Ten reasons you don’t want to miss the 2024 edition of the Velocity Invitational: Global Time Attack Eight cars will...
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 21st Annual CSRG Charity Challenge returned to the iconic Sonoma Raceway September 13-15, 2024, promising an unforgettable weekend for...
In a world where time-travel is still far from reality, the next best solution can be found on the South coast of England in early September. As the curtains draw to a close on the English Summer, one last hurrah exists in the most evocative and atmospheric racing event on...
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...
Five Decades of Historic Motorsport It’s a bit daunting to think five decades have past since the first Monterey Historics occurred in 1974. Laguna Seca wasn’t even 20 years old when vintage car enthusiast Steve Earle organized the first Historics at Laguna Seca, a race track built on property once...
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...
Background Following the October 1960 Los Angeles Times Grand Prix at Riverside, California, successful Texan racer Jim Hall had a fruitful discussion with Dick Troutman and Tom Barnes, constructors instrumental in the creation of Lance Reventlow’s Scarabs. Having just struck out on their own with a shop in Culver City,...
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...
Motoring enthusiasts from around the world will congregate on California’s Monterey Peninsula next week for a glorious display of engineering and automotive elegance. The revelry will begin with the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion from Wednesday 14–Saturday 17 August, with the event marking the 50th anniversary of historic racing at WeatherTech...
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...
Road America again hosted the Weather Tech International Challenge, a midsummer staple of the vintage racing scene. With well over 400 entries, the twelve racing classes featured full fields in each one. This year, the Formula Ford was the featured marque, celebrating 55 years of training aspiring racers all the...
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...
Ferrari proudly celebrated a spectacular showcase of vehicles at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, which concluded yesterday. In total, 26 unique representations of the famous Cavallino tackled the renowned Goodwood Hill, leaving a lasting impression on attendees. A significant highlight of the four-day event was the appearance of Oliver...
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...
In the long staircase of world motorsport, it is common for us to focus mainly on the greatest successes of drivers in the main categories. If a driver manages to arrive and establish himself in Formula 1, his greatest legacy will certainly be due to his performance in this category....
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...
For young teenagers entering high school, it is a time for discovering new interests, making new friends and perhaps becoming involved in sports and/or special interest clubs. For many teenage boys, high school also heightens their interest in cars especially as they approach the magic age of 16 years old....
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...
With an almighty roar, Goodwood welcomed a fleet of incredible cars from the Canadian-American Challenge Cup, including examples from McLaren, Shadow and Porsche – three of the most successful marques in Can-Am’s history. The 81st Members’ Meeting also remembered Niki Lauda with 2024 marking a series of significant anniversaries for...
1968: A Year Like No Other 1968 can be considered as the great year of the 60s: the uprisings in...
Heaven or Hell, Jekyll or Hyde, Beauty or Beast, whichever you choose there is no doubt that Parque Montjuich provided...
Introduction The Jaguar C-type holds profound significance in automotive history, epitomizing the golden age of sports car racing in the 1950s. Designed by Jaguar’s visionary engineer, William Heynes, the C-type introduced revolutionary aerodynamics and disc brake technology, setting new standards in performance and safety. Its sleek design and lightweight construction...
