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 Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance 2010 presented by Rolex is an annual scenic 60-mile trip around the Monterey Peninsula in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Held Thursday, August 12th, the Tour d'Elegance is for vehicles that will participate in the Pebble Beach Concours on Sunday, August 15. The Tour d'Elegance traces portions of the original 17-Mile Drive, traverses … [Read more...]
Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction 2010 will be held Saturday, August 14th and Sunday, August, 15th at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center in Pebble Beach, California. Gooding & Company’s 6th annual auction, held in association with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will feature 135 cars, including 17 estimated to reach bids in excess of $1,000,000. “We have more consignors and … [Read more...]
Born in the Depression, Restored in a Recession, Delage D8S Gives New Meaning to Elegance Story by Philip Powell In perhaps the strangest paradox of the 1930s, as the worst depression the world had ever known was putting millions out of work, extraordinary design still flourished. Bauhaus architecture by the likes of Mies van der Rohe and LeCorbusier gave us functional homes described as … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2010 will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Ferrari 250 GT Short Wheelbase Berlinetta by displaying eight SWBs on the 18th fairway of the Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. Racing great Sir Stirling Moss, who serves among the Honorary Judges at the Pebble Beach Concours, is eager to see these cars take to the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. … [Read more...]
Story by Raffi Minasian Pop quiz. Name the fastest single engine car in America in 1952? Or how about the most extensively wind tunnel tested car in America up until that time? Next question – Name the car that put Art Chrisman into the 200 MPH Club? Still thinking? How about naming the first Bonneville streamliner built piece by piece from the wheelchair of a man stricken with polio? The … [Read more...]
The 2010 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance will feature a Hot Rod Lakesters and Bonneville Racers class, honoring the spirit and innovation of land speed racing. Held Sunday, August 15th, the 60th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2010. In the halcyon days of dry lakes racing, during the years just before and after World War II, young men with little money … [Read more...]
One of the most anticipated traditions of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance is the annual commemorative poster. In recent years this tradition has extended to posters created to honor the Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance and Pebble Beach RetroAuto. “The art of the automobile is at the heart of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance,” said Sandra Button, Chairman of the Concours. … [Read more...]
The 60th anniversary of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance will focus on the 75th anniversary of Jaguar, as the 2010 event will feature the famed marque when it returns to the Pebble Beach Golf Links on August 15, 2010. The Pebble Beach Concours began in tandem with the first Pebble Beach Road Race in 1950 when new sports cars were the focus of the burgeoning community of car enthusiasts … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance has announced the featured marques and special classes for its 60th anniversary on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Entry forms were mailed this weekend and are due January 6th. The 2010 field at Pebble Beach will feature the marques Alfa Romeo, Pierce-Arrow and Jaguar, and showcase Italian designer Ghia, in addition to many other special classes. … [Read more...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, founded in 1950 as a celebration of the automobile, has evolved into one of the world’s foremost classic car events. Additionally, as exemplified by the more than 20 new and concept vehicles showcased at the 2009 Concours, the annual event now offers a glimpse into the automotive future. Several vehicles made world debuts at the 2009 Concours last … [Read more...]
The Automotive Fine Arts Society was once again a main attraction at the 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance on August 16th as enthusiasts and art collectors swarmed the AFAS tent searching for their favorite cars on canvas. British artist Nicola Wood captured the prestigious Peter Helck Award, while AFAS president Ken Eberts was honored with the Lincoln Award. Awards of Excellence were … [Read more...]
The 59th Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance highlighted the coachwork of Zagato in honor of the design house's 90th anniversary and their beautiful and muscular creations. As expected from Pebble, the event assembled a wonderful variety of Zagato-bodied cars. Zagato was established at the end of the World War I by Ugo Zagato, putting aircraft industry construction techniques to use in the … [Read more...]
A 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, owned by Robert M. Lee of Sparks, Nevada, was named “Best of Show” at the 59th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance held Sunday, August 16th along the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links in California. After working with Karl Benz for a couple of years, August Horch started producing cars under his own name at August Horche & Cie in 1899. … [Read more...]
The 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance included competitors from 30 states and 19 countries, all hoping that their prized automobiles would win one of the 32 general classes. Participants also contended for the prestigious Elegance Awards, which honor the most elegant convertible, closed car, open car and sports car. Special Awards, including the Most Elegant Awards, are generally selected … [Read more...]
The 2009 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, August 16th at the Pebble Beach Golf Links in Pebble Beach, California. More than 200 cars and motorcycles lined the 18th hole of Pebble Beach Golf Links for the 59th annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. There were 32 classes including four display classes. The overall winner – Best of Show – was a 1937 Horch 853 Voll … [Read more...]
