By Will Silk Silver Clouds: The 1934 Grand Prix Season written and illustrated by renowned motorsport artist Paul Chenard of...
A series of monthly “Driving Demonstration Days” have been scheduled for 2013 at the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, located in...
Famous racing and film cars from Jaguar’s Heritage collection will drive through Bradford on Thursday, April 24th to mark the opening of the UK’s first purpose built motoring theme conference center. Tony O’Keefe Curator of the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust Museum said: “It is not often that people get the...
Sports Car Digest is currently experiencing growing pains and we have our readers to thank for it. We really do...
By Will Silk It’s not everyday that one comes across a vintage race car in the back of a garage...
The home of today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has a very special sound in the world of motoring: Zuffenhausen. Indeed, Zuffenhausen is far more than “just” a production plant rich in tradition for Porsche AG, since it is here in Zuffenhausen that the heart of the Company...
Slot Car Racing Around the World Four Wheels and a Guide Flag During the 1960s when the slot car craze...
The Museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, is honoring the 100th birthday of Ferdinand Anton Ernst “Ferry“...
Ferrari North Europe will auction the unique personalised registration ‘V12 LAF’ to benefit the Henry Surtees Foundation. Selling to the highest sealed bid submitted before the end of November, the personalised registration is obviously the perfect number plate for a LaFerrari, the Prancing Horse’s ultimate hypercar. The Henry Surtees Foundation...
Daytona is a name that has long been part of the speed racing history as early American-based land speed record...
By Will Silk It’s that time of year again when the sound of unrestricted race engines at full song begins...
By Karletta Moniz You see her at every race. Over there, in the pits, the one in the lawn chair. She glances up from her book or magazine every few minutes to check the time on her mobile phone. So who is she, you ask? She’s the bored wife or...
For the first time since August 2009, we have updated the look and feel of Sports Car Digest. Readers will...
More than 1000 Ferraris have been registered in the attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Parade...
Steve Earle, creator and organizer of the Monterey (Calif.) Historic Automobile Races, was named the recipient of the 2009 Bob Akin Award by the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) at a dinner prior to the running of the Rolex 24 At Daytona, the season opener of the 2010 GRAND-AM Rolex...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Outbound Enforcement Team (OET) at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport...
The Lamborghini Museum in Sant’Agata Bolognese saw a record-breaking number of visitors from all over the world, which reached the...
They say time machines don’t exist. Perhaps they don’t understand the classic sports car phenomenon or perhaps they should hitch a ride on the Mille Miglia, Colorado Grand, California Mille or Targa Florio. As far as we’re concerned, time machines are real. Of course the vintage driving experience includes divinely...
The Historic Motor Sports Association (HMSA) and Al Unser Jr. are teaming up to provide a series of workshops designed...
By Will Silk James Fontana’s new book The 1000 Mile Dream is a fictional piece that parallels the actual running...
Widespread during Monterey Week was the rumor that a Ferrari 250 GTO privately traded hands for a whopping $30,000,000. And yes, that is not a typo. Sports Car Digest has yet to definitively confirm the rumor, but the sale is very believable as Ferrari prices have been on a tear,...
The Unknown History of the 308 in Argentina by Estanislao Iacona The 308 GP Alfa On 1938 the works Alfa...
On October 15, 1953, Achille Castoldi sat in his boat on the water of Lake Iseo nestled between its more...
Review by Wallace Wyss Now that even the 1966 Shelby GT350 is worth over $150,000 it is more important than ever that there be a single source to carry around to “authenticate” Shelby Mustangs that come up for sale through private sales or public auctions. Greg Kolasa’s new book The...
The Winningest Drivers in Formula 1 History When it comes to cold hard statistics, Lewis Hamilton is closer and closer...
By Bill Bounds What I like most about driving cars is the purity of focus it gives me. Whether that’s...
Strangest Formula 1 Records The Longest Gap Between First and Second Place Two-time world champion Jim Clark is widely considered to be one of the all-time great racing drivers. At the time of his early death at the age of 32 in 1968, when he was killed in a Formula Two accident,...
Robert Blackmon of Los Angeles is a heavy truck owner/operator and about as nice a man as you’ll ever meet....
The Magnificent Monopostos – Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Cars, 1923-1951 By Simon Moore, Edited by Malcolm Harris, Parkside Publications, Seattle,...
Dramatic Formula One Races Formula One is among the most glamorous and intriguing sports in the world. The sport has delivered many incredible moments, and punters can wager on the races. Here are some of the most memorable moments in the history of formula one racing. 1. Singapore Night Grand Prix...