Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
The Automotive Fine Arts Society will host its 14th annual art show during the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance on March 13-15, 2009, in Amelia Island, Florida. Mazda North America will once again sponsor the popular exhibit, which will showcase automotive subjects in a variety of mediums including oil, watercolors, acrylics, wood, gouache, pen and ink, clay and metal. … [Read more...]
The 2009 Glenmoor Gathering, held September 18-20 at the Glenmoor Country Club in Canton, Ohio, will honor perhaps one of the most underrated automobile executives—Edsel B. Ford, the only son of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford. Edsel Ford was president of Ford Motor Co. at the time of his death in 1943 at the age of 49. … [Read more...]
Sports Car Club of America announced the five individuals who will be inducted into the SCCA Hall of Fame at the 2009 SCCA National Convention. The diverse group, including Paul Newman, Bill Chambres, Bill Johnson, Jim Kimberly and John Timanus, spans all facets of the Club, from former volunteers and drivers to former SCCA Presidents. … [Read more...]
Assistance League of Southern California will present the 4th Annual Los Angeles Concours d'Elegance at the Rose Bowl and adjacent Brookside Golf Course on June 7, 2009, in Pasadena, California. The event will showcase 350 extraordinary cars in elegant condition such as horseless carriages dating from the early 1900s, European and American classics from the 20s, 30s and 40s, muscle cars of the … [Read more...]
The sixth annual Morgan Adams Concours d'Elegance was held October 4th at Centennial Airport in Denver, Colorado. The "wheels and wings" event featured an impressive display of collectible automobiles and historic aircraft, plus airplane flyovers, live and silent auctions and great music and food. As the largest annual fundraising event for the Morgan Adams Foundation, the event provides hope … [Read more...]
The Desert Classic Concours d'Elegance announced that their 2nd annual event will be held at the historic O'Donnell Golf Club in Palm Springs, California on Sunday, March 1, 2009. "We believe our partnership with the O'Donnell Golf Club is ideal," said Paul Merrigan, event founder and organizer. "The picturesque green in downtown Palm Springs is the perfect location for the beautiful, true … [Read more...]
The 2009 Ault Park Concours d'Elegance, an annual classic car show in its 32nd year, will be held on Sunday, June 14, 2009 in Cincinnati's historic Ault Park. The event, with five classes representing the featured theme, "Excellence in German Design & Engineering," will also include special displays of land-speed record cars, the 100th anniversary of Morgan automobiles and historic … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance is already accepting entry applications for the 59th annual show to be held on Sunday, August 16, 2009. Entry forms were mailed out last week, and all completed forms are due back to the Concours by January 7, 2009 — two full months earlier than in previous years. "The earlier time frame allows our Selection Committee to put together the very best field," … [Read more...]
San Francisco businessman Kjell Qvale has been a big wheel in the automotive industry for more than six decades. Qvale, 89, founder and chairman of British Motor Cars Ltd., introduced "foreign" cars to the West Coast in 1948, when American-made vehicles were unrivaled in the United States and foreign competition was considered a joke. His vision in bucking the establishment made him legendary, … [Read more...]
The Ferrari Club of America Desert Region presents the annual Concorso Arizona event at The Boulders Resort in their el Pedregal Marketplace this Saturday, November 15, 2008. This Italian Sports Car and Exotics show features Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pantera and other spectacular Italian cars which will be on display from 9:30am to 3:30pm. … [Read more...]
The 2008 Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival was held October 30th – November 2nd in the low country of South Carolina and Georgia. The Hilton Head Island Concours is the culmination of four days of events that also include … [Read more...]
The second annual Rocky Mountain Concours d'Elegance was held at the grounds of the famous Broadmoor Resort in Colorado Springs, Colorado on August 31st. The 2008 Rocky Mountain Concours highlighted the achievements of racing's Unser family with a special Unser Racing Museum tent displaying some of the Unser's historic Pikes Peak Hillclimb cars amidst the show field of 120 automobiles. … [Read more...]
The Honorable Michael A. Nutter, mayor of the City of Philadelphia, will be dedicating the new Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum – containing a collection of some of the rarest and most significant racing sports cars in the world – on November 12, 2008, from 6PM to 9PM. In addition to the dedication, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum will also be presenting its first annual "Spirit … [Read more...]
On Sunday, October 12th, an estimated 10,000 spectators packed the streets of Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, U.K. to support Lola Cars landmark 50th Anniversary parade of racing cars. The impressive display of 20 cars represented the marque's most iconic models from the past half century through to Lola's all-new 2008 designs. Some of Lola's most successful drivers were reunited with the winning … [Read more...]
Bringing together the world's rarest sport and racing automobiles, The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering, returned to its intimate setting on Friday, August 15, 2008 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The 2008 Quail honored one of the greatest endurance races in America, the Twelve Hours of Sebring, … [Read more...]
