Photography by Chuck Andersen. The 10th edition of the Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) Classic 24 Hours concluded at Daytona International...
Vintage Car Racing
Photos, news, results and more from vintage car racing events around the world. At Sports Car Digest we believe sports cars are meant to be raced so we decided to celebrate the world of vintage car racing right here. We celebrate both the race cars from our past and the events that are designed to showcase just how amazing these machines are. The cars are the stars, they are loud, smelly and beautiful “time machines” that we are totally obsessed with. We cover all the major vintage races that feature historic sports-cars from across the globe. We share our passion for vintage racing thus creating memorable motorsports events. Vintage motorsports is growing quickly, and according to HSR, vintage racing represents one of the fastest growing segment of motorsports in the United States and Europe. Get all the updates and news on this growing space here.
The 2024 Alfa Revival Cup season concluded at Misano World Circuit under sunny November skies, offering a race filled with...
Celebrating 55 years of the 1969 European Hill Climb Championship crown, where the Ferrari 212E Montagna finally gave Scuderia Ferrari its first title in this motorsport discipline, Sports Car Digest presents its readers with an in-deep story of this mythical vehicle, in a form of a detailed summary of its...
History Under the direction of Dr. Giuseppe Luraughi the development of an Alfa Romeo sports racing car became an important...
Ten reasons you don’t want to miss the 2024 edition of the Velocity Invitational: Global Time Attack Eight cars will...
The 21st Annual CSRG Charity Challenge returned to the iconic Sonoma Raceway September 13-15, 2024, promising an unforgettable weekend for motorsport enthusiasts and charity supporters alike. The cool conditions were ideal for enjoying the sights, sounds, and speed of some of the world’s most beautiful vintage racecars. Founded almost 50...
In a world where time-travel is still far from reality, the next best solution can be found on the South...
The year of 1970 would bring new winds to all motorsport in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region. New Zealand...
Few cars have proved as successful in the annals of motorsport as the Bugatti Type 35, which made its competition debut 100 years ago. As a race car, the Type 35 was utterly without equal. Ettore Bugatti’s visionary design and engineering principles, coupled with his relentless pursuit of perfection, resulted...
Five Decades of Historic Motorsport It’s a bit daunting to think five decades have past since the first Monterey Historics...
It’s a classic car club meet-up, a new car showcase, with a wide variety of food trucks, all surrounded by...
The year 1997 was one of the most interesting, controversial and exciting in the history of Formula 1: in addition to 4 different teams achieving victories throughout the year (Williams, Ferrari, McLaren and Benetton), the battle between Michel Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve polarized the dispute for the category title until...
Background Following the October 1960 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside, California, successful Texan racer Jim Hall had a...
Background By the late 1950s, sports racing cars were becoming increasingly sophisticated, transitioning from traditional front-engine production-based cars to a...
Nobody could foresee the significance of the race they were about to watch when the starter’s flag dropped at the SCCA National Road Races at Pebble Beach on April 22, 1956. The season’s most prestigious race, all eyes were on the sleek Italian Ferraris that had come to do battle....
Motoring enthusiasts from around the world will congregate on California’s Monterey Peninsula next week for a glorious display of engineering...
Held over three days, the Historic Gold Cup meeting at Oulton Park was very well attended, perhaps because of the...
For those looking to be truly amazed by the evolution of the automobile, it’s time to plan a trip to Southern California. The Petersen Automotive Museum is launching four new exhibits this August, marking its largest simultaneous exhibit launch to date. Each exhibit showcases a range of automotive innovations, from...
Road America again hosted the Weather Tech International Challenge, a midsummer staple of the vintage racing scene. With well over...
This year, it will be celebrated the 79th edition of the Belgian Grand Prix, one of the most traditional and...
That Rainy Weather…Not. It was fabulous: torrential showers were forecast, they arrived but passed either side of us, so all the races were dry and that certainly makes a change for the UK this year: The F1 British Grand Prix was severely affected, which took place only 70 miles away...
Ferrari proudly celebrated a spectacular showcase of vehicles at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, which concluded yesterday. In total,...
Ferrari 250 TR (Testa Rossa) If you’re truly looking for one of the most iconic sports car racers of the...
As has become something of a tradition with my reports I’ll start by commenting on the weather (a British obsession as you may have noticed!). It is supposed to be “flaming” June and only a few days before the nights start getting longer in the Northern Hemisphere but of Summer...
In the long staircase of world motorsport, it is common for us to focus mainly on the greatest successes of...
The Mercedes-Benz 300SL Roadster, introduced in 1957, remains an icon of automotive excellence. Combining innovative engineering with elegance, its mark...
Ettore Bugatti was a man who did not fear setting himself a hard task. It was not just Bugatti’s exceptional design skills, but also his vision and bravery to defy conventional engineering principles of the time that delivered the Bugatti Type 35 – a car significantly ahead of its rivals...
For young teenagers entering high school, it is a time for discovering new interests, making new friends and perhaps becoming...
The Copperstate 1000 was created in 1990 and has become one of the premier vintage car road rallies in North...
90 and counting On behalf of everyone at Sports Car Digest, Happy Birthday Karl! As most of you know, Karl Ludvigsen is a prominent figure in the world of automotive journalism and history, and we are very fortunate to have him as one of our treasured contributors. With a career...
