestion of Barry Sidery-Smith - the acknowledged 'Godfather' of MGB racing in the UK - the HRDC will run a series of 30-minute, single-driver races for FIA-Appendix K-type historic MGB cars. There will also be an invitation class for historically interesting MGB-derived race cars, such … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Len ClarkeLa Festa Autunno was held October 8-12, 2011, starting and ending in Tokyo.Celebrating its 15th anniversary in 2011, La Festa Autunno is Japan’s most well-known historic rallying event, and attracts some of the finest machinery in this, a country filled with automotive works of art.Begun in 1997, the event, originally known as La Festa Mille Miglia, … [Read more...]
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