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Top 20 Most Popular Stories of 2015

1947 Cisitalia 202 SMM Spider Julien Mahiels
1947 Cisitalia 202 SMM Spider

This was another powerful year for Sports Car Digest. There was rarely a dull moment in 2015 as we covered hundreds of historic rallies, vintage races, classic car auctions and events around the world. The grand total of stories published during the year came to nearly 450, growing the archives to more than 4,000 articles. And we again offer sincere thanks to our audience of historic car enthusiasts for actually reading them!

Leading the way in popularity for 2015 was coverage of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, followed by the photo galleries from the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este and Mille Miglia. Similar to 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, nearly all of the top stories included extensive photo galleries that accounted for a majority of the page views.

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1. The Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance took the top spot for the first time, as event founder Bill Warner pulled out all the stops celebrating their 20th anniversary. Our 310-image gallery focused on the race cars of Stirling Moss, World Rally Cars, BMW 327/328, among others.
1. Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Report and Photo Gallery – The Amelia Island Concours took the top spot for the first time, as Chairman Bill Warner pulled out all the stops celebrating their 20th anniversary. Our 310-image gallery focused on the race cars of Stirling Moss, World Rally Cars, BMW 327/328, among others.
2015 Goodwood Festival of Speed
2. Goodwood Festival of Speed Report and Photo Gallery – After dropping out of the top three last year for the first time since 2009, the Festival of Speed regained its footing with Tim Scott’s 454-image gallery from Lord March’s annual Goodwood hill climb.
Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance 2015
3. Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Report and Photo Gallery – Always a contender, Tim Scott’s 160-image gallery from the 65th annual Pebble Beach Concours focused on the otherworldly gathering of Ferrari classes, among others.
1958 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider
4. Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Photo Gallery – Tim Scott’s 249-image gallery from Concorso Villa d’Este highlighted the breathtaking backdrop of Northern Italy’s Lake Como, in addition to stunners such as this 1958 Ferrari 250 GT California Spider.
1937 BMW 328
5. Mille Miglia Report and Photo Gallery – Julien Mahiels’ 120-image gallery from the 33rd running of the Mille Miglia retrospective expertly shined the spotlight on the strong field of entrants and Italian countryside.

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Lukas Hüni awaiting take off in the Maserati 250F at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2015
6. Goodwood Festival of Speed Picture Gallery – Our follow-up gallery from the Festival offered a different viewpoint to this epic event, such as this Maserati 250F awaiting take off up the hill climb.
Charles Nearburg - 1980 Porsche 935 K3.
7. Porsche Rennsport Reunion V Report and Photo Gallery – Dennis Gray’s 164-image gallery from the world’s largest gathering of Porsche race cars.
1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe
8. Oldtimer Grand Prix Report and Photo Gallery – Julien Mahiels’ 315 photos from the the 43rd running of the historical races at the famed Nurburgring Circuit.
1967 Matra MS630.
9. Classic 24 Hour Daytona Report and Photo Gallery – Michael DiPleco’s 310 pictures of the historic race cars navigating the Daytona International Speedway road course.
1952 Cunningham C-4R Competition Roadster
10. Pebble Beach Tour d’Elegance Photo Gallery – Tim Scott’s 300-image gallery from the Tour captured the superb selection of cars and views from the companion rally to the Pebble Beach Concours.

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1958 412 MI Serial No. 0744.
11. Cavallino Classic Report and Photo Gallery – Michael DiPleco’s 388 images highlighted the 24th annual gathering for Ferrari owners and enthusiasts held at Palm Beach Raceway and the lawns of the Breaker Hotel.
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe
12. Kuwait Concours d’Elegance Report and Photo Gallery – Tim Scott’s 269-image gallery from the return of a proper Concours to the Arabian Gulf in Kuwait City.
The famous Lotus Turbine car (60) jockeys with other historic oval cars on Saturday afternoon
13. Brickyard Vintage Racing Invitational Report and Photo Gallery – Peter Falkner’s gallery highlighted the vintage racers battling Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Chris MacAllister 1976 Ferrari 312 T2
14. Monterey Motorsports Reunion Report and Photo Gallery – Dennis Gray brought 140 images of the historic racing cars battling Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the annual Monterey Reunion.
Rick Knoop - 1972 McLaren M8F.
15. Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival Report and Photo Gallery – Dennis Gray brought 362 images of the historic racers at Sonoma Raceway Sears Point in California.

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Porsche 917K recently restored by Porsche Motorsport
16. Porsche Werks Reunion Report and Photo Gallery – Trevor Ely’s 150-image gallery from the second edition of this single-marque event during Monterey Car Week.
1955 Maserati 250F
17. Goodwood Members Meeting Picture Gallery – Tim Scott’s 590-image gallery from the races and demonstration runs at the Goodwood Road Racing Club event.
1973 Porsche 917/30 chassis 003
18. Porsche Rennsport Reunion V Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery – Trevor Ely’s 247-image gallery brought an insider’s look to this wonderful display of Porsches.
Winning Chaparral 2A of Jim Hall and Hap Sharp (photo: Dave Nicholas)
19. 1965 Sebring 12 Hours Race Profile and Photo Gallery – Our update of Louis Galanos’ wonderful 1965 Sebring 12 Hours retrospective “And Then The Rains Came” featured over 5,000 words and 90+ priceless images, now displayed in the full-width format of Sports Car Digest.
Up and away goes the 1965 Alfa Romeo 1600 GTA
20. Tour Auto Rally Report and Photo Gallery – We’re still baffled why Julien Mahiels’ stunning gallery from the retrospective of the Tour de France Automobile race stumbled from sixth place in 2014.