The GP Ice Race 2019 was staged 19-20 January at Zell sports airport in Zell am See, Austria. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, more than 8,000 motorsport fans enjoyed the spectacular revival of the ice races originally held from 1937 to 1974. The GP Ice Race 2019 revival featured a wide array of participants, from historic to modern race and rally cars. Among the roughly 130 participants who drifted around the … [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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
S.F. Edge Trophy Returns to Goodwood
The Edwardian aero-engined monsters that make up the S.F. Edge Trophy will be featured at the 2019 Goodwood Members Meeting, scheduled for 6-7 April at the Goodwood Motor Circuit. Big engines are a key part of what makes the fan-favourite S.F. Edge Trophy so popular. The 2017 running saw an almighty grid reach a combined engine capacity of 234 litres -- at an average of 8.6 litres per car. This included the … [Read more...]
Imola Classic 2018 – Report and Photos
The Imola Classic 2018 was staged 26-28 October at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The final event of this year's historic racing season by Peter Auto allowed drivers one last opportunity to go head to head before the winter break. The 2018 edition of the Imola Classic was the fourth organised by Peter Auto on the Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari. The first was held in … [Read more...]
New Pre-War Race for Goodwood Members Meeting
The 2019 Goodwood Members Meeting will feature an all-new race for pre-1930 vintage racing cars, titled the John Duff Trophy. An inductee of the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame, and one of the first ‘Bentley Boys’, John Duff was not only the first Canadian to compete in the Le Mans 24 Hours, but the only Canadian to take overall victory there, winning the 1924 race for Bentley alongside Frank Clement. As well as … [Read more...]
Maserati at the 2018 Goodwood Revival
Maserati played a role in the celebrations at the 20th anniversary of the Goodwood Revival, staged September 7-9, 2018 at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex. Over twenty classic Maserati models competed in races across the 2018 Goodwood Revival, including a 3500 GT, 300S, A6GCS and several examples of the 250F. Maserati cars took to the circuit in the Kinrara Trophy, Goodwood Trophy, Freddie March Memorial … [Read more...]
IMSA Featured at 2019 Monterey Reunion
Fifty years of IMSA will be celebrated at the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 15-18 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. The Monterey Car Week event will feature International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) history with a variety of race cars and personalities from throughout the series' 50-year history. “To be the featured marque of the 2019 Rolex Monterey … [Read more...]
Behind the Scenes at the 2018 Le Mans Classic
The 2018 Le Mans Classic was a wonderful display of reuniting many historic race cars with the tracks that made the famous. One of the top vintage car racing events worldwide, this year’s event hosted 700 historic cars and more than 1,000 drivers at the venue of the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race. The number of historic racing cars that continues to increase event after event, drivers coming from all … [Read more...]
Dix Mille Tours du Castellet 2018 – Report and Photos
The Dix Mille Tours du Castellet 2018 was held 1-2 September at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. Record crowds of 15,000 spectators shared their common passion at the 9th annual historic car racing event that featured nine grids on the 25-turn, 3.64-mile track near Marseille. The Dix Mille Tours has been on the Peter Auto calendar of events since 2010. The entrants eagerly await this rendezvous due to … [Read more...]
Rennsport Reunion 2018 – Report and Photos
The Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2018 was held September 27-30 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The third West Coast appearance of Rennsport Reunion saw 350 Porsche race cars battle on the 2.238-mile, 11-turn road course on the Monterey Peninsula. More than 81,000 attended Porsche Rennsport Reunion VI, the highest attendance at Laguna Seca in five years and easily broke the Rennsport … [Read more...]
Porsche at the 2018 Goodwood Revival
The '70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars' was among the many celebrations at the 2018 Goodwood Revival, held September 7-9 at the 7-turn, 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. Since 1998 the legendary Goodwood Revival Meeting has been a hit with vintage car fans from all over the world, which is why Porsche was there this year with some really special vintage car models. … [Read more...]
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