Steve McQueen may have actually won the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring. By Louis Galanos The response to my story...
Vintage Racecar Features
1970 24 Hours of Daytona – Opening Round of the World Sportscar Championship By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited...
The 1970 Canadian-American Challenge Cup season was the fifth season of the Can-Am auto racing series. The season began only a few days after the death of defending champion Bruce McLaren. McLaren had been testing the new M8D for his Can-Am team when he was killed. The team would continue...
By Leigh Dorrington World Rally Champion Sebastian Ogier’s victory in the 2014 Monte Carlo Rally in a Volkswagen Polo R...
A Race To Remember – Recollections of 1970 12 Hours of Sebring By Louis Galanos In 1970 my fiancé and...
1971 24 Hours of Daytona – The End of an Era Story and photos by Louis Galanos Few fans of endurance racing who attended the 24 Hours of Daytona in 1971 were aware they were witnessing the end of an era. Some would later say that the 1971 World Manufacturer’s...
The Old Gal was on Life Support in 1971 Story by Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In March of...
The 1972 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 40th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on June 10th...
Recollections of the 1972 Daytona 6-Hour Continental – Peter Revson and Alfa Romeo By Louis Galanos Within the racing community in 1972 Peter Revson was a household name. The previous year he became the first American...
1973 Daytona Race Profile – Daytona Returns to 24 Hours By Louis Galanos | Photos as credited In the eyes...
1973 Canadian Grand Prix – A Study in Firsts and Lasts Report and photos by Al Wolford The Canadian Grand...
Story and photos by Rich Martin By the time the 1973 United States Grand Prix came around I practically made Watkins Glen my second address. My big brother Joe really started something special for me, between Grand Prix racing, Can-Am, Le Mans sports cars, Trans Am, Formula A/5000, and any...
Story and photos by Hal Crocker As it lay there all twisted and rusting its steel skeleton reminded me of...
Story and photo by Hal Crocker The voice on the phone was by Maker’s Mark, the sound of fine Kentucky...
12/6/08 Update: We sold the Alfa back to the person that sold it to us. He was very happy to have it back and we are grateful to see it go to such a good owner. Sports Car Digest is selling one of its own, a 1974 Alfa Romeo GTV....
During the coming months, Sports Car Digest will be running a series of photo retrospectives drawn from the film archive...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
The 1979 French Grand Prix was held on July 1st at the Dijon-Prenois Circuit near Dijon, France. While the race was significant because it was the first victory for a turbocharged car in Formula One, it is remembered more for the intense fight for second place between Ferrari driver Gilles...
Sports Car Digest has been running a series of photo retrospectives drawn from the film archive of Bob Harmeyer. The...
No one could accuse Porsche of letting the grass grow under its feet when motor racing’s governing bodies chose to...
This week’s Mullin Automotive Museum featured vehicle is the 1994 Bugatti EB110 Supersport ‘Le Mans’, one of only three vehicles of these specifications ever built. In all, two were produced for a significant collector in Japan with the EB110 at the Mullin Automotive Museum vehicle being one of them. The...
Sports Car Digest loves a good scuffle. We especially like those involving F1 cars on the razor’s edge, and the...
2007 SAFETY GEAR DEVELOPMENTS Some significant new products for vintage racers seen at the 2007 Performance Racing Industry Show. LEATT-BRACE...
The last hour at the 24 Hours of Daytona is a nail biter: the cars are tired, ailing machines with potential for mechanical breakdowns; the crew are even more tired and pit stops become more challenging because fatigue contributes to the possibility of human mistakes during even routine stops. The...
Introduced last year for the 2014 model year, BMW’s F32 series replaces the E92 platform, otherwise known as the 3-Series...
It’s easy to pick on the little guy, and Fiat’s 500 has endured plenty of this during its few years...
Frumpy really doesn’t even begin to describe the initial impression when we met the ‘face’ of Nissan’s latest addition to the bite-size, commercial van market. The 2014 Nissan NV200 Cargo SV makes the old Fiat 600 Multipla look downright svelte. Alongside Ford’s newly revamped Transit Connect, and the eventual Dodge ProMaster...
What hasn’t been said about the new Cayman? It’s a sweetheart of the automotive journalism community, and if you’ve ever...
It really had been a sad few years for new sports car buyers, especially since 2008. There were good sports...
At the iconic Goodwood Motor Circuit, the Goodwood Revival pays homage to the illustrious period of motor racing spanning from 1948 to 1966. During this epoch, fashion reached its zenith, melodies transformed, and motorsport luminaries arose. Set for Friday 8–Sunday 10 September, this year’s Revival marks its quarter-century milestone, reflecting...