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.
Photos, event coverage, news and information on the many events that make up the Monterey Classic Car Week, held annually each August in California.
A Vignale-bodied 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupe will be among the headline offerings at the 2013 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for August 16th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge property in Carmel Valley, California. This one-of-a-kind Ferrari was designed by Giovanni Michelotti for Vignale and sold new to the North American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti. Upon seeing the design, … [Read more...]
Featured marque Corvette is the major focus in the official poster art of the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in California. The official artist, Bill Patterson, unveiled this year’s artwork that features the red, white and blue 1967 Chevrolet Corvette. The poster car is the 1967 Chevrolet Corvette No. 9 that was raced by … [Read more...]
Lincoln will feature prominently on the official poster for the 2013 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, scheduled for Sunday, August 18th on the grounds of Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. When Edsel B. Ford II came upon the 1956 Lincoln Continental MK II last year, he admired the long lines and elegant custom styling of the automobile, but he didn't immediately recognize it. Imagine his … [Read more...]
Bonhams returns to the Monterey Classic Car Week for the 16th consecutive year for its Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for August 16, 2013 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Among the list of early consignments for the 2013 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction is a barn-find 1972 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale that has remained untouched for the last 30 years. … [Read more...]
The 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be held August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, again serving as an anchor event of Monterey Classic Car Week. A total of 533 historic race cars have been initially accepted for this year's event, with the option of up to 17 additional cars to complete the field. The Chevrolet Corvette is the featured marque and the Chevrolet Motor Division will … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2013 will be held Sunday, August 18th on the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. The 63rd annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Aston Martin, the 50th anniversaries of Lamborghini and the Porsche 911, in addition to honoring Custom Lincoln, Simplex, Vanvooren Coachwork, BMW 507 and … [Read more...]
The 2013 running of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion will be staged August 16-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Organizers expect up to 1,000 requests for entry into America's premier historic car race, one of the anchor events of Monterey Classic Car Week. The Governing Committee established sixteen race groups for next year's historic races, ranging from early … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Think about a really good, solid, exterior door latch and lock, the precise snick as levers, springs and bolts slide into place. That’s the Pur Sang Type 35, an assemblage of meticulously cast, precisely machined, artfully formed and carefully fitted parts that communicate exactly what they’re doing, exactly what they’re experiencing, back into the … [Read more...]
The 2012 edition of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance raised more than $1.2 million for local charities, the seventh year in a row that charitable donations have topped $1 million. The full sum distributed to charity -- $1,254,000 -- was announced by Pebble Beach Company CEO William L. Perocchi and Pebble Beach Concours Chairman Sandra Button during a luncheon honoring the charitable partners … [Read more...]
Gooding and Company Pebble Beach, Equestrian Center, Pebble Beach, California, August 18-19, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor $113,736,600 sold in just two days, with just 123 cars offered and 110 sold, an 89.4% sale rate and average transaction value of just over $1 million; $1,033,969 to be precise. In the history of collector car auctions there have been a few that … [Read more...]
The Larry H. Miller Total Performance Museum announced the acquisition of the 1968 Ford GT40 Chassis P/1074 that sold for a world-record $11,000,000 at the RM Auctions Monterey 2012 sale. The selling price on the famed Gulf GT40, which was campaigned in major international sports car races during 1968-69 by England’s J.W. Automotive, represented a new world record for an American automobile sold … [Read more...]
Russo and Steele, Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey, California, August 17-19, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Russo and Steele finally completed its long-awaited move from the Marriott’s dark, low ceiling, loud, sweaty upstairs ballroom to a new location in a series of tents on Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf parking lot this year. The cars got previewed in a parking … [Read more...]
Bonhams, Quail Lodge, Carmel Valley, California, August 17, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Bonhams moved its sale to the back of the Quail Lodge property in 2012 giving itself much more room to maneuver. It also bifurcated its two-day sale, offering motorcycles on Thursday and [mostly] automobile lots on Friday. In contrast to everyone else at Monterey Week Bonhams … [Read more...]
Sports Car Digest had three photographers documenting the 2012 running of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, collectively bringing together hundreds of photos that expertly showcased the historic races from all angles. The only thing missing was noise, specifically hearing the historic race cars being run in anger. Therefore, in addition to Dennis Gray's report and photos, Tim Scott's … [Read more...]
The Automobilia Monterey 2012 was held Tuesday, August 14th and Wednesday, August 15th at the Embassy Suites in Seaside, California. Long a mainstay of Monterey Classic Car Week, the 10th annual Automobilia Monterey again demonstrated why it's considered by many to be the preeminent show in North America for collectors of original, vintage automotive collectibles. Tony Singer, the driving force … [Read more...]
