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.
Interview by Dennis Gray Morris Kindig is Executive Director of the proposed Monterey Museum of Automotive Arts that aims to build upon the legacy of Monterey's storied history with the automobile. Conceived to honor and recognize the relationship the automobile has with the Monterey Peninsula, the Museum will pay homage to the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Laguna Seca and the … [Read more...]
Bonhams will hold its 14th annual Monterey Week auction at the Quail Lodge in Carmel, California. The two-day sale will take place on Thursday and Friday, August 18-19, 2011. The 2011 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, held in connection with The Quail, A Motorsport Gathering, will feature approximately 130 cars and motorcycles, highlighted by the … [Read more...]
A collection of significant Mercedes-Benz will be offered at the upcoming RM Auctions Monterey auction. The two-day Monterey sale, scheduled August 19 – 20, 2011, will present 13 examples from the German marque, spanning over 80 years of production. The headline consignment is a 1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Spezial Roadster, chassis 154140 from the private collection of Sam and Emily Mann. One of … [Read more...]
A selection of significant Jaguar race cars will be exhibited at the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011, scheduled for August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Among the special activities planned for this year's Monterey Motorsports Reunion race weekend is the Jaguar Heritage Display that will celebrate the automobiles and drivers that achieved motor racing … [Read more...]
Concorso Italiano 2011 will be staged Friday, August 19th at Laguna Seca Golf Ranch in Monterey, California. The 26th annual Concorso will again honor Italian vehicles and style with everything great from Italy including cars, fashion, food and wine. The centerpiece display at the 2011 Concorso Italiano features over 20 hand picked pre-1974 original and barn find cars, including the 1952 … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company announced that the 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa Prototype (s/n 0666 TR) and the 1963 Shelby Cobra 289 Factory Team Car (s/n CSX2129) will be offered at auction at their upcoming Pebble Beach Auctions on August 20-21, 2011. "Being in the presence of the 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa Prototype is a visceral and breathtaking experience unlike anything I've ever known," says David … [Read more...]
The 2011 edition of the Quail Motorsports Gathering will be held Friday, August 19th at the Quail Lodge Golf Club in Carmel, California. The 9th annual "Quail" will again celebrate the finest sports and racing automobiles and motorcycles, while offering wonderful food, drink and camaraderie among like-minded enthusiasts. The 2011 Quail Motorsports Gathering will honor Ferrari America and … [Read more...]
The Legends of the Autobahn 2011 will be staged Friday, August 19 at the Rancho Canada Golf Club in Carmel Valley, California. The second annual event aims to build upon the success of last year's all-German marque Concours. Hosted by the BMW Car Club of America, Mercedes-Benz Club of America and the Porsche Club of America, the one-day Legends of the Autobahn event brings enthusiasts, owners, … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company will feature five coachbuilt Ferraris at its 2011 Pebble Beach Auctions, scheduled for August 20-21 in Pebble Beach, California. The bespoke Ferraris span the first 15 years of Ferrari’s production history, with each premiering as show models at Europe’s leading motor shows: 1950 Ferrari 195 Inter by Touring, 1953 Ferrari 375 America by Vignale, 1955 Ferrari 250 GT … [Read more...]
A selection of Porsche race cars will be featured at the 14th annual Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, held August 18-19, 2011 in Carmel, California. Last year at Quail Lodge Bonhams set a world record for any Porsche sold at auction when the 1972 917 Interserie Spyder (1970 Gulf-JWA Le Mans 917K Coupe) sold for nearly $4 million. Similar to the 2010 sale, Bonhams has assembled a strong collection … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance 2011 will celebrate the 125th anniversary of the automobile by showcasing the marques that trace their lineage to Benz and Daimler, with particular attention to Mercedes-Benz. The August 21, 2011 celebration on the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links will chronicle early racing greats, coachbuilt classics, and preservation cars. The birth of the … [Read more...]
The Carmel Concours on the Avenue 2011 will be held Tuesday, August 16th on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. While several events claim to kick-off Monterey Week, only Carmel Concours truly does so. The fifth edition of the Carmel-By-The-Sea Concours on the Avenue will see approximately 175 vehicles vying for first and second in class plus 14 major awards and, of course, … [Read more...]
Star consignments for the RM Auctions Monterey 2011 sale are beginning to surface, headlined by the matching-numbers 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, s/n 0492M. The Monza is one of at least 20 Ferraris that will be offered at RM's annual Monterey sale, scheduled for August 19-20, 2011 at the Portola Hotel in Monterey, California. The eighth of 35 Ferrari 750 Monza spiders to be built, … [Read more...]
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 revealed its official poster art, depicting a Briggs Cunningham Jaguar E-Type Lightweight in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the E-Type. Jaguar is this year’s featured marque at the annual gathering of historic race cars to be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Renowned artist Bill Patterson, who is the … [Read more...]
The Gooding & Company Pebble Beach Auction 2011 will feature a bespoke Duesenberg Long Wheelbase Model J designed for Captain George Whittell Jr., known as the Whittell Coupe. “Historically, Duesenberg Model J owners were among the most powerful and worldly of America's pre-war elite and, with six model Js in his collection, George Whittell was Duesenberg's best customer of all time, even … [Read more...]
