The International Motorsports Hall of Fame recently inducted five new members to its Hall of Fame, J.C. Agajanian, Donnie Allison,...
A museum dedicated to Enzo Ferrari and motorsport will open March 10, 2012 in Modena, Italy. The Enzo Ferrari House...
Andy Granatelli fielded cars at the Indianapolis 500 from 1946 until 1991, as a driver but more notably as a team owner, culminating with Mario Andretti driving victory at the 1969 Indy 500. Granatelli, inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Motorsports Hall of Fame...
A move to a new location for BMW Group Classic marks a return to the company’s historic roots. BMW AG...
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) will honor racing icon Parnelli Jones at its second annual West Coast dinner prior...
Sports Car Digest published 510 stories in 2009, ranging from auction results, car profiles, event and vintage racing coverage, yet several resonated more than others with our readers. Based upon visitors to each story, the Mario Righini Collection Photo Gallery was our most popular story in 2009, followed by the...
By Will Silk Our latest classified ad from the past comes from an April, 1986 edition of Hemmings Motor News...
A new world record was established for the biggest parade of Ferraris ever organised. Confirmed as a Guinness World Record,...
The Magnificent Monopostos – Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Cars, 1923-1951 By Simon Moore, Edited by Malcolm Harris, Parkside Publications, Seattle, 2014 Review by Rick Carey, Auction Editor It is impossible to be sufficiently lavish in praise for the third of Simon Moore’s definitive compendia on Alfa Romeos, The Magnificent Monopostos....
I’m aware that many of your reports concern the US scene and I know you do cover the major UK...
Sports Car Digest recently received an e-mail from a reader asking why we have not profiled a DB-Panhard. We responded...
Brian Redman was honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the “RRDC Evening with Brian Redman” in Long Beach, California, on Thursday, April 18, 2013, prior to the running of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. A crowd of 350 people representing all forms of motorsports, from NHRA...
Story by Will Silk This edition of Classified Ads from the Past features an advertisement for a rare Mercedes-Benz 300...
The Fiat 500 F series, acquired by the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York in 2017, was seen...
Filmmaker and Sports Car Digest contributor Stephen Mitchell, along with Jeanetta Dumouchel of InterFUND and Ron Kellogg of the Kellogg Auto Archives, introduced their documentary on the Carrera Panamericana road races which ran in Mexico from 1950-54 during the Cannes Film Festival, held May 11-22, 2011. The documentary titled Carrera...
Story by Leigh Dorrington Houston trial attorney John O’Quinn, who has recently emerged as a towering figure in automotive and...
On the 29th of January, 2013, the 127th birthday of the automobile, the Fédération Internationale des Véhicules Anciens (FIVA) introduced...
By Will Silk The latest Classified Ads from the Past is a rare all-aluminum 1955 Arnolt-Bristol offered for sale in the pages of Road & Track in 1972 for $6,000. The story of the Arnolt-Bristol is a short lived, but incredibly wild venture. The man behind the beautiful Arnolt-Bristol cars started...
Lichtenstein. Warhol. Koons. Stella. Calder. Rauschenberg. Holzer. Elíasson. Since a BMW 3.0 CSL painted by Alexander Calder lined up for...
The latest look back at old classified advertisements features a 1955 Maserati A6G 2000 Zagato offered for sale in the...
Story by Will Silk Perhaps no single man had more involvement in the development of West Coast racing in the United States than Les Richter. Les was born October 26, 1930 in Fresno, California. He attended high school in Fresno before moving onto the University of Berkeley where Les became...
By Bill Crowley, Chubb & Son Few things say “vintage” like the feel and smell of a collectible car’s luxuriant...
Audi Tradition is stepping on the gas for the 2014 season. Car enthusiasts will be able to see the historic...
Racing drivers Hans Herrmann, Geoff Brabham, Denise McCluggage, Johnny O’Connell and Jim Downing were inducted into the Sebring Hall of Fame on 16 March 2012, the day prior to the 60th Anniversary Twelve Hours of Sebring. Hans Herrmann is a two-time Sebring winner in addition to his Le Mans victory...
Strangest Formula 1 Records The Longest Gap Between First and Second Place Two-time world champion Jim Clark is widely considered to be...
Story by Will Silk and photos by Marshall Autry The outbreak of World War II spawned the American aviation company...
Slot Car Racing Around the World Four Wheels and a Guide Flag During the 1960s when the slot car craze was in full swing the United States could rightfully be considered the center of the slot car universe, fast forward 50 years and Italy along with Spain can be described...
By Will Silk Few will doubt that perhaps the most breathtaking cars ever to emerge from Germany were the beautiful...
Story and photos by Stephen Mitchell Once upon a time, I received a call from an acquaintance Mario Tosi. He...
Parnelli Jones will be honored in a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his victory in the 1963 Indianapolis 500 during “Legends Day Honoring Parnelli Jones” on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Jones drove the No. 98 Agajanian Willard Battery Watson/Offy roadster, nicknamed “Calhoun,” to victory...