Brian Barr has joined Sports Car Digest as Director of Sales and Marketing, where he will grow and manage business...
When one thinks “car museum” what generally pops to mind are gorgeous and historically significant vehicles arranged in rows behind...
The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course has been purchased from Dublin, Ohio-based TrueSports, Inc. by Green Savoree Racing Promotions, through newly formed, wholly owned subsidiary Green Savoree Mid-Ohio, LLC. Green Savoree, which also owns and operates the Honda Indy Toronto and Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, will assume operations of...
The Bentley Drivers Club is celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Club’s formation in 2011, a wonderful achievement that will...
By Will Silk Automodello is producing 85 Griffith Series 200 race replicas in 1:43 scale for this year’s Ultimate Griffith...
The Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) will honor racing icon Roger Penske at its third annual West Coast banquet prior to the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, on Thursday, April 14, 2011. The RRDC Evening with Roger Penske will be presented by Firestone. The “Captain” has been racing and...
Finland’s four-time world rally champion Juha Kankkunen drove a Bentley Continental Supersports convertible on the hazardous frozen waters of the...
By Will Silk With traditional forms of investments seeing troubled times in a global economy that continues to only offer...
Among the major car collections in the world, there is one that stands out more than any other as synonymous with excellence: that of iconic American fashion designer Ralph Lauren. A selection of the most prestigious sports cars from the 1930s to present day is on view for the first...
On Friday 15 July 2011, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrated the centenary of the Spirit of Ecstasy with an historic event....
Thousands of images dating to the earliest days of Ford Motor Company are being hauled out of the Ford archives...
Indianapolis 500 fans worldwide have debated for decades about which drivers are the greatest in the race’s glorious history. Now those voices will be heard and counted. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway has created the “The Greatest 33” website to give fans the opportunity to pick their dream all-time starting lineup...
By a vote of its current members in 2010, the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) elected 24 race-car drivers and...
By Will Silk The Chevrolet Vega is perhaps one of those cars that history has brushed aside for a number...
Most of the international racing successes of Porsche works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany) and Romain Dumas (France) were clinched together. Amongst others, the championship title in the American Le Mans Series in 2007 and 2008 as well as overall victory at the 2008 Sebring 12 Hour race, the Nürburgring 24...
Augie Pabst, described as “one of the fastest, most charismatic and popular drivers in his day” by the Motorsports Hall...
Audi will unveil the latest in its range of e-tron concept studies – an all-electric, 1:2 scale version of the...
In late January, 2011, the dynamic duo of the Scott brothers announced that they will be producing a TV series for international sales named ‘The Drivers’, a drama based on the 24 Hours of Le Mans during the 1950s and 1960s. Tony and Ridley Scott will join Headline Pictures and...
By Will Silk Speculative interest in using vintage cars as a means of investment have been in use for decades,...
From Bloomberg: Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason is helping an investment group that aims to buy $150 million worth of...
Story by Stephen Mitchell The first time I saw a Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso was at Riverside Raceway where I was attending the Times Grand Prix. The Mecom team–which earlier had campaigned a GTO I would later acquire–was there with a one-off special named the Hussein for A.J. Foyt...
The story of Carroll Shelby will be told at the Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) Museum through the special...
By Will Silk Artists Nicolas Cancelier of Belgium, Paul Chenard of Canada, Anna-Louise Felstead of the United Kingdom and Rick Rucker...
The Board of Directors of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame announced the 2011 class on Wednesday, January 12 at the Wynfrey Hotel in Birmingham, Alabama. Chosen by a panel of 125 international motorsport media, the inductees for 2011 are: John Holman, Jan Opperman, Maurice Petty, Brian Redman, and Rex...
By Will Silk It has taken some time, but 2011 will mark the debut of a new series of racing...
Sports Car Digest published 516 stories in 2010, ranging from auction results, car profiles, event and vintage racing coverage, yet...
Contributor Stephen Mitchell has plans for a documentary on the original Carrera Panamericana races (!) and would like to tap the Sports Car Digest readers for information on the epic event. From Stephen Mitchell: I have begun work on a documentary project about the Carrera Panamericana road races held in...
Sports Car Digest is taking a break for the holidays, but we will be back in the New Year with...
The British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) celebrated motor racing achievements of 2010 on 6th December at the BRDC Annual Awards....
By Will Silk Amidst the rumors and ongoing legal battles between Group Lotus and the 2010 Team Lotus race organization run by Tony Fernandes, Group Lotus announced they will indeed return to the arena of Formula 1 racing in 2011. Group Lotus is better known for the production of the...
