The March 10th issue of AutoWeek has several must-see garage articles. Our favorite is a profile Ralph Lauren’s garage written...
Ex-F1 driver François Cevert was a name Sports Car Digest was not too familiar with until recently when we stumbled...
Victor Henry Elford (born in London, June 10, 1935) is a former sportscar racing, rallying and Formula One driver from England. He participated in 13 World Championship F1 Grands Prix, debuting on July 7, 1968. He scored a total of 8 championship points. Elford, one of the greatest all-rounders in...
Martin Swig is a San Francisco-based vintage racer, car collector and founder of the California Mille vintage car rally. Winding...
The April 7th issue of AutoWeek has several must-see articles. Sport Car Digest’s favorite is a profile of Harry Yeaggy’s...
While Jay Kay is best known as lead singer of the band Jamiroquai, he is also fairly well-known in auto circles as a very serious car collector. His well-thought out collection includes among others, a Fiat Abarth 1000, Frua-bodied Maserati A6 G2000, Lamborghini Miura SV, Ferrari 550 and Enzo, Aston...
When Sports Car Digest stumbled upon Roger Blanchard’s automotive paintings at this spring’s Euros at the Fair, we were struck...
The ubiquitous Griot’s Garage mail order catalog sells everything a car guy needs for their garage, from power tools to...
Mark Neary Donohue, Jr. (March 18, 1937 – August 19, 1975) was an American racecar driver known for his ability to set up his own race car and drive it consistently on the absolute limit. Donohue’s wins include multiple SCCA National championships, 1968, 1969 and 1971 SCCA Trans Am, 1972...
Vintage racing lost one of its most avid and dedicated participants on Friday June 27, Henry E. Payne III. After...
It is with great regret that we report racing great Phil Hill passed away this morning, August 28th, due to...
Motorsports lost another great ambassador, as Paul Newman died Friday, September 26th of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83. Paul Leonard Newman (1925 – 2008) was an American actor and a film director. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a...
Driver, team owner and motorsports legend Roger Penske joined racers Pete Lovely, Wayne Rainey, Bobby Rahal, Dan Gurney, Eddie Lawson...
“Barn finds, rally cars and needles in the haystack” is the very fitting tag line for one of our favorite...
By Paul Chenard, Racing History Collector and Illustrator I’ve been collecting vintage toys since 1982. I started slowly and methodically, partly for lack of information, mostly for lack of finances. I used to collect any metal transportation toy that I found interesting, anything that caught my eye (and that I could afford)....
The new Porsche Museum, located in the heart of the Porsche factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany, officially opened to the public...
A new book about Porsche’s extensive use of posters to further their iconic image will make its world debut on...
“Design is what sets a vehicle apart, what separates a good car from a great car. It is what creates enthusiasm for the automobile, what sparks an emotional bond between car and customer. And it is the reason that the automobile inspires a passion among consumers like no other product,...
The American Le Mans Series starts their season on Saturday, March 21st with the 57th running of America’s premier sports...
American racing great Lloyd Ruby passed away Monday, March 23rd at the age of 81 in his hometown of Wichita...
Juan Manuel Fangio (1911 – 1995) was a race car driver from Argentina who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing. He won five Formula One World Driver’s Championships — a record which stood for 46 years eventually beaten by Michael Schumacher — with four different teams (Alfa Romeo,...
Galleria Ferrari is the official museum dedicated to the famed Italian marque, located in Ferrari’s home town of Maranello, Italy,...
Aston Martin Racing will run a trio of Gulf-liveried LMP1 cars at the 2009 24 Hours of Le Mans, which...
Sports Car Digest recently toured the Mario Righini Collection, one of the more exceptional private car collections in Italy, if not the world. Located outside Modena in Castello di Panzano Castelfranco Emilia, the Righini Collection is remarkable for many reasons. To call the Righini Collection unique does not do it...
The era of the classic Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows in the period 1934 – 1939 is linked to the racing driver...
Barn Find Jag in Los Angeles By Wallace Wyss Photos by Bob Petricca and Francis de Pouqueville Bob Petricca, of...
Book Review, Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed In the first full biography of Mark Donohue, author Michael Argetsinger tells the story of racing’s ultimate driver-engineer, one who set the standard for generations to come. He also explains how Donohue’s life and career were shaped by his friends, family, and...
Book Review, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans Go Like Hell...
Among the many debuts that took place during Monterey Week was a motorcycle that Ducati North America unveiled, a 175hp,...
“I started in art, switched to writing and didn’t get back to art until 40 years later,” recalls automotive historian Wallace Alfred Wyss. Among his ten books are two on Ferrari, three on Corvette and three on Shelby. His most recent is SHELBY The Man The Car The Legend. But...