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 new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public on Saturday, January 31, 2009.The museum features 60,250 square feet (5,600 sq meters) of exhibition space designed entirely in white, ample space for approximately 80 historic vehicles and more than 200 smaller exhibits depicting Porsche's history. … [Read more...]
By Paul Chenard, Racing History Collector and Illustrator I've been collecting vintage toys since 1982. I started slowly and methodically, partly for lack of information, mostly for lack of finances.I used to collect any metal transportation toy that I found interesting, anything that caught my eye (and that I could afford). In the late 80s, a Canadian-made Chime tin wind-up race car toy … [Read more...]
"Barn finds, rally cars and needles in the haystack" is the very fitting tag line for one of our favorite sites, Bring a Trailer. On a daily basis, Bring a Trailer brings its readers the very best and neatest vintage cars that are hiding, typically not in actual barns, but throughout the online world. They search the web for interesting and exciting cars that are currently for sale, highlight … [Read more...]
Driver, team owner and motorsports legend Roger Penske joined racers Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson and Kenny Roberts Sr as the seventh Legend of Laguna Seca. Monterey County Administrative Officer Lew Bauman presented a "Steps to the Corkscrew" brick and City of Monterey Mayor Chuck Della Sala delivered a proclamation welcoming Penske into the Legends of … [Read more...]
Motorsports lost another great ambassador, as Paul Newman died Friday, September 26th of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83. Paul Leonard Newman (1925 - 2008) was an American actor and a film director. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award. … [Read more...]
It is with great regret that we report racing great Phil Hill passed away this morning, August 28th, due to complications from Parkinson's disease. Philip Toll Hill Jr., (1927 – 2008) is the only American-born driver to win the Formula One driving championship. … [Read more...]
Vintage racing lost one of its most avid and dedicated participants on Friday June 27, Henry E. Payne III. After fighting a rare blood disease for most of his adult life it finally took his life; he died peacefully at home. … [Read more...]
Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. (March 18, 1937 - August 19, 1975) was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car and drive it consistently on the absolute limit. Donohue's wins include multiple SCCA National championships, 1968, 1969 and 1971 SCCA Trans Am, 1972 Indianapolis 500, 1973 Can-Am and the inaugural IROC series. … [Read more...]
The ubiquitous Griot's Garage mail order catalog sells everything a car guy needs for their garage, from power tools to floor paints and car waxes. While the prices are not inexpensive, the must-have marketing pitch and quality products has lured many a buyer into transforming their boring garage into something special. While placing our latest Griot's order, Sports Car Digest wondered if … [Read more...]
When Sports Car Digest stumbled upon Roger Blanchard's automotive paintings at this spring's Euros at the Fair, we were struck by Blanchard's detailed comprehension of a wide variety of subject matter, as his art ranges from a Maserati 250F to a Bonneville streamliner to a Porsche 917.And of course, we were also struck by the fact that his art work was very good. … [Read more...]
While Jay Kay is best known as lead singer of the band Jamiroquai, he is also fairly well-known in auto circles as a very serious car collector. His well-thought out collection includes among others, a Fiat Abarth 1000, Frua-bodied Maserati A6 G2000, Lamborghini Miura SV, Ferrari 550 and Enzo, Aston Martin DB5, Mercedes 300SL and 600 Pullman, Bentley S1 Continental and his first car, a BMW 1602. … [Read more...]
The April 7th issue of AutoWeek has several must-see articles. Sport Car Digest's favorite is a profile of Harry Yeaggy's garage written by Phil Berg, the same Phil Berg that penned the great Ultimate Garage books. SCD cannot get enough of Mr. Berg's garage profiles. Thanks to AutoWeek for including the article in this issue. From AutoWeek:These days, Harry Yeaggy acts like a lottery winner, … [Read more...]
Martin Swig is a San Francisco-based vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille vintage car rally. Winding Road recently profiled the "Free Spirit of California Motoring" for their online magazine.The Free Spirit of California Motoring – A Profile of Martin SwigThe view from Martin Swig's living room is one of a kind, much like the man himself. Look west through … [Read more...]
Liuzzi Hails "Amazing" Slick Tires – Vitantonio Liuzzi hailed Bridgestone's slick tires as "amazing" after testing with them for the first time at Barcelona yesterday.The Force India test driver was working with a 2009 aero configuration, with a lot less downforce in his car, but with the new slicks introduced by Bridgestone for this test.Liuzzi, who did not try the slicks in their first … [Read more...]
Victor Henry Elford (born in London, June 10, 1935) is a former sportscar racing, rallying and Formula One driver from England. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on July 7, 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points.Elford, one of the greatest all-rounders in motorsport history alongside Jacky Ickx, Stirling Moss and others, was mainly a famous sports car … [Read more...]
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