500 Miglia di Monza – The Race of Two Worlds By Dennis David In 1954, redevelopment of the Autodromo Nazionale...
By Art Evans What is the foremost racing series in the world? If you said Formula One, you are in...
1953 French Grand Prix – The New Boy Makes Good By Rodney Walkerley I find this a most difficult report to write. If I use the superlatives justified by the staggering racing we witnessed in the 40th Grand Prix de France this afternoon, a certain exaggeration might be suspected. But...
The route of the 2021 Mille Miglia followed the traditional track of “the most beautiful race in the world,” going...
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only...
Nestled in the woods in the Pacific Northwest, Pacific Raceways still puts on a good show. It’s been the home road race track of SOVERN, Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts since the group organized in 1989 into a vintage racing club for the charitable benefit of Children’s Hospital’s unfunded services....
After 14 hours in the car, we arrived at Road Atlanta. The red Clay of Georgia was once again caressing...
It is now 50 years since one of the most spectacular victories in the history of international motor sport. On...
The Targa Florio was the decisive contest in the 1955 World Sports Car Championship. Under tremendous pressure to succeed at the final race of the season, Mercedes-Benz finished first and second with the 300 SLR, just enough to win the World Championship. 1955 was a year of top-drawer motorsport: Juan...
1970 Monaco Grand Prix – The Stuff of Champions By Dennis David The unsuccessful attempt to produce a competitive four-wheel...
Sports Car Digest loves a good scuffle. We especially like those involving F1 cars on the razor’s edge, and the...
In the blink of an eye, 2022 has arrived—along with the first vintage race of the season. The Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) kicked things off in sunny California with the So-Cal Speed Tour at Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, CA. Under gusty conditions caused by the local Santa Ana...
Maverick at Daytona – James Garner and American International Racers By Louis Galanos In 1968 I attended Daytona Beach Junior...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been...
Story and photo by Hal Crocker The voice on the phone was by Maker’s Mark, the sound of fine Kentucky Bourbon; there was no mistaking, it was Neely. “If anyone gives you any crap tell them Bill Neely says you can write.” It was the highest complement that I had...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2017 was held January 28-29 at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....
The 2014 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring was held Saturday, March 15th at the 3.74-mile, 17-turn Sebring International...
The 24 Hours of Le Mans 2013 was held 22-23 June at the 38-turn, 8.469 mile Circuit de la Sarthe in France. The 81st running of the endurance race will be remembered for many things: the celebration of 90 years of myth and legend; a new chapter in the history...
In the week of the Spanish Grand Prix, why not revisit one of the strangest and most peculiar stories of...
History of Formula 1 – Motor Races 1931 Ogden’s Cigarettes Tobacco advertising and automobile racing goes back a lot further...
1958 12 Hours of Sebring – Anglo-Americans and the Redhead Story and photos by Ed McDonough 1957 and 1958 were interesting years in international sports car racing, when it could be argued that sports cars turned into sports racing cars, in spite of efforts to make them more like what...
By Charles Dressing / ALMS Americans love underdogs but hate losers. And we really love upsets because they turn reality...
The heroes of the Mille Miglia are household names among motor racing fans: Nuvolari. Ascari. Moss. But without one behind-the-scenes...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes of many who had attended the 24-Hours of Daytona since its inception in 1966 people and events in the early 1970’s were conspiring to make life difficult for this twice-around-the-clock...
Sebring Saga – The Story of Two Bizzarrini Iso Grifos at the 1965 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix By Louis...
The Circuits Dominated by The Silver Arrows Avus Length: 19.29 km (11.98 miles) Fastest Lap: Rosemeyer (1937) – 276.32 km/h (171.74 mph)...
The American Grand Prize – The Great Races By Dennis David The Vanderbilt cup under the control of the American Automobile Association (AAA) turned their backs on the Grand Prix cars of Europe in a quest to have an American car take the Cup. The Europeans seeing their advantage disappear...
The Nardo Technical Center recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. Since its foundation on 1st July 1975 the testing centre in...
By John Kerruish | Photographs by Mike Hayward Collection Just after 6:00pm on Sunday the 30th July 1967, as Phil...
By Art Evans The Tourist Trophy is the oldest motor race in the world still being run. The first was in 1905 on the Isle of Man, organized by the Automobile Club of Great Britain and Ireland. The trophy itself is given by the Royal Automobile Club to the winner....
