Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2013 will be held August 30th to September 2nd at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. Vintage car racing returns to the 7-turn, 1.5 mile road course over Labor Day weekend, in addition to the Sunday in the Park Concours. The 31st annual event will honor the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin and Buick, as well as the 50th birthday of the Porsche 911, Lotus Elan and … [Read more...]
RM Auctions has become the official auction partner of the St James’s Concours of Elegance, scheduled for 5-7 September 2013 at St James’s Palace in central London. As a result of the partnership, RM Auctions has changed the dates of its well-established London sale which has traditionally taken place in late October. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid The Bosch Hockenheim Historic - Jim Clark Revival was held April 20-21, 2013 at the Hockenheimring in Germany. A field of 500 drivers competing in eight different categories celebrated the 9th annual historic races, held in honor of the two-time world champion tragically killed in an accident at the Hockenheimring on April 7th, 1968. As new FIA … [Read more...]
Mercedes-Benz has signed on as the main automotive sponsor of Mille Miglia. An agreement was reached between Mercedes-Benz Classic and 1000 Miglia S.R.L. in Brescia (Italy), with the aim of establishing a long-term collaboration. Mercedes-Benz Classic will be represented at the 2013 event with a number of vehicles, as well as five famous faces taking up their position at the starting line. … [Read more...]
The inaugural Pinehurst Concours d'Elegance was held May 3-5, 2013 at the Pinehurst Resort and Golf Club in North Carolina, the birthplace of golf in the United States. The famous fairways played host to a field of 118 classic automobiles displayed on the first holes of courses #3 and #5, with the historic portion of the clubhouse providing a stately backdrop. The more than 5,000 spectators who … [Read more...]
Report by Dennis Gray | Photos by author and Bob Ross The 2013 California Mille was held April 28th to May 2nd on the challenging back roads of Northern California. The four-day, 1,000-mile rally continued its long tradition of spirited driving in historic sports cars on the twisty and picturesque roads for which they were intended. The rally celebrates Italy’s famous Mille Miglia (thousand … [Read more...]
The inaugural Bonhams auction at the Spa Classic historic races will be held Saturday 25th May 2013 at the Spa Motor Circuit in Belgium. Nearly 60 automobiles will be offered, with seven Ferraris, six Porsche 911s and a Lamborghini Miura among the notable entries. Philip Kantor, Head of the Mainland European Motoring department, said, “We are very much looking forward to our first sale at … [Read more...]
The spring edition of the Mecum Kansas City 2013 auction was held April 25-27 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Missouri, resulting in $9.6 million in total sales and a 61% sell-through rate. With a total of 446 vehicles selling over the three-day auction, the top result went to a Ahrens-Fox BT piston pumper fire truck that hammered at $125,000. … [Read more...]
An exhibition of Porsche automobiles will be displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) in Raleigh from October 13, 2013 through January 20, 2014. Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed will feature more than 20 automobiles that together trace the evolution of Porsche's design aesthetic from its inception in the 1930s through the present day. Organized by guest curator Ken Gross and … [Read more...]
A Ferrari 330 GTC will be among the headline entries at the inaugural Russo and Steele Newport Beach auction, scheduled for June 20-22, 2013 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach, California. Designed by Pininfarina and powered by a Colombo-derived, four-liter V-12, the 330 GTC debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1966. … [Read more...]
The class list was released for the 2013 Salon Prive Concours d'Elegance, scheduled for 4-6 September in Syon Park in London. The three-day event in the style of an English Garden Party in West London will see an interesting mix of anniversaries and one-offs celebrated this year. … [Read more...]
Report and photos by David Ferguson The Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2013 was held April 25-28 at Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. Sanctioned by HSR, the 36th running of the Mitty saw more than 400 entries challenge the 12-turn, 2.54 mile road course. David Hobbs served as grand marshal for the 2013 Speedfest Mitty, which also featured a classic Can-Am reunion and honored MG as the … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, announced a new auction in New York City, to be held November 21, 2013 at Sotheby’s headquarters in Manhattan. The RM Auctions New York City 2013 sale, the first major collector car auction staged in Manhattan in over a decade, will feature approximately 35 automobiles from around the world. With an emphasis on bespoke design and 'best of category' … [Read more...]
By Jeff Walker, Chubb Collector Car Insurance So, you’ve decided to sign up for a multi-day classic car tour. Maybe it’s a low-key tour with a local club or rally organizer. Or maybe you’re ready for one of the better known North American tours like the California Mille, Colorado Grand or the Copperstate 1000. Or are you bold enough to take your favorite touring car overseas to ride in an … [Read more...]
The Elegance at Hershey 2013 will be staged June 14-16 at the historic Hotel Hershey in Pennsylvania. The Elegance is a series of antique and vintage lifestyle events for charity that include two-days of vintage race car competition, a cocktail party and dinner and the main event, a Concours d'Elegance in the formal gardens at the Hotel Hershey. The highlight of the Fathers' Day weekend of … [Read more...]
