Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Car enthusiasts and Ferrari collectors from across the globe descended on Maranello, Italy this past weekend for RM Auctions' second annual Ferrari Leggenda e Passione auction event to witness a new auction record established for a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder formerly owned by actor James Coburn. The rare car exceeded all expectations by selling for a world record auction price for a vintage … [Read more...]
After famously leaving Ferrari and ATS, Giotto Bizzarrini teamed up with Italian industrialist Renzo Rivolta, who was turning his Iso Company into a manufacturer of sports cars. After developing a sophisticated chassis for the Iso Rivolta coupe, Rivolta then asked Bizzarrini to turn the Iso Grifo A3/L into a race winning machine.Featuring a combined multi-tubular semi-monocoque chassis, … [Read more...]
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is well-known for being the only vintage car race staged on public roads in the United States. Held over the July 19-20 weekend on 2.3 miles of Pittsburgh city streets in Schenley Park, the race features nearly 200 vintage cars on the two lane roads and bridges with stone walls, curbs and telephone poles. Since the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is held on city … [Read more...]
A significant record recently dropped at the legendary Nordschleife circuit at Nurburgring.In testing last week at Germany's Nurburgring, Cadillac's upcoming new 2009 CTS- V completed a lap of the legendary Nordschleife in 7:59.32. This blistering time appears to be the fastest ever publicly documented for a production sedan. … [Read more...]
A one-of-a-kind 1957 Chrysler Diablo concept car handcrafted by Ghia will steal the spotlight at Monterey's famed classic car weekend this August as it crosses the RM auction block. Considered the most valuable concept car of the late 1950s, the revolutionary Diablo will be the star attraction of RM Auctions' multi-million dollar Sports & Classics of Monterey auction event, to be held August … [Read more...]
Attention Porsche owners – Porsche Club of America's upcoming Porsche Parade needs your racing and production cars for the Heritage and Historic display. Held June 28th – July 3rd in Charlotte, NC, this year's Parade will have a very unique display of the history of Porsche Racing and Production cars called the Heritage and Historic display. … [Read more...]
In the market for a Dodge Viper with strobe lights? If so, you are in luck as that very car is included in the Champ Car World Series assets auctioned off June 3rd at the Champ Car headquarters in Indianapolis. Champ Car filed for bankruptcy March 5th in Indianapolis, after its owners agreed to a merger plan with the Indy Racing League. The last Champ Car race was held at Long Beach last month. … [Read more...]
'Les Grandes Marques à Monaco', Bonhams' 19th consecutive sale in Monte Carlo on May 10th, achieved a sale total of €8.2-million, making it one of the most successful sales ever held in the principality. The saleroom was packed with collectors from around the world who came to bid on the hand-picked selection of historic sports and competition cars offered in the spacious halls of SAS Prince … [Read more...]
The 1970 12 Hours of Sebring is judged by many to be the greatest Sebring race of all time. The driver line-up alone was larger-than-life, featuring Mario Andretti, Peter Revson, Dan Gurney, Jacky Ickx, Brian Redman, Pedro Rodriguez, Jo Siffert, Mike Parkes, Vic Elford and Francois Cevert, among many others.Although Porsche easily won the season opening 24 Hours of Daytona, Mario Andretti's … [Read more...]
The first official photographs have been published of the Ferrari California, the latest addition to the new generation of Ferraris launched in 2004 with the 612 Scaglietti and added to more recently with the 430 Scuderia.The Ferrari California joins the Prancing Horse's 8-cylinder family which has always been defined by power and performance. It also flanks the flagship 612 Scaglietti in the … [Read more...]
Serious collectors and enthusiasts alike descended on Texas last weekend, as Worldwide Auctioneers presented an outstanding assortment of vintage automobiles at its 4th annual Houston Classic Auction.Held in conjunction with the Keels & Wheels Concours d'Elegance, the six hour sale attracted bidders from across the USA and Europe, as virtually all eras including Brass, Pre-War, European … [Read more...]
Sports Car Club of America, Inc. announced today the results of a vote by its Board of Directors that will move the National Championship Runoffs to Road America (Elkhart Lake, Wis.) in 2009. Road America will become the sixth venue to host the event, dating back to 1964. … [Read more...]
With the final countdown well underway to the much anticipated Ferrari Leggenda e Passione 2008 auction event in Maranello, Italy, RM Auctions is delighted to announce an important inclusion to the auction line-up – a legendary, grand-prix winning 1964 Ferrari 250 LM.Designed by Pininfarina, with coachwork by Scaglietti, this magnificent example, chassis no. 5845GT, was the fourth of only … [Read more...]
The recent Long Beach American Le Mans Series GT2 Class race produced an incredibly close finish. The exciting final stage of the 100-minute ALMS race got heated 30-minutes from the finish when Tafel Racing's Technical Director Tony Dowe made the call to finish the race on the same Michelin Tires that the car started. The strategy, while dangerous if driver Dirk Müller or opening driver Dominik … [Read more...]
Massa Wins Again in Turkey – Felipe Massa scored his third straight victory in the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday, but it was far from a straightforward victory for the Brazilian as he faced a stiff challenge from Lewis Hamilton.Hamilton ran a different strategy than the Ferraris of Massa and Kimi Raikkonen. He also pulled off a great pass for the lead--something that we so rarely see in Formula … [Read more...]
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