Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The 2nd annual Celebration of Automobiles, scheduled for Saturday, May 12, 2012 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, will feature an expanded lineup of events that continues to pay tribute to the heritage of automotive development at the track for more than 100 years. A vintage and historic car show featuring cars from 1920-70 once again will be the focal point of the 2012 Celebration … [Read more...]
1966 Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance - Ford Triumphs Amid TragedyBy Louis Galanos | Photos as creditedDuring the third week of March 1966 the annual pilgrimage of sports car aficionados was taking place in South Central Florida as fans of the Sebring 12-hour race descended on the aging 5.2 mile road course that was laid out over the runways and access roads of an old World War ll … [Read more...]
Leake Auction Company, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 17-18, 2012Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction EditorOklahoma City kicked off the Leake Auction Company’s 40th Anniversary season. They appropriately announce, though, that patriarch Jimmy Leake held his first auction in conjunction with Sotheby’s in Muskogee, Oklahoma in 1962. Further sales followed intermittently until the … [Read more...]
By Marcel HundscheidThe Bosch Hockenheim Historic 2012 in honour of the Scottish race driver Jim Clark will be held 14-15 April at the Hockenheim race track in Germany. Approximately 500 participants and over 20.000 spectators are expected at the popular Grand Prix circuit. Race fans can expect an action packed programme featuring single seaters, touring cars, GTs as well as sports cars … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Amelia Island 2012 auction will be held on Saturday, March 10th on the grounds of the Ritz-Carlton in Amelia Island, Florida. RM Auctions assembled more than 100 automobiles for the single-day auction, which will again act as a prelude to this year’s Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance.“We’re thrilled to be returning to Amelia Island and continuing our strong track … [Read more...]
The 2012 edition of the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power will honor the 50th anniversary of the AC Cobra with a vehicle display and on-track action on the Cholmondeley circuit. The 5th annual Pageant will be held 15 to 17 June on the Cholmondeley Estate in Cheshire, UK.Organizers of the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2012 said the special display entitled ‘Cobras at the Castle’ will play … [Read more...]
By Art EvansThe Tourist Trophy is the oldest motor race in the world still being run. The first was in 1905 on the Isle of Man, organized by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland. The trophy itself is given by the Royal Automobile Club to the winner. Over the years, Tourist Trophy races have been part of the World Manufacturers Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, … [Read more...]
The 2012 running of the MSA Euroclassic Tour will take place from 25 September to 2 October. This year marks the 20th year of this iconic touring event which mixes challenging roads, sightseeing and motor sport venues old and new.The MSA Euroclassic Tour 2012 will start from the historic city of León, Spain, traveling through Northern Spain and South-Western France before culminating with … [Read more...]
By Bob HarmeyerSebring International Raceway, located on a former Army Air Force base situated among the orange groves of south-central Florida, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the legendary 12 hour endurance classic in 2012.Sebring has always been one of my three favorite races to photograph, along with the 24 hour races at Daytona and Le Mans. At all three, the lengths of the … [Read more...]
Sebring International Raceway announced the addition of the Sebring Historics event to the 2012 racing calendar, scheduled for October 25-28 at the 3.74-mile circuit in Florida.In conjunction with the 60th anniversary celebration of the Sebring 12 Hour, the track is creating an annual vintage car racing event to honor the automobiles that have competed at the track throughout the years. … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, offered the Milhous Collection during a multi-day sale, February 24-25, 2012 in Boca Raton, Florida, resulting in over $38.3 million in sales and 100% of all lots sold.The result of over 50 years of dedicated collecting by brothers Bob and Paul Milhous, the Milhous Collection auction presented a range of rare mechanical musical instruments, … [Read more...]
The Tour Auto 2012 will be staged April 16th to 22nd along the secondary roads of France. Approximately 230 teams coming from all over the world will compete in the rally, which this year will be dotted with special stages on closed roads and circuits and fabulous landscapes.The 21st annual Tour Auto will pay tribute to the Ferrari 250 GTO as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. It will be a … [Read more...]
Aston Martin and Zagato have collaborated on several automobiles, starting with the famed Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato up to the current Aston Martin V12 Zagato. This long-standing relationship has resulted, over 50 years, in an well-known series of collectible cars. All the Aston Martins designed by Zagato were created in a very limited series, helping to ensure that each model is considered not … [Read more...]
The Eppie Wietzes F5000 Championship-winning McLaren M-10BBy Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis GrayFrom his earliest days as car designer and builder, Bruce McLaren understood that success of his designs on the race track lead to opportunities to sell customer cars. Bruce’s interests lie in developing new cars, not running a production operation, so Bruce formed a partnership with … [Read more...]
A funny thing happened while writing about the sports car world: we started selling cars. It began slowly at first. One reader sought a particular Talbot-Lago and another was selling a late-production 289 Cobra. We made a few phone calls. Sent a few e-mails. Pretty soon, cars were coming and going quickly, word was spreading and our newsletter (and inboxes) were filling with readers … [Read more...]
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