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...]
Bentley and Friends Play at Benjafield’s 500
The 2017 Benjafield's 500 was staged 17 October at the Ascari Race Circuit in Malaga, Spain. The diverse grid of 27 vintage cars included 1932 Alvis Speed 20 SA, 1931 Talbot 105 Team Car and the famous ‘Number 10’ factory Bentley racer from 1925. The Benjafield's 500 is a 500-mile race that draws inspiration from the Brooklands 500 events that took place from 1929 to 1937. In period it was a handicap event that … [Read more...]
Goodwood Members Meeting 2017 – Picture Gallery
The 2017 Goodwood Members Meeting was an epic weekend of motor racing. Lord March and his team at Goodwood pulled out all the stops for the 75th Members Meeting over the weekend of 18-19 March at the iconic 2.4-mile Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. As only Goodwood can build, the event artfully recreates the atmosphere and camaraderie of the original BARC Members' Meetings held at Goodwood throughout … [Read more...]
Dix Mille Tours du Castellet 2017 – Report and Photos
The Dix Mille Tours du Castellet 2017 was held 20-22 October at Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France. Spectators shared their common passion at the 8th annual historic car racing event that featured seven 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 the quality of the … [Read more...]
Evocative Gallery from the Impressive Silverstone Classic
The 2017 edition of the Silverstone Classic was held 28-30 July at England's famed Silverstone Grand Prix circuit. More than 100,000 spectators no doubt enjoyed the 'World’s Biggest Classic Motor Racing Festival', staged over three days at the country's premier race circuit. This year's line-up of 22 memorable races featured a wide range of machinery, from the evocative Pre-War Sports Cars of the roaring twenties … [Read more...]
Lime Rock Historic Festival 2017 – Report and Photos
The Lime Rock Historic Festival 2017 was held September 1-4 at the 7-turn, 1.5 mile Lime Rock Park road course in Connecticut. Lime Rock Park’s 35th annual Labor Day weekend event featured three days of spirited historic car racing, taking Formula Juniors, Tin Tops, grand tourers, road-going sporting and sports racing cars and not-quite-street-legal racers around the track. Special Guest Ray Mallock set a quick and … [Read more...]
