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.
An exhibition of Porsche automobiles will be displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) in Raleigh from October 13, 2013 through January 20, 2014. Porsche by Design: Seducing Speed will feature more than 20 automobiles that together trace the evolution of Porsche's design aesthetic from its inception in the 1930s through the present day. Organized by guest curator Ken Gross and … [Read more...]
Brian Redman was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the "RRDC Evening with Brian Redman" in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, April 18, 2013, prior to the running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. A crowd of 350 people representing all forms of motorsports, from NHRA to INDYCAR and sports car racing, turned out to celebrate the racing legend. This was the RRDC's fifth … [Read more...]
Franco Gozzi, a key part of the history of Ferrari, passed away April 23rd, 2013 at the age of 81. “We have lost a key figure in the history of Ferrari,” said President Luca di Montezemolo. “My most abiding memory is of all the hours we spent together, talking about drivers and cars and I am grateful for the fact he was close to me when I was a young sporting director at the Scuderia.” … [Read more...]
By Michelle Cabatingan My love of cars and wanting to race them began at a young age of nine years old. It started on a winter afternoon in 2004 when my dad came home with a brand new PlayStation 2, a gaming system that my cousin introduced to me. Every time I went to visit him we would always be playing the video game, Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy. I had been asking for one, ever … [Read more...]
The Mullin Automotive Museum in Oxnard, California announced several new additions to its collection of art, furniture and automobiles in celebration of the third anniversary of the museum’s opening. Over the past three years, Peter and Merle Mullin and the Mullin Automotive Museum staff have established it as one of the premier collections of Art Deco art and automobiles. Since its founding, … [Read more...]
Designer, author, team owner and photojournalist Peter Brock was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) with the 2013 Phil Hill Award. RRDC President Bobby Rahal presented Brock with the award at a dinner prior to the running of the 2013 Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season opener of the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. The Phil Hill Award has been presented annually since 1993 to the … [Read more...]
Legendary racing driver Hans Herrmann celebrates his 85th birthday on 23 February 2013. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, the endurance and Monoposto specialist is regarded as one of the most reliable and consistent race drivers of all time. In the course of his motor sport career, Hans Herrmann won more than 80 overall and best of class victories. The proverbial “Hans im Glück” (Hans in Luck) … [Read more...]
Review by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Everyone involved in the collector car hobby – mechanics, restorers, parts suppliers, archivists, judges, historians, concours organizers, transporters and most especially owners, even (and maybe most importantly) owners of mass-produced Model As and Chevy 3100 pickups – should acquire, read and contemplate this book. “Stewardship” is, like the … [Read more...]
Parnelli Jones will be honored in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his victory in the 1963 Indianapolis 500 during "Legends Day Honoring Parnelli Jones" on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jones drove the No. 98 Agajanian Willard Battery Watson/Offy roadster, nicknamed "Calhoun," to victory from the pole in the 47th Indianapolis 500 on May 30, 1963. … [Read more...]
By Louis Galanos On Monday, January 7th, 2013, Daytona racing legend George S. Waltman of Honesdale, Pennsylvania passed away at the age of 87. Most endurance racing fans were unaware of exactly who George S. Waltman was unless you heard mention of him on the Speed Television broadcast of the recently concluded Rolex 24 At Daytona. … [Read more...]
The Petersen Automotive Museum announced Peter Mullin has been elected Chairman to its Board of Directors. Joining him as Vice Chair are Bruce Meyer, one of the museum's most ardent supporters and David Sydorick, a long-time board member. All three are respected business leaders and avid car collectors. As one of Los Angeles' leading entrepreneurs and philanthropists, Mullin will lead the … [Read more...]
As the father of two young boys and the publisher of what I consider my other baby (but obviously not as important as my real children), Sports Car Digest, I hope that by sharing my affinity for classic cars with my kids and their future children, they will in turn become part of the larger classic car community. Thus, I am constantly searching for new ways to help kindle that interest. Queue … [Read more...]
Thirty race-car drivers have been voted into the Road Racing Drivers Club as Regular members for 2012. The group has won a collective 66 season championships and more than 700 races, including 32 overall victories at Le Mans. Also, 12 Associate and Honorary members were voted in, six in each category, raising the membership of the RRDC to 407. Voting was held among all current RRDC members. … [Read more...]
The British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) celebrated motor racing achievements of 2012 on Monday 3rd December, at the BRDC Annual Awards. The ceremony, hosted by BBC Formula 1 presenter Jake Humphrey, was attended by the great and good of British motor racing, including Sir Stirling Moss OBE, John Surtees OBE, Sir Jackie Stewart OBE, Sir Frank Williams CBE, Derek Warwick, David Coulthard MBE, … [Read more...]
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited My abridged dictionary defines “provenance” as “source, derivation.” Provenance is important insofar as collections of art are concerned. The value of a painting, for instance, is greatly enhanced if its history can be documented. Another important aspect is authenticity. My wife inherited a picture assumed to have been painted by Murillo. But when … [Read more...]
