The Copperstate 1000 was created in 1990 and has become one of the premier vintage car road rallies in North...
Vintage Car Racing
Photos, news, results and more from vintage car racing events around the world. At Sports Car Digest we believe sports cars are meant to be raced so we decided to celebrate the world of vintage car racing right here. We celebrate both the race cars from our past and the events that are designed to showcase just how amazing these machines are. The cars are the stars, they are loud, smelly and beautiful “time machines” that we are totally obsessed with. We cover all the major vintage races that feature historic sports-cars from across the globe. We share our passion for vintage racing thus creating memorable motorsports events. Vintage motorsports is growing quickly, and according to HSR, vintage racing represents one of the fastest growing segment of motorsports in the United States and Europe. Get all the updates and news on this growing space here.
90 and counting On behalf of everyone at Sports Car Digest, Happy Birthday Karl! As most of you know, Karl...
With an almighty roar, Goodwood welcomed a fleet of incredible cars from the Canadian-American Challenge Cup, including examples from McLaren, Shadow and Porsche – three of the most successful marques in Can-Am’s history. The 81st Members’ Meeting also remembered Niki Lauda with 2024 marking a series of significant anniversaries for...
1968: A Year Like No Other 1968 can be considered as the great year of the 60s: the uprisings in...
Heaven or Hell, Jekyll or Hyde, Beauty or Beast, whichever you choose there is no doubt that Parque Montjuich provided...
Introduction The Jaguar C-type holds profound significance in automotive history, epitomizing the golden age of sports car racing in the 1950s. Designed by Jaguar’s visionary engineer, William Heynes, the C-type introduced revolutionary aerodynamics and disc brake technology, setting new standards in performance and safety. Its sleek design and lightweight construction...
In the beginning… In 1937, Bugatti won the 24 Hours of Le Mans for the first time with the Type...
A lifelong friend gave me something towards the end of his long and brave battle with Parkinson’s disease saying he...
Honoring a legend Goodwood is proud to announce that the exceptional career of John Surtees – to this day the only person to win World Championships on two and four wheels – will be celebrated at this year’s Goodwood Revival, taking place over the weekend of 6-8 September. 2024 marks...
The iconic 300 SL Roadster needs no introduction, as it is one of the most coveted and revered sports cars...
2024 marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most spectacular successes in the history of international motorsport. With Irishman...
Amelia Island Auction Gooding & Company holds the unique honor and privilege of presenting 20 lots from the Peter Mullin Collection at its upcoming Amelia Island Auctions, taking place on Thursday, February 29 and Friday, March 1. Oxnard Auction Gooding & Company will also hold a standalone auction at the...
In a fiercely competitive and action-packed manner, the eighth installment of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic Sebring 12 Hour...
All images courtesy of © McKlein Publishing Now in its 24th year of publication, McKlein Publishing’s annual calendar Motorsport Classic...
By: Jessica Wendland No shopping allowed While everyone was shopping black Friday deals the Day after Thanksgiving, some of us were on the way to a Norcal Shelby Club (Northern California Region Shelby American Automobile Club- SAAC) Turkey Bowl Track Day at Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca in Monterey County, CA....
Words by Jessica Wendland Upon arriving at the Velocity Invitational, I was immediately struck by the pulsating energy that filled...
Velocity Invitational saw a return to its roots at Sonoma Raceway in Northern California the weekend of November 10-12, 2023....
One of the Petersen Automotive Museum’s latest exhibits, “Corvettes in Competition: Racing America’s Sports Car,” continues to create quite a buzz. The collection revisits the history of the most iconic Corvette race cars to celebrate Corvette’s 70th anniversary. The display showcases the evolution of Chevrolet’s legendary sports car, from its...
From the day it was formed in 1909, Bugatti has embodied exquisite design, with founder Ettore Bugatti hailing from a...
Goodyear has announced a long-term tire supply agreement with Masters Historic Racing, one of the world’s leading promoters of historic...
Held during Porsche’s 75th anniversary, the seventh edition of “Rennsport Reunion” didn’t disappoint with a 4-day attendance count of 91,000. As with the previous few Rennsport Reunions, Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca was ground zero for the implosion of Porsche “love,” excitement, and for many enthusiasts of the German sports car,...
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Deep in the Eifel mountains, a sparsely populated wild region in north-western Germany, often cited as being one of Germany’s...
The Charente area of South-Western France is mostly a sleepy, quintessentially French area, a land of gently winding rivers and rolling hills studded with vines, famed for the Cognac associated with the region. At the start of autumn each year, the ancient town of Angoulême reverberates to the sound of...
75 Years and still going strong In the wake of World War Two, as the dust had settled and an...
Twenty years ago, CSRG (Classic Sportscar Racing Group) decided they wanted to work with the then named “Sears Point Raceway”...
They jokingly say “Nostalgia is a thing of the past”-well not in West Sussex, UK where Goodwood has been reviving its 1950s-60s halcyon days of racing for the past 25 years, 7 years longer in fact than the circuit operated back then. For the Revival’s silver jubilee the Duke of...
Orange hot shoes Three drivers from the Arrow McLaren IndyCar Team of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES along with McLaren Racing...
A year of celebration and change at the home of British Motorsport. Silverstone celebrated 75 years of motorsport at the...
At the iconic Goodwood Motor Circuit, the Goodwood Revival pays homage to the illustrious period of motor racing spanning from 1948 to 1966. During this epoch, fashion reached its zenith, melodies transformed, and motorsport luminaries arose. Set for Friday 8–Sunday 10 September, this year’s Revival marks its quarter-century milestone, reflecting...