Motor Racing History – The Big 12 Cylinders & The Arrival of Sponsorships, Advanced Safety and Aerodynamics Checkbook Racing The...
By Will Silk In 1952, Schuco Toys of Nuremburg, Germany released a tin toy motorcycle powered by a wind-up clock...
Motor Racing History – New British Teams & The Rear-Engined Revolution The Rise of British Racing Green Green cars began appearing more frequently on the grids of the the world’s Grand Prixs. BRM the first major British effort was floundering but Tony Vandervell (ed. a good Dutch name) who left...
Motor Racing History – Formula One And A World Championship For Drivers In 1946, following World War II, only four...
Motor Racing History – The Pre-War Grand Prix Period Formula Libre Grand Prix racing in accordance with a strict formula...
Motor Racing History – Early Racecourse Development Racing on public roads was illegal in England and British drivers had to resort to racing in Ireland or on the continent. The British motor industry suffered as a consequence. In response to this a group of wealthy enthusiasts led by Hugh F....
Racemaker Press, The Winners Book • US$65 plus shipping and handling Noted racing historian James O’Keefe has compiled an incredible...
One year ago, our Hidden Treasures column by Mark Brinker featured a well-preserved Bonneville Streamliner, the Beast III, that had...
By Will Silk Our latest Classified Ads of the Past profile is an incredible 1951 Allard J2X Roadster that was advertised in a 1965 Vintage Car Store catalog. The Allard J2X marked the high water mark for the Allard marque when it first appeared in 1951 as an evolution of...
By Will Silk It’s that time of year again when the sound of unrestricted race engines at full song begins...
South African artist Esther Mahlangu’s 1991 design of a BMW 525i will be displayed at the Museum of Arts and...
Story by Will Silk and photos by Marshall Autry The outbreak of World War II spawned the American aviation company known as Grumman to begin design of a twin-engine high performance fighter aircraft that would later become known as the Grumman F7F Tigercat. It was in 1941 that Grumman was...
A growing number of businesses have committed to 2011 advertising campaigns with Sports Car Digest – and we’d like to...
As part of its 60th anniversary celebration, Porsche Cars North America embarked on a quest to find the oldest Porsche...
Motor Racing History – Origins of the First Automobile Races and the First Grand Prix Dawn of Automobile Racing The dawn of automobile racing was anything but that. It was thought that a car’s ability to navigate roads in a reliable manner was all that could be hoped for. Outright...
Petersen Automotive Museum is celebrating the opening of the exciting new exhibit, NHRA: Sixty Years of Thunder by paying tribute...
By Stephen Mitchell Reading through my friend Marc Sonnery’s book “Rebel Rebel” which deals with the life and times of...
By Will Silk True Scale Miniatures is a relatively new company to the world of scale sports car models, having been founded five years ago in Chino, California. It wasn’t until recently that the company began to venture into making 1:43 and 1:18 scale replicas of sports and racing cars after...
Michael J. Barrett has been named the new Executive Director of the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum in...
Well in advance of the holidays, Sports Car Digest and Senior Photographer Dennis Gray have produced a pair of vintage...
Formula 1 vs NASCAR – Which is the Superior Motorsport? Motorsports have become an integral part of sports worldwide, with fans turning up in huge numbers regularly to get a glimpse of their favourite drivers flying past at crazy speeds, while massive numbers of viewers tune in to watch on...
By Will Silk Few will doubt that perhaps the most breathtaking cars ever to emerge from Germany were the beautiful...
By Will Silk A new diecast company has joined the world of sports car replication in scale. Automodello of Buffalo...
The museum of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart will be celebrating a special anniversary this year: It was 60 years ago, in the autumn of 1950, that the first Porsche 356 models were shipped to the USA. Since then, what was at that time just a small sports...
By Bill Crowley, Chubb & Son While insurance does not cover a prized vehicle’s sudden or gradual mechanical breakdown, it...
Famed aviator, race car driver and inventor John Fitch has been selected as the recipient of the third annual “Spirit...
By Bill Crowley, Chubb & Son Few things say “vintage” like the feel and smell of a collectible car’s luxuriant leather seats—assuming they’re not being eaten away by mold. Even newer vehicles with leather interiors are susceptible to the destructive fungus, which also poses potential health risks to drivers. Owners...
By Will Silk Our latest classified ad from the past comes from an April, 1986 edition of Hemmings Motor News...
The 1957 Mille Miglia Race Results: 1957 Mille Miglia Results / Dates: May 12-13, 1957 / Winner: Taruffi / Winning...
By Bill Crowley, Chubb & Son Many car collectors are shrewd not to drive their cherished vehicles to automobile shows and the racetrack, given the risk of a collision or other perils. But, just because the cars are stored in a trailer for the roundtrip excursion doesn’t completely erase the...
