The Espiritu de Montjuic 2018 was staged 6-8 April at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Montmeló, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Peter Auto's first historic car rendezvous of the season featured more than 200 entrants battling the 16-turn, 4.655-km road course. Since opening in 1991, the Barcelona-Catalunya circuit has become the measuring rod for the manufacturers involved in Formula 1. So it was only fitting that … [Read more...]
Nissan Featured at 2018 Monterey Reunion
Nissan will be the featured marque of the 2018 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, to be held August 23-26 at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during the Monterey Classic Car Week. Nissan will celebrate the 50th anniversary of corporate involvement in motorsports that continues today. It was in 1968 that Nissan captured its first of two consecutive wins at the Japanese Grand Prix with the Nissan R381. In America, Bob … [Read more...]
Jenson Button to Race at Goodwood Revival
Jenson Button will make his Goodwood Motor Circuit debut as he joins the JD Classics team at the 2018 Goodwood Revival Meeting on 7-9 September. The 2009 Formula 1 World Champion will get behind the wheel of one of JD Classics’ entries at the Revival, the details of which will be confirmed later. Cars entered by JD Classics in the past have included a Ford GT40, Jaguar E-type Lightweight and a Cooper T33. … [Read more...]
Porsche Race at 2018 Le Mans Classic
The 70th anniversary of Porsche will be celebrated at the 2018 Le Mans Classic, scheduled for 6-8 July at the 38-turn, 8.469-mile Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The 9th running of the historic endurance race will celebrate Porsche with a race called Porsche Classic Race Le Mans. Porsche France, in collaboration with Peter Auto, will assemble a field in which 70 historic Porsches will do battle on the Le … [Read more...]
HMSA Spring Club 2018 – Report and Photos
Vintage race cars and their owners received a strange welcome to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca this weekend as they encountered some varied springtime conditions, as the Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) held its first event of 2018. The Spring Club Races took place on March 10-11, which marked the beginning of the racing season at the Salinas, California race track. The two-day event featured a large group of … [Read more...]
New Series for Early Porsche 911 Racers
A single-make grid reserved for early 2-litre short chassis Porsche 911s prepared in accordance with FIA pre-66 regulations will be featured at several Peter Auto historic races in 2018. After the creation of Euro F2 Classic in 2017 and the takeover of Group C Racing in 2016, Peter Auto is continuing develop its grid offering in historic racing by introducing the 2.0 Litre Cup. The 2.0L Cup will be part of several … [Read more...]
Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 – Report and Photos
The Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 was staged over the weekend of 17-18 March at the iconic 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. Visitors were treated to close wheel-to-wheel racing at the 76th Members' Meeting, despite conditions that ranged from bitter cold to bitter cold with snow. New races for the Goodwood Members Meeting 2018 included the Caracciola Sportwagenrennen for pre-war sports cars … [Read more...]
Full Schedule for Audi Tradition in 2018
Audi Tradition will allow enthusiasts to experience the historical cars of Audi at more than 20 international events in 2018. Among the highlights in the calendar is the 25th Goodwood Festival of Speed where Audi Tradition will be presenting the Auto Union Type C Silver Arrows (1936). Meanwhile, this year's presence at Classic Days at Schloss Dyck will be all about the 150th birthday of Audi's founding father August … [Read more...]
Ronnie Hoare Trophy to Make Goodwood Debut
A new race boasting will kick off the 76th Goodwood Members Meeting on Saturday 17 March 2018 at Goodwood Motor Circuit, as the Ronnie Hoare Trophy makes its first entry into the Goodwood record books. Named in honour of Maranello Concessionaires founder Colonel Ronnie Hoare, expect some of the finest examples of glamorous sports racing cars to line up and take the first race start of Goodwood’s 2018 motorsport … [Read more...]
Goodwood to Celebrate 70 Years of Porsche
Porsche will be the honoured marque at the 2018 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for 12 - 15 July at Goodwood House and the 9-turn, 1.16-mile Goodwood hill climb in West Sussex, England. Porsche cars will adorn the Central Feature for the third time in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the iconic 356 -- its first sports car. Previously the German marque has celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998 and the … [Read more...]
Race List for 2018 Goodwood Members
The 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting will be staged March 17-18 at the 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. The fifth edition of the modern-day Members' Meeting, formulated to recreate the 71 club-focused events that took place at the circuit from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, will feature a dozen races at this year's event. The racing at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting will include a mixture … [Read more...]
Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2017
Starting with the Winter Marathon Rally in January and ending with the East African Safari Classic Rally, Sports Car Digest covered a diverse range of historic car races and rallies in 2017. 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 us … [Read more...]
Formula 5000 and Group 5 Sports Cars at Goodwood
High-speed demonstrations of thunderous Formula 5000 single-seaters and modified-production Group 5 sports cars will complement the packed race program at the 2018 Goodwood Members Meeting, scheduled for March 17-18 at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in England. If the previous demonstrations, comprising high-airbox, turbo-era and ground-effect F1 cars, 5-litre and Group C sports-prototypes, Group B rally monsters, Group … [Read more...]
Class List for Rennsport Reunion 2018
The Porsche Rennsport Reunion 2018 will be staged September 27-30 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. Requests for entry to participate in Rennsport Reunion VI are now open. As in the past five Porsche Rennsport Reunions, cars will be grouped by the period in which they raced so that enthusiasts can focus on the different motorsports eras, while also maximizing the number of cars in each class. … [Read more...]
Top 20 Most Popular Stories of 2017
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling classic cars, collections, historic races and more, 2017 was a busy year at Sports Car Digest. The grand total of stories published during the year came to more than 300, growing the archives to nearly 5,000 articles. We again offer sincere thanks to our audience of historic car enthusiasts for actually reading them! A tally of … [Read more...]
