In the 1974 World Sportscar Championship for Makes at Kyalami, South Africa, a small racecar, built from the chassis of...
Scottish race legend, motorsport commentator and three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Dario Franchitti, has teamed up with Gordon Murray...
Artist Fernando Hoyos visually examines the design evolution and family lineage of the famed Ford GT40 in this illustration, starting with the 1962 Ford Mustang I concept car, through the 1962–1963 Lola MK.6 GT and culminating in the Ford GT40 Mk1 prototypes and production cars. For more of Hoyos’ work...
Niki Lauda: His Competition History By Jon Saltinstall Niki Lauda’s Racing career will forever be remembered for his horrifying crash,...
Photo Gallery from the August 15–16, 2020, Thruxton Historic, Thruxton, UK. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//thruxton-historic-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click here for 3 more pages...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the August 15–16, 2020, Thruxton Historic, Thruxton, UK. It was lovely to see the old warhorse from Brooklands – the Bentley Barnato Hassan Special – out in the hands ofDavid Ayre. A rare sight in Britain – the Bill Thomas Cheetah of Ian Burford failed...
George Herbert Skinner (also known as Bert) and Thomas Carlyle Skinner (also known as Carl) created the Skinners Union (SU)...
Officials of the Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races today confirmed that the 2021 event will take place from Tuesday September 21...
Formula 5000 was a racing series for open-wheel, single-seat racing cars built to a specific set of rules. The engine of choice was the venerable small block Chevrolet V8 of five-liter displacement. It started as a bright idea in 1967 and ran successfully until politics among the governing body, race...
Once again the Fountain Gardens at Hampton Court Palace played host to 50 of the world’s rarest cars for the...
A sensational Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza Spider by Zagato that was raced by Scuderia Ferrari during the 1930s has...
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Motor Racing Legends has announced a one-day meeting to be held on the full Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit on Sunday...
The Goodwood Motor Circuit will forever be associated with Sir Stirling Moss, and Goodwood’s one-time only event next month –...
When the 2021 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion kicks off for four days on August 12 at Monterey County’s WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, several driver and fan favorites will be on the grid. Adding to the anticipation will be the first time a dedicated historic Indy Car group, which originally competed...
Vintage racers from across the U.S. will take to the track September 18-20 as Road America hosts the Vintage Sports Car...
The inaugural running of the Groesbeck Grand Prix and Mexia Concourse successfully attracted automotive enthusiasts from across the country to...
Photo Gallery from the Sept. 5-6, 2020, Grosebeck Grand Prix, in Grosebeck, Texas....
Don Panoz Paul Newman Jacky Ickx Niki Lauda 1 Ferdinando Minoia drives an Isotta-Fraschini to victory in the Coppa Florio...
The British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, July 20, 1968 Jochen Rindt drove a Brabham BT26-Repco, with the Repco 860 twin-cam...
If the name Jean Pierre Kunstle came up in a conversation about sports car racing, it wouldn’t be surprising if it didn’t sound familiar. He was sort of a “mystery man” since not much was written about him personally, virtually all reports were about his racing success on the track. ...
A weekend full of horsepower, friendships and history — with a little social distancing mixed in — came to a...
Photo Gallery from the Aug. 8–10, 2020, Driver Appreciation Event at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//laguna-seca-driver-appreciation-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Subscribers click...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Aug. 8–10, 2020, Driver Appreciation Event at WeatherTech Laguna Seca Raceway. # 16 – 1964 Shelby Cobra – Lynn Park / # 91 – 1963 Shelby Cobra – Tim Park # 38 – 1966 Marcos 1800 GT – Mike Denman / # 11 –...
Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) has been named the new sanctioning body of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and Monterey Pre-Reunion...
1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB The 1961 24 hours of Le Mans GT class winning Ferrari 250 GT SWB, was...
The Bentley Drivers Club’s 72nd annual race meeting at Silverstone – an institution on the British club motor-racing calendar – saw another day of fantastic racing at its very best, albeit behind closed doors, on Saturday August 22. Bentleys of all ages – many raced by club members – shared...
Sixty-one years after race cars first roared into the small Kansas town of Garnett, a dedicated group of passionate individuals...
The under 2-liter Grand Touring (GT) cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international...
On Thursday, August 13, 2020, Canadian racing legend and noted BMC factory driver Edward Leavens passed away after a battle with dementia. Leavens, of London, Ontario, was an extremely successful sports car racer from 1955 to 1962, who competed with the likes of Stirling Moss, Bruce McLaren and other notables...
