The RM Sotheby's Arizona 2019 sale was staged January 17-18 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix, resulting in $36,914,170 in total sales and an 85 percent sell-through rate. RM’s 20th annual Arizona Auction Week event featured a selection of more than 150 automobiles. The top result at the 2019 RM Sotheby’s Arizona Auction Week sale went to the 2,900-mile 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO that sold for $3,360,000 (est. … [Read more...]
Bicester Heritage New Year 2019 – Photo Gallery
The first Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble of 2019 was held 6th January across the 425-acre former Royal Air Force base in the heart of England. Kicking off the New Year in style, more than 7,000 enthusiasts passed through the gates, making it the most popular January Scramble at Bicester Heritage. As the gates opened at 9am, the historic RAF Bomber Training Station was soon filled with the rumble of engines and … [Read more...]
BMW M1 Procar Featured at Goodwood
A selection of fantastic BMW M1 Procars will be among the high-speed demonstrations at the 2019 Goodwood Members Meeting, to be staged 6-7 April at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. The BMW M1 Procar Championship ran in 1979 and 1980 as a one-make support series to the Formula 1 World Championship and saw most of the F1 field compete in identical BMW M1 coupes. Niki Lauda won the inaugural championship in 1979, with … [Read more...]
Ferrari 500 Mondial Offered at Auction
A selection of racing and sports cars will headline the Bonhams Scottsdale 2019 auction, scheduled for January 17th at the Westin Kierland Resort in Scottsdale during Arizona Auction Week. Bonhams' 8th annual Scottsdale sale will feature a 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider loaded with history, among others. The featured 1954 Ferrari 500 Mondial Spider, chassis 0438MD, was owned when new by Dominican Republic … [Read more...]
Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2018
Starting with the Winter Marathon Rally in January and ending with the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, Sports Car Digest covered a diverse range of historic car races and rallies in 2018. Our award-winning team of photographers took tens of thousands of pictures, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. To celebrate the effect that these photographs have on … [Read more...]
Ferrari Offerings at Scottsdale Auction
A line-up of Ferraris will be among the headline offerings at the Gooding and Company Scottsdale 2019 auction, scheduled for January 18-19 during Arizona Auction Week. The 275 GTB Prototype that raced in the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally, a late-production Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta, a single-louver Tour de France and a Vignale-bodied 250 MM will be presented at Gooding's annual Scottsdale event. “It’s always exciting … [Read more...]
Porsche 550 RS Spyder Offered in Paris
A 1956 Porsche 550 RS Spyder will take the spotlight at the 2019 RM Sotheby's Paris auction, scheduled for 6-10 February at Place Vauban in France during Retromobile Week. RM's sixth annual Paris sale will feature more than 60 collector cars, from pre-war classics to modern hypercars. The 1956 Porsche 550 RS Spyder offered in Paris is accompanied by extensive documentation from new, including delivery to Ecurie … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes at Dix Mille Tours – Photo Gallery
The 2018 edition of the Dix Mille Tours du Castellet was staged 1-2 September at the venerable Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. Peter Auto's 9th annual event on the 25-turn, 3.64-mile track near Marseille in the south of France featured nine historic car racing grids. Nearly 300 entrants participated in the 2018 Dix Mille Tours du Castellet, headlined by a 1955 Maserati 300 S, 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB … [Read more...]
Peter Auto 2019 Event Calendar
The Peter Auto 2019 event calendar will feature a total of nine events throughout Europe, from Catalonia to Lombardy via the Tour de France in five stages, the Belgian Ardennes, Burgundy, Hungary and Provence. The schedule of events for Peter Auto in 2019 include the 28th running of the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo rally, the 5th edition of the Chantilly Arts and Elegance Richard Mille and the usual historic races that … [Read more...]
Amelia Island to Honor Porsche 962
The 35th anniversary of the Porsche 962 will be celebrated at the Amelia Island Concours 2019, scheduled for March 8-10 in Amelia Island, Florida. The 24th annual Concours d'Elegance will honor Porsche’s landmark 962, the king of international prototype racing across two decades. America figures prominently in the enduring legend of the Porsche 962. Born from the International Motor Sports Association’s (IMSA) GTP … [Read more...]
Top 20 Most Popular Stories of 2018
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling classic cars, collections, historic races and more, 2018 was another busy year at Sports Car Digest. The grand total of stories published to date on SCD eclipsed a mind-boggling (at least for us!) 5,000 articles this year. We again offer sincere thanks to our audience of passionate car enthusiasts for actually reading them! A … [Read more...]
Date Set for Concours of Elegance 2019
The Concours of Elegance 2019 will take place at Hampton Court Palace from Friday 6th September to Sunday 8th September. Running the weekend prior to the Goodwood Revival, the Concours of Elegance will build on the success of its most recent running in early September. The 2019 Concours of Elegance will feature a selection of sixty cars in one of the UK’s most stunning settings; the Fountain Gardens of Hampton … [Read more...]
Panhard Dyna X Wins FIVA Preservation
The 1951 Panhard Dyna X 110/X85 owned by Yoshinobu and Miyoko Kato won the FIVA Best Preserved Vehicle award at the 2018 La Festa Mille Miglia, held 19-22 October in Japan. A representative from FIVA (the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens or international federation of historic vehicles) attended as the FIVA Steward, and for the first time La Festa Mille Miglia was chosen as one of this year’s ten … [Read more...]
Rally Round Africa 2018 – Report and Photos
The Rally Round Africa 2018 rally was staged October 1-27 over the iconic landscapes, cultures and wildlife of Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Swaziland and South Africa. Running from Dar es Salaam to Cape Town, the 6,700 kilometer route over the world's second largest continent featured everything from lush forests to awesome deserts, fertile vineyards, vibrant cities, legendary coastlines and fabulous game … [Read more...]
Jon Shirley Car Collection – Photo Gallery
In 2012, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray profiled famed car collector, Jon Shirley. Ever gracious with his time, our extensive interview with Shirley touched on a variety of automotive topics, such as buying his first collector car, personally restoring his Ferrari NART Spider, his favorite cars to race and why he would sell a car from this collection. If you haven't done so already, please take … [Read more...]
