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...]
Goodwood Revival 2018 – Kinrara Trophy Photos
The Kinrara Trophy race at the Goodwood Revival 2018 was held Friday, September 7th at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. As the sun began to set on the first day of the 2018 Goodwood Revival Meeting, Emanuele Pirro and Niklas Halusa claimed a convincing victory in the Kinrara Trophy race. The Ferrari 250 GT SWB 'Breadvan' duo were made to work for the win, however, with Jaguar E-type pairing Jon … [Read more...]
Goodwood Revival 2018 – Report and Photos
The Goodwood Revival 2018 was held during the weekend of September 7-9 at the 7-turn, 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. This year's Revival marked 20 years since competitive racing returned to the historic Circuit. Over three days, the Goodwood Revival 2018 welcomed swathes of motoring enthusiasts, dressed head-to-toe in a myriad of vintage costumes from wartime '40s fashion to the fabulous … [Read more...]
Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2018 – Report and Photos
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2018 was held August 23-26 at the 2.238-mile, 11-turn WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. Historic and vintage racing enthusiasts were treated to four exciting days of racing, exhibits, activities and great weather at the iconic Monterey Peninsula track. A cornerstone of the Monterey Car Week, the Reunion brought over 550 vintage race cars to life in their … [Read more...]
Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2018 – Report and Photos
The Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion 2018 serves as the kick-off to the week of everything automotive that is the Monterey Classic Car Week. Staged August 17-19 at the newly named WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California, a great selection of 330 historic race cars participated in this year’s event. Spectators enjoyed a wide range of historic race cars, grouped together in 10 race classes from 1947-1955 … [Read more...]
Formula 5000 at Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion
The Kiwis from the SAS Autoparts MSC NZ Formula 5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series who shipped their F5000 cars up to the official US 50th anniversary celebrations of the category at the Laguna Seca circuit in Northern California made a big impression at the 2018 Monterey Motorsports Pre-Reunion meeting. The first race was won by series’ young gun Michael Collins (McRae GM1) from Melbourne-based series regular Paul … [Read more...]
Porsche Celebrated at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
The 70th Anniversary of Porsche was celebrated at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, held July 12-15 at the Goodwood Hill Climb in England. With the Festival and Porsche both celebrating anniversaries, there could be only one outcome: an unforgettable moment for all motorsport fans. More than 200,000 spectators couldn't miss the 21 vehicles from the Porsche Museum that were present on site. It was pure … [Read more...]
British Saloon Championship Honoured
The British Saloon Car Championship’s diamond jubilee will be celebrated at the 2018 Goodwood Revival Meeting with a race harking back to the very first season in 1958. Named after the first champion of Britain’s premier motorsport series, the Jack Sears Memorial Trophy will feature a representative grid of cars that would have been seen in action in that inaugural year. … [Read more...]
2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed – Picture Gallery
The 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed was staged 12-15 July at the 9-turn, 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in West Sussex, England. The theme for this year's Festival celebrated the event's 25th anniversary: "Festival of Speed -- The Silver Jubilee". The first Festival, in June 1993, redefined what a car event could be, and, in the years since, it has firmly established itself as one of the world's greatest celebration … [Read more...]
Silverstone Classic 2018 – Report and Photos
The Silverstone Classic 2018 was held 28-30 July at the 3.6-mile Silverstone Grand Prix circuit in Northamptonshire, England. The 28th annual historic race again welcomed more than 100,000 enthusiasts to witness a field of more than 1,000 race cars covering eight decades of motorsport history. This year’s packed 21-race program again delivered huge grids -- often totaling in excess of 50 cars -- of Formula One, GT, … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 – Report and Photos
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2018 was held July 12-15 at Goodwood House and the 9-turn, 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in West Sussex, England. Staged since 1993 on the same stretch of the March family's driveway, this year's event celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Festival of Speed with an impressive lineup of past legends and future stars. Porsche celebrated its 70th anniversary at the 2018 Goodwood … [Read more...]
Race Classes at 2018 Monterey Reunion
Formula 1, Can-Am and Trans-Am will be fan favorites among the 15 historic race car classes featured at the 2018 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, scheduled for August 23-26 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California during Monterey Car Week. The annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is a celebration of motorsport history that brings approximately 550 race cars together in one open paddock. … [Read more...]
Le Mans Classic 2018 – Report and Photos
The Le Mans Classic 2018 was staged 6-8 July at the famed 38-turn, 8.469-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The ninth edition of this biennial event took place in front of more than 135,000 faithful enthusiasts that came to admire the cars that have written the history of the Le Mans 24 Hours of Le Mans. The incredibly rich heritage of the Circuit de la Sarthe was on display, which saw 700 racing cars … [Read more...]
