Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
Report and photos by Art EvansThe Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance 2011 was held September 18th at the Trump National Golf Club in Palos Verdes, California.The Palos Verdes is arguably the premier Concours in Southern California. It stands out among the many others in the area due to its unmatched location on the beautiful Palos Verdes Peninsula. … [Read more...]
RM Auctions held its 2011 Hershey auction on October 6-7 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania, resulting in a new world record for an early motor car sold at auction.Held during the AACA Eastern Regional Fall Meet, the 2011 RM Auctions Hershey sale saw the world’s oldest running motor car, a historic 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout, sell for $4.62 million, … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Peter FalknerThe F1 Historic and Spa Six Hours 2011 took place on September 23-25th at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in the heart of the Ardennes forest, Belgium.This is the final 2011 competition of the Masters Historic Racing series, the teams having done battle since March on circuits in England, Germany, Spain and Portugal. The twelve different class races were a … [Read more...]
Bonhams Fairfield Concours d’Elegance, Westport, Connecticut, September 18, 2011Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorBonhams returned to the Fairfield Concours d’Elegance for its second year and, in common with the concours, expanded to two days with an opening day sale of automobilia and Rolls-Royce and Bentley parts from the estate of Bob Jefferson.One of the Fairfield … [Read more...]
The estate of drag racer and Corvette and Indian motorcycle collector William King is being auctioned by Penny Worley Auctioneers. Described as the "ultimate barn find estate auction of the century for Corvette and Indian motorcycle collectors," the auction will be held online until October 16th, 2011."William L. King, Jr., was a super collector, and this is truly the mother of all barn finds … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dirk de JagerThe Alfa Romeo 8C Europe Rally 2011 was held September 20-25 in Austria.Among Alfisti, the Alfa Romeo 8C, or eight cylinder models, are ranked as the most exclusive and best models produced by the Milanese manufacturer. Available in different engine displacements and long or short chassis models, the best known would be the 2300 usually seen with bodies … [Read more...]
Auctions America by RM hosted its inaugural Fall Carlisle auction on September 29 to October 1, 2011 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, resulting in $2.78 million in sales and a 55% sell-through rate.Held as part of Carlisle Events’ Fall Carlisle Collector Car Weekend, the multi-day auction presented nearly 275 collector cars. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Vince JohnsonThe inaugural Supaloc Classic Targa Adelaide, held 14-17 September 2011 in South Australia, was the opening round of the Australian Targa Championship. Entries in the four-day tarmac rally were limited to cars twenty years or older, grouped into Early, Late and Contemporary Classic categories. More modern cars contested the Regularity section, nominating an … [Read more...]
The 2012 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power will be staged June 15-17 – a month earlier than the event’s typical July slot. The 5th annual Pageant will again be held on the Cholmondeley Estate in Cheshire, UK.In addition to the earlier June date, organizers also announced the 2012 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power will feature a range of new displays on land, water and in the air, a theme for the … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Portola Plaza, Monterey, California, August 19-20, 2011Report and photos (unless noted) by Rick Carey, Auction EditorRM Auctions pulled off an unprecedented feat at Monterey in 2011, selling five eight-cylinder supercharged Mercedes-Benzes in a single night.They weren’t mundane cars, either – if the term “mundane” can be applied to any 500K or 540K. There were two … [Read more...]
By Tim ScottMy infatuation with the Ferrari marque goes back to the 1970s, and my ‘formative’ years. As a poorly eleven year-old, stricken by appendicitis and hospital-bound, my dear Mother’s approach to a quick and happy recovery was to arrange for me to sit in a 308 GT4 on a local dealer’s forecourt. A red Ferrari paddock jacket duly followed that Christmas.Fast forward … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Dennis GrayThe 8th annual Classic Sports Racing Group (CSRG) Charity Challenge was held October 1 - 2, 2011 at the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Infineon Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California.The 2011 CSRG Charity Challenge featured more than 200 historic race cars, including pre-war cars, sports racing cars and formula cars as well as production and GT cars. Lotus was the … [Read more...]
The first-ever West Coast appearance of Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV will be held October 14-16, 2011 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California.More than 350 Porsche race cars have been accepted to participate in the on-track racing during the 2011 Porsche Rennsport Reunion IV. They will tackle the 2.238-mile, 11-turn Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, where many of these same cars once … [Read more...]
Porsche racing cars that made the marque famous at tracks like Le Mans, Daytona and Nurburgring will be the focus of the Porsche Race Car Classic, scheduled for Sunday, October 16, 2011 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California.The Porsche Race Car Classic will feature Porsche cars from 1950-1965 and include purpose-built race cars and production cars with significant race history during that … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson held their 2011 Las Vegas auction on September 22-24 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in gross sales in excess of $24 million.The 4th annual Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas auction saw 580 vehicles sold, a record for Las Vegas, in addition to a 97% sell-through rate, the highest since Barrett-Jackson reinstituted a hybrid auction model with both … [Read more...]
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