This year’s 36th Lime Rock Historic Festival will present an amazing display of historic Bugatti vehicles – both race vehicles and...
Our Pepsi Challenger Eagle from 1981 was sort of unique. It didn’t owe anything to Europe, it was developed right...
The idea of the M1 became official in September 1975, when Jochen Neerpasch, head of BMW Motorsport GmbH presented the strategy of BMW Motorsports to the board of the BMW. A part of that strategy involved motorsports with production cars, which in the 1970s, had gained enormous popularity among drivers...
The Canadian American Challenge Cup was co-sanctioned by the SCCA and the CASC; it was a series nicknamed the “unlimited”...
Reg Hillary, long time Canadian racer and rallyist died on Tuesday, December 4th in his 98th year, a life well...
This year’s Cavallino Classic, to be held January 23–27 in Palm Beach, Florida, will pay tribute to 60 years of the Ferrari 250 GT Short Wheelbase (SWB). Built from 1959 to 1962, these dual purpose berlinettas were Ferrari’s must-have GT car , whether one was a professional pilot or gentleman...
Fewer than 20 Renault AI 35/45 HP Runabouts were produced, and four of the five remaining 1907 racers — often called simply...
Photo Gallery from the July 7–8, 2018 running of the Chateau Impney Hill Climb in Worcestershire, England....
Leading the field of early consignments for Worldwide’s annual Scottsdale Auction on Wednesday, January 16th is an exceptional and highly authentic example of Bugatti’s most successful racing model, a rare and impeccably documented 1925 Bugatti Type 35A. With a limited roster of former keepers that includes Louis Hoffman, it was...
While not the greatest racecar of all time, the Cooper 86B-Maserati was that for me, as it gave me a...
In the earlier days of his racing career, Craig Fisher (who recently passed away) raced just about everything he could...
A bumper crowd numbering thousands of eager spectators headed to Croft Circuit on August 4–5, to lap up the sunshine, an irresistible feast of 1940s-’70s retro-themed entertainment and the highest quality historic racing at the ninth annual Croft Nostalgia Festival. Visitors were treated to Nostalgia’s time-honored combination of top-tier historic...
Photo Gallery from the Oct. 6–7, 2018 CSRG Charity Challenge at Sears Point Raceway. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//csrg-charity-challenge-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here for...
Subscriber only Photo Gallery from the Oct. 6–7, 2018 CSRG Charity Challenge at Sears Point Raceway. Chris Locke – 1976...
Photo Gallery coverage from CSRG’s April 5–7 David Love Memorial weekend at Sears Point Raceway, in Sonoma, California. For more visit historicmotorprints.com...
Sonoma Raceway, Sonoma, CA September 29-October 1, 2017 Here’s Dennis Racine’s 1966 Mini Cooper S (#177).Photo: Brad Fox Become a...
There comes a time, all too often in history, when there arrives the “end of an era,” and with the...
So we have lost Dan Gurney, a few months shy of his 87th birthday. Dan was one of the sport’s internationally famous and successful icons: he was a motor racing driver, car constructor and team owner, whose outstanding good looks could just as easily have qualified him for an acting...
Dan Gurney is a man whose accomplishments need no introduction. In addition to winning in everything from Formula One to...
Photo: Hal Crocker It is with a great deal of sadness that I write about Dan Gurney, who died on...
Just looking at the cover of VR this month, you’ll realize something is different. For only the second time, in our 20 years of monthly publication, there is a person featured on the cover, rather than a car. The last time was in 2008, when Phil Hill passed away. Now,...
Ask anyone who was the first American to win a Grand Prix and chances are they will say Phil Hill...
Watkins Glen International has announced that David Hobbs has accepted an invitation to serve as Grand Marshal for the Hilliard...
December 2018 David Hobbs Zora Arkus-Duntov Divina Galica James Hunt 1– Divina Galica tests a Hesketh 308E-Ford F1 car at Snetterton, in Norfolk, England (1977). 2– Vittorio Brambilla is announced as a driver for the Surtees F1 team for the next season (1976). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This...
Photo Gallery from the Sept 1–2, 2018 running of Peter Auto’s Dix Mille Tours du Castellet, at Circuit Paul Ricard,...
A six-person list of racing pioneers, legends and modern-day champions joined “The First Lady of Motorsports” in a colorful and...
Duncan was initially entranced by record keeping and statistics in racing events. This interest morphed into a desire to race and so he has for 22 years. However, with a keen eye for the history of the sport, his desire to race eventually juxtaposed into a desire to keep alive...
Howden Ganley Do you like your racing cars to be aesthetically pleasing? Most people do, me included. So how do...
Photo Gallery from VSCDA’s Sept. 14–16, 2018, Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//elkhart-lake-vintage-festival-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here for...
Subscriber Photo Gallery from VSCDA’s Sept. 14–16, 2018, Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America. Big Bore Bash – Kent Burg in his 1970 Corvette leads the Ford Flacon of Damon Bosell through turn 6. Photo: J. Hatfield Big Bore Bash – Gary Davis in his 1965 Dodge Dart heads...