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.
Sad news from this weekend's International Vintage Racing Festival at Mosport as driver Dino Crescentini was killed racing his Wolf-Dallara Can-Am car. This follows the death of drag racer Scott Kalitta at a NHRA event in New Jersey. … [Read more...]
Some of the most respected former Formula One (F1) drivers are ready to go wheel-to-wheel in this year's Toyota Race of Legends at the 35th annual Rolex Monterey Historic Automobile Races, presented by Toyota. In addition to good-natured bragging rights, these drivers are looking to secure a $25,000 check that will be donated to the winner's selected charity.The Toyota Race of Legends is an … [Read more...]
The 2008 Heacock Classic Gold Cup Historic Races closed Sunday afternoon after a vintage race program celebrating "All American Muscle" plus the added thrills of an air show and the always exciting vintage sports cars racing on VIR's history-laden 3.27-mile road course. Joining the cars in their on-track action, 'Wings and Wheels' car and air show wowed spectators and racers … [Read more...]
With over five weeks to go until the 2008 Festival of Speed on July 11-13, Goodwood can already confirm that over 80 of the world's greatest motor racing drivers and riders will be present at the world's largest celebration of motoring culture, with more big names still expected to follow over the coming weeks.Here are just some of the star drivers and riders taking part in this year's … [Read more...]
Arthur Hebert claimed his first-ever Infineon Raceway victory on Sunday at the Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races. Hebert started from the pole position in his 1963 Lola, and went on to claim the win in the 10-lap Group 5 main event (1958 - 1963 Formula Jr., F-1, F-1 Cars). William Cotter finished second (1961 Scarab) and David Zurlinden (1962 Brabham) was third. … [Read more...]
Race car driver Gary Sheehan typically races modern sedans like the Subaru WRX STi, so he jumped at the invitation to drive the ex-Jo Bonnier McLaren M6B Can-Am vintage racer at Infineon Raceway. In Gary's first outing in the brutal 600hp … [Read more...]
Portland Historic Races celebrates Women in Motorsports as a special feature at this summer's eventThere have been many notable women drivers in the elite history of motorsports racing, from Helle Nice in the 1920s to Janet Guthrie in the 1970s to Danica Patrick today. In celebration of their skill and resolute determination, the Portland Historic Races has named "Women in Motorsports" as a … [Read more...]
After a battle which lasted four days in the Greek mountains, on tarmac and gravel surfaces, day and night, the 7th annual Historic Rally Acropolis is now part of history. The final ceremonies saw the flags of Italy and Cyprus flying high,as Macro Bianchini and Emanuele Baldaccini drove a Lancia Stratos to their second consecutive Sporting class win, while the Regularity class was conquered by … [Read more...]
The 2008 Heacock Classic Gold Cup Historic Races will host an acrobatic air show in conjunction with the vintage racing event held at Virginia International Raceway on June 6-8. "Wings & Wheels" will be an automotive festival of Street Rods, Classic Muscle Cars, Motorcycles and Sports Cars combined with an Air Show and Acrobatic Aircraft with some of the finest aerobatic performers in North … [Read more...]
Formula 5000 cars will be the featured machine during the 22nd annual Wine Country Classic Historic Car Races held May 31st – June 1st at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA. These historic racecars celebrate their 40th anniversary in 2008, and will roar around the 12-turn road course. The Formula 5000 series ran in the United States from 1968-1976, featuring manufacturers like McLaren, Lola, Lotus … [Read more...]
One of the most spectacular Group C sports cars from the World Sportscar Championship of the late 1980s will be a very special attraction at the Silverstone Classic on July 25-27. The "Silver Arrows" liveried Mercedes C9 that competed in the 1989 World Sportscar Championship in the hands of Jochen Mass and Jean-Louis Schlesser will race in the pair of Group C races and will be the first Mercedes … [Read more...]
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is well-known for being the only vintage car race staged on public roads in the United States. Held over the July 19-20 weekend on 2.3 miles of Pittsburgh city streets in Schenley Park, the race features nearly 200 vintage cars on the two lane roads and bridges with stone walls, curbs and telephone poles. Since the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix is held on city … [Read more...]
The 1970 12 Hours of Sebring is judged by many to be the greatest Sebring race of all time. The driver line-up alone was larger-than-life, featuring Mario Andretti, Peter Revson, Dan Gurney, Jacky Ickx, Brian Redman, Pedro Rodriguez, Jo Siffert, Mike Parkes, Vic Elford and Francois Cevert, among many others.Although Porsche easily won the season opening 24 Hours of Daytona, Mario Andretti's … [Read more...]
Legendary race cars such as the Porsche 935, the "Spirit of Sebring" Greenwood Corvette, and Jaguar XJR-5 will duke it out much as they did in contributing to the incomparable history of world-renowned Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca's famed 2.238-mile permanent road course during the Monterey Festival of Speed May 16-18.The sleek IMSA cars of 1974-1982 vintage will grace the twists and turns of the … [Read more...]
Group C Racing announced their program of events for the 2008 season which is the most ambitious to date. The fabulous endurance racers from the 1980s and early 1990s will undertake four races, plus a number of official test sessions. The program will commence at Spa at the RMU Classic meeting on May 16-18 before moving on to Le Mans, where Group C is proud to provide the support race for this … [Read more...]
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