Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The largest gathering of Lamborghini cars ever assembled toured from Piazza Castello in Milan to the Lamborghini headquarters in Sant'Agata Bolognese, held 8-11 May 2013 in honor to celebrate the company’s 50th anniversary. Setting off from Milan, Italy, the Lamborghini 50th Anniversary Grand Tour honored the "House of the Raging Bull" with a convoy that spanned 4km long and comprised some … [Read more...]
The Celebration of Automobiles was held Saturday, May 11th, 2013 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indiana. The third annual event paid tribute to the heritage of automotive development at the famed track for more than 100 years. Held in conjunction with the Indianapolis 500, the Celebration of Automobiles 2013 featured approximately 200 classic cars from 1910 to 1970 on display among some of … [Read more...]
The Artcurial Automobiles sur les Champs 2013 auction was held 10 June in Paris, resulting in €8.7-million in total sales and a 90% sell-through rate. The 5th auction in Artcurial's 'Automobiles Sur Les Champs' series of Paris sales was held, for the first time, in the Theatre du Rond-Point, opposite the Artcurial headquarters on the Champs Elysees in Paris, to accommodate the international … [Read more...]
Motor Racing Legends, organiser of four historic race series as well as the annual Le Mans Legend, support race to the 24 Hours, asked more than 100 of its customers (drivers, owners and preparers of historic racing cars) what they see for the future of the sport. In particular, asked Motor Racing Legends, what are the potential threats to historic motorsport in the next few years? … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The Historic Motors Sports Association (HMSA) held the LSR Invitational event on June 4-5, 2013 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The race weekend offered an interesting and diverse field of 100 historic racing cars circling the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course in Salinas, California. The HMSA LSR Invitational at Laguna Seca 2013 featured … [Read more...]
No other name sums up the relationship between Ferrari and Canada better than that of Gilles Villeneuve. He never won a world championship nor did he rack up a host of wins; just six Grand Prix victories came his way and yet Gilles is part of the Prancing Horse’s history and its soul and he has a special place in the heart of all its fans. His talent, speed, courage, bordering on the reckless … [Read more...]
The achievements of Chris Economaki, the late dean of American motorsports, will be celebrated on Saturday, June 15, 2013 at the International Motor Racing Research Center in Watkins Glen, New York. “A Tribute to Chris Economaki” will be led by a panel composed of Corinne Economaki, Chris’ daughter and motorsports insider; Leo Levine, retired automotive industry executive and author; and … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Tim Surman The Vintage Sports Car Club (VSCC) visited Wiscombe Park's beautiful grounds in Devon, England on 12 May, 2013. With its winding hill climb that starts just outside Wiscombe house, the course at Wiscombe Park crosses a bridge, then, with stunning views across the countryside, winds its way up and into the trees. A hill climb is very different to circuit … [Read more...]
The Greenwich Concours d'Elegance 2013 was held June 1-2 at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Connecticut. The waterfront park situated on the Greenwich Harbor once again provided an excellent setting for the 18th annual event. Since its founding in 1996, the two-day Greenwich Concours is actually two Concours, back-to-back. Saturday’s Concours Americana is exclusively for American … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Greenwich Auction 2013 was held June 2nd at the Greenwich Concours d’Elegance in Connecticut, resulting in $5.6 million in total sales and a 76 percent sell-through rate. The top result at the Bonhams Greenwich Concours sale went to the 1930 Bugatti Type 43 Supercharged Sports 2/4 Seater that sold for $875,000, followed by a rare 1967 Aston Martin DB6 Vantage Volante, formerly … [Read more...]
The Porsche Museum is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 911 with one of the most extensive exhibitions since its opening. The Museum in Stuttgart, Germany will present the "50 Years of 911" retrospective from 911" from June 4 to September 29, 2013. The exhibition will feature more than 40 different 911 versions telling the unique history of this sports car. The range of vehicles shown … [Read more...]
The 2013 Great South American Challenge, organised by H&H Classic Rallies, crossed the finishing line March 24th in Ushuaia, Argentina - the world's most southerly town - after 14,500 gruelling kilometres of action, triumph and adventure, stretching from Rio de Janeiro to the very tip of the world. The start on 14 February was organised to coincide with the end of the greatest show on earth - the … [Read more...]
The Santa Fe Concorso 2013 will be held September 27–29 at the Club at Las Campanas in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This year's event will honor racing driver and automotive journalist, Denise McCluggage. McCluggage raced with some of most famous race car drivers in history -- Phil Hill, the first American to win a Formula 1 championship; Sir Stirling Moss, Britain’s greatest race car driver; and … [Read more...]
The Silverstone Classic 2013 will play host to a line-up of car displays, parades and events to celebrate the centenary of Aston Martin. Aston Martin will be the event’s official 'Featured Celebration Marque for 2013', and highlights during the weekend will include a 100-car parade at lunchtime on Saturday 27 July – featuring a collection of past and present Aston Martin models marking the … [Read more...]
The Modena Trackdays 2013 will be staged on July 30-31 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium. The Ferrari-focused event will see 200 classic cars and more than 20 Formula 1 entrants contest the famed 4.352-mile, 20-turn track in the Ardennes. Since 1993, Modena Trackdays has been held every other year on the race tracks of Nürburgring and Spa-Francorchamps, coordinated by Modena … [Read more...]
