It is with a heavy heart that the organizers of the Silverstone Classic announce that this summer’s flagship three-day festival...
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) has confirmed June dates at both Road America and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. The...
The Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix, presented by the Greater Pittsburgh Automobile Dealers Foundation, has announced major schedule changes to this year’s events in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. After consulting with city officials and stakeholders, the PVGP is canceling its July 17-26 Race Week. Participants and fans of the...
One of my favorite automotive books is Doug Nye’s “Motor Racing Mavericks”. Published in 1975, it explores failures—high-end failures—in Grand...
The game-changing Audi quattro made its UK debut, in London, in 1980. Here, five former members of the Audi UK...
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Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the HSRCA’s Mar. 21-22, 2020, Autumn Festival at Wakefield Park. The Turnham Clubman of Sean...
This year’s Historic Leyburn Sprints for historic and classic cars, which was scheduled to run on August 22–23, has been...
Canada’s VARAC has announced that it will regretfully be canceling this year’s Mosport Vintage Grand Prix, which was to be held June 18–21. According to VARAC: After careful consideration of all of the persons involved in running the annual VARAC Vintage Grand Prix, competitors, workers, volunteers and fans, we have...
A prototype of the Maserati MC20, the new Maserati super sportscar, pays homage to Sir Stirling Moss, the British motor-racing...
The Albi Grand Prix; Albi, France, July 16, 1939 Arthur Dobson in the very fast E.R.A. E-type which set pole...
The powers-that-be in 1920s auto racing, namely the American Automobile Association’s Contest Board, barred anyone who wasn’t a white male from the sport. But Dewey Gatson, a black man who went by the name “Rajo Jack”, drove into the center of “outlaw” auto racing in California, refusing to let the...
The flying man from Mantua On April 13, 1930, just after 5:00 am, the silent shadows beside Lake Garda are...
Not long before his untimely death a few years ago, our Robert Newman wrote this tribute to his friend and hero Stirling Moss. As the director of Public Relations for Pirelli for many years, Robert worked with Moss on a variety of projects and came to know both Moss and...
Two-liter sports racing cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the World...
While 2020 marks Formula One’s milestone 70th anniversary, April has also featured an historic 70 years since Maserati not only...
Now available on Netflix is “A Life of Speed: The Juan Manuel Fangio Story.” The 92-minute movie originates in Argentina and so it is no surprise that it is more fanzine tribute than balanced assessment. Air-brushed out is Argentina’s dictator Juan Peron who, directly and indirectly, influenced Fangio’s career. So...
Photo Gallery from HMSA’s March 7–8, 2020, Spring Club Event at Laguna Seca Raceway. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//hmsa-spring-laguna-seca-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Click here for...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from HMSA’s March 7–8, 2020, Spring Club Event at Laguna Seca Raceway. Nick Colonna – 1958...
The Quail, A Motorsports Gathering announced that the 2020 edition of the world-class motoring event will be suspended in response to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The Peninsula Hotels Signature Events and Quail Lodge & Golf Club have been closely monitoring the global spread of the virus and strictly adhering to...
Organizers of the FIA Lurani Trophy for Formula Juniors have announced that they are canceling the 2020 championship due to...
In the 1950s, Britain struggled to find its place in Formula One racing. Fed up with BRM’s attempt, Tony Vandervell...
It was 35 years ago today (April 21), in monsoon conditions, that a determined young Brazilian raced to his first Formula 1 victory and cemented his name in motorsport folklore. It was Sunday April 21 and the 1985 Portuguese Grand Prix. Behind the wheel of a Lotus 97T was Ayrton...
Influential Indianapolis Motor Speedway fixture, historian and historic driver Patrick Kennedy passed away on April 12th, at the age of...
1981 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Bob Lazier has passed away at the age of 81, due to complications...
Built in series from 1919 to 1927, the 30-98 was, in its day, the fastest cataloged production car in Great Britain, with a factory-warranted top speed of 100 mph, when fitted with a high axle ratio and pared-down coachwork. The majority of 30-98s were sold with a tourer body (the...
The L&M Formula 5000 Championship; Mid-Ohio, June 3, 1973. Mark Donohue in Roger Penske’s Lola T330 with AMC Javelin power,...
In late December 1959, Bill Jennings packed his tools, spares and suitcase into the passenger seat of his self-assembled GSM...
Hermann Lang Paul Tracy Don “The Snake” Prudhomme Peter Brock 1 The Lancia 037 rally car makes its competition debut at the Rally Costa Smerelda in Sardinia. Both cars will retire with gearbox failure (1982). 2 Hermann Lang drives a Mercedes W154 to victory in the Grand Prix in Pau,...
