1928 was the year of Alfa Romeo's first win at the Mille Miglia, and the 2018 running of the endurance rally saw Alfa Romeo cars taking the top three places on Viale Venezia in Brescia. Held 16-19 May over 1,000 miles of Italy’s most beautiful regions, the 2018 Mille Miglia was won by the Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 GS Testa Fissa crewed by Juan Tonconogy and Barbara Ruffini. The Argentine crew, number 85, out-shined … [Read more...]
Goodwood Members Meeting 2019 – Report and Photos
The Goodwood Members Meeting 2019 was staged over the weekend of 5-7 April at the iconic 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. Visitors to the 77th Members' Meeting were treated to close wheel-to-wheel competition that saw some races settled by mere seconds. How many rabbits does Lord March have in his hat of tricks? We ask the fairly obvious question because the latest extravaganza at his … [Read more...]
Veteran Team Joins Sonoma Speed Festival
The Sonoma Speed Festival announced several additions to its race operations team in an effort to ensure focus on safety, authenticity and vehicle provenance at its inaugural event. Steve Earle, considered the founding father of American vintage auto racing, has been appointed as Senior Consultant to the Race Committee, while Dan Radowicz and Tim Pendergast have been appointed Race Directors for the event. … [Read more...]
HMSA Spring Club 2019 – Report and Photos
Spring decided to trump the cold, winter weather that most of California has been having for several weeks and provided beautiful skies and mild weather as the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) held its first event of 2019 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. Vintage race cars and their owners were treated to the springtime weather for the HMSA Spring Club 2019 event, which took place on March 16-17. The … [Read more...]
Cavallino Classic Competition 2019 – Report and Photos
The Cavallino Classic Competition 2019 was held January 23-24 at Palm Beach International Raceway in Jupiter, Florida. The first event of the larger Palm Beach Cavallino Classic, this two-day track meet featured a field of competition Ferraris, Maseratis and Alfa Romeos on the 11-turn, 2.043 mile track. … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 Theme
The featured theme for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2019 will be "Speed Kings -- Motorsport's Record Breakers", celebrating people and machinery that set the benchmark or raise the bar. Scheduled for 4-7 July at Goodwood House and the 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in England, the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed will not just focus on the Land Speed Record, but on every area of record breaking in motorsport, from … [Read more...]
Hurley Haywood Named Monterey Reunion Grand Marshal
Hurley Haywood has been named Grand Marshal of the 2019 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 15-18 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during Monterey Classic Car Week. Haywood is a major part of the 50th anniversary celebration of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA), which is the featured marque at this year's historic races. Haywood has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans three times, … [Read more...]
Masters Historic Expands in North America
Masters Historic Racing plans to expands its North America presence in 2019, with new events and a new race series set to be introduced. Masters will continue its Historic Formula One Series, Masters USA, which will be partnered by the new Masters Endurance Legends USA category, to mirror the equivalent in Europe. The Endurance Legends will offer the same eligibility as its namesake series that has been a success … [Read more...]
Sonoma Speed Festival Opens Race Entries
The inaugural Sonoma Speed Festival will be staged May 31 to June 2, 2019 at Sonoma Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California. The new vintage car race is now accepting requests for entry. Sonoma Speed Festival owner, Jeff O’Neill, said, “This event will offer racers and spectators the chance to relive the Golden Age of racing. We want to have contemporary supercars, luxury cars, historic vehicles and unique cars … [Read more...]
GP Ice Race 2019 – Report and Photos
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...]
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