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.
Mecum Auctions, Hyatt Regency, Monterey, California, August 16-18, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor This was Mecum’s fourth year at Monterey, an expansion which many considered risky at best and foolish at worst. The Mecum team has shown that it was intelligently conceived and nearly flawlessly executed and the Mecum auction now captures the third highest sale total on … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, Portola Hotel, Monterey, California, August 17-18, 2012 Report and photos by Rick Carey, Auction Editor RM scored two of the epic transactions in Monterey this year. The first was the Mirage/Ford GT40 for a cool $10 million hammer, $11 million with commission, a Friday evening result that reset expectations across the Monterey auction blocks by vastly exceeding it $7.4 million … [Read more...]
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2012 was staged August 16-19 on the 11-turn, 2.238 mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion presents special awards, but not for winning a race. These go to individuals who embody the spirit of the weekend, the passion of historic car racing and the restoration and preservation of the many phenomenal … [Read more...]
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It’s been a week since Monterey wound down. It is, by any measure, the best car-week in the world. The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance leads the way, closely followed by the Reunion and a whole litany of events – Gordon and Molly McCall's Airport Party, Concorso Italiano, the Carmel Concours on the Avenue, innumerable marque events and – … [Read more...]
A Jaguar XK120 Roadster was judged Best in Class in the Postwar Sports Open category at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, held Sunday, August 19th on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. While winning Best in Class makes this particular XK120 significant on its own merit, it also stands above the others because its first owner was Hollywood icon Clark Gable, a devoted Jaguar … [Read more...]
The BMW R7 motorcycle was judged Best in Class in the German Motorcycles category at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, held Sunday, August 19th on the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. The award was received by Karl Baumer, Head of BMW Group Classic. “The BMW R7 is one of the most extraordinary motorcycles in our collection,” noted Baumer upon receiving the award. “We are … [Read more...]
The 2012 edition of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was, as always, held the third Sunday of August on the incomparable 18th fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. The 62nd edition of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance honored Cars of the Maharajas, Mercer, Fiat, Saoutchik Coachwork, AC and Shelby Cobra, Hot Rods Sports Customs and German … [Read more...]
The 60th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette will be celebrated at the 2013 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 15-18 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Corvette’s recognition in Monterey, California, will come during its 60th anniversary model year, and a large contingent of Corvette racers are expected representing each of the car’s six generations … [Read more...]
The 2012 running of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion was held August 16-19 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. A solid entry list of 550 historic automobiles competed in 17 racing groups over the 11-turn, 2.238 mile road course. This year's Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion represented the 39th consecutive year of vintage car racing on the Monterey Peninsula in August. … [Read more...]
The Mecum Monterey Auction 2012 was held August 16-18 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa in Monterey, California, resulting in sales expected to exceed $34 million once final figures including "Bid Goes On" post-auction sales are tallied. The results represent an increase of more than 65% over last year's figures. Top sale at the 4th annual Mecum Monterey sale went to the Can-Am … [Read more...]
The Russo and Steele Monterey Auction 2012 was held August 16-18 by Fisherman's Wharf on the waterfront in downtown Monterey, California, resulting in preliminary total sales exceeding $10 million. The 12th annual Russo and Steele Monterey sale saw more than 250 cars cross the auction block in Russo's interactive and entertaining fashion. Top sale at the 2012 auction went to the 1965 Shelby … [Read more...]
The RM Auctions Monterey 2012 auction was held August 17–18 at the Portola Hotel in Monterey, California, resulting in $95.2 million in total sales and an 88% sell-through rate. The results represent the highest individual auction tally in RM's history and an almost 20% increase on last year's record sale. The 27th annual RM Monterey auction featured 119 cars, with 20 automobiles achieving … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2012 was held August 16-17 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California, resulting in total sales of $12.8 million and a 51% sell-through rate. Held in connection with the Quail Motorsport Gathering, the 15th annual Bonhams Quail Lodge sale featured approximately 150 cars and motorcycles. Top result went to the ex-GTC Gulf Team Davidoff 1997 McLaren F1 GTR Longtail … [Read more...]
The Shelby Cobra class was a featured race at the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, held August 16-19 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The headline race offered spectators the opportunity to see 40 competition Shelby Cobras charging around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course. The 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Shelby … [Read more...]
The Gooding and Company Pebble Beach Auction 2012 was held August 18-19 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in California, resulting in $113.7 million and an 89% sales rate. The auction total, which exceeded Gooding's 2011 Pebble Beach results by more than $35 million, represents a world record sales total for an automotive auction. Gooding’s 8th annual Pebble Beach auction featured 123 … [Read more...]
