The Shootout at Goodwood SpeedWeek this year will involve the most celebrated cars and drivers in history. They will battle each other in a once-in-a-lifetime encounter to set the quickest time around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. From a standing start, the drivers will be running one at a time, and they will have to give everything they have to be above the rest. The winner-takes-all finale is scheduled on Sunday … [Read more...]
New One-day Meeting to be Held at Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit
Motor Racing Legends recently announced a new one-day meeting on the 25th of October, that will be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit. The main feature is an entirely new three-hour race for Pre-’66 GTs, and Touring Cars and Fifties Sports Cars, which will be in honor of the Royal Automobile Club’s Tourist Trophy. The race will have three classes: Pre ’61 Sports Racing Cars, Pre ’63 GTs, and Pre ’66 … [Read more...]
Goodwood Cancels 2020 Events
Goodwood announced that its headline motorsport events -- the Goodwood Festival of Speed in July and the Goodwood Revival in September -- will not be staged this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. All General Admission, Grandstand and Hospitality tickets remain valid for 2021 for those wishing to attend next year’s events. Customers will also be eligible for a refund. A third option will allow ticket holders and … [Read more...]
Monterey Motorsports Reunion Canceled
The Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2020 has been canceled as health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic continue, similar to the decision made by the Pebble Beach Concours in April. All entrants and ticket purchasers will receive full refunds of their entry fees, camping, parking and ticket purchases. “The highest priority is for the health and safety of race participants, crews and their families, as well as … [Read more...]
Plans Continue for 2020 Monterey Reunion
There is a glimmer of hope that one of the cornerstones of the Monterey Car Week may continue in 2020, as officials with WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca said planning for the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is proceeding as scheduled for the original dates of August 13-16. After the recent announcement that the 2020 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance was canceled over health concerns related to the COVID-19 … [Read more...]
HMSA Spring Club 2020 – Report and Photos
The HMSA Spring Club 2020 was staged March 7-8 at the 11-turn, 2.238-mile WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca in Salinas, California. The drivers and their crews were bracing for some wet and cold weather on the Monterey Peninsula, despite the warm and mild climate most of California has been having for the past several weeks. Outside of a very light drizzle on Saturday, the weekend turned out to be a good one as the … [Read more...]
Volkswagen ID.R at Sonoma Speed Festival
The all-electric Volkswagen ID.R race car will perform daily runs at the 2020 Sonoma Speed Festival in an attempt to set a new track record at the 2.52-mile, 12-turn Sonoma Raceway road course in California. Scheduled for May 28-31, 2020, the second annual event will again feature racing cars competing on track spanning the history of motorsports from the Brass Era to the modern age. The record lap time of … [Read more...]
New Series for Fifties Legends
Peter Auto will pay tribute to the post-war pioneers with a new vintage racing series in 2020, the Fifties Legends. The arrival of this new grid will allow the owners of these 1950s gems to compete alongside their period rivals. Following the launch of the 2.0L Cup in 2018 and Endurance Racing Legends in 2019, the Fifties Legends racing class joins the wide selection of grids at Peter Auto historic race weekends. … [Read more...]
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2020 Theme
The featured theme for the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2020 will be "The Maestros -- Motorsport’s Great All-Rounders", celebrating those rare individuals with the skill, courage and determination to win across multiple motorsport disciplines. Whether on two wheels or four, on tarmac or gravel, tortuous street circuit or high-speed oval, in sprint races or 24-hour marathons, these are the consummate … [Read more...]
So-Cal Historic Sports Car Festival 2020 – Report and Photos
The So-Cal Historic Sports Car Festival 2020 took place February 7-9 at the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California. The first event of the year for Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) was staged on the 21-turn, 2.88-mile 'roval' track that combines the road course and part of the low-banked, D-shaped oval superspeedway that has hosted NASCAR racing annually since 1997. The mid-winter weather provided … [Read more...]
Greatest Hits at 30th Silverstone Classic
The 2020 Silverstone Classic will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a 'greatest hits' showcase of retro races when its returns to the Silverstone circuit in England on 31 July - 2 August. Harking back to when Silverstone hosted the UK’s first-ever race meeting dedicated entirely to historic racing, no fewer than five of the grids for 2020 were actually featured on the original 1990 race card. Thirty years ago … [Read more...]
British Icons at the Goodwood Members Meeting
Goodwood will fly the flag for two heroes of British motorsport with its high-speed demonstrations at the 2020 Goodwood Members Meeting, scheduled for March 28-29 at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex. The double Formula 1 title-winning Lotus 72 and its competitors will take centre stage for one of the weekend’s celebrated features, while the 1980s endurance racing Jaguars of Tom Walkinshaw Racing will also … [Read more...]
Best Vintage Car Racing Photo of 2019
Starting with the GP Ice Race in January and ending with the Coppa delle Alpi in December, Sports Car Digest covered a diverse range of historic car races and rallies in 2019. Our award-winning team of photographers took tens of thousands of pictures, spending hours post-event analyzing and choosing the best ones in an effort to wow our readers. To celebrate the effect that these photographs have on us as well as the … [Read more...]
Prodrive to Restore Works Race Cars
Prodrive launched a new operation dedicated to the authentication, restoration and support its historic race and rally cars. The creation of Prodrive Legends is a direct response to a rise in requests from vehicle owners to verify the provenance and then restore race and rally cars that Prodrive has constructed over the last three decades. There are also an increasing number of opportunities to race historic … [Read more...]
Top 20 Most Popular Stories of 2019
Between covering auctions, events, rallies and vintage races, in addition to profiling classic cars, collections, races from the golden era and more, 2019 was another busy year at Sports Car Digest. The grand total of stories published to date on SCD eclipsed a staggering (at least for us!) 5,200 articles this year. We again offer sincere thanks to our audience of passionate car enthusiasts for actually reading … [Read more...]
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