Report and photos by Dennis Gray The HMSA Champion’s Grand Prix was held February 26-27, 2011 at the 3.0 mile,...
Vintage Car Racing
Photos, news, results and more from vintage car racing events around the world. At Sports Car Digest we believe sports cars are meant to be raced so we decided to celebrate the world of vintage car racing right here. We celebrate both the race cars from our past and the events that are designed to showcase just how amazing these machines are. The cars are the stars, they are loud, smelly and beautiful “time machines” that we are totally obsessed with. We cover all the major vintage races that feature historic sports-cars from across the globe. We share our passion for vintage racing thus creating memorable motorsports events. Vintage motorsports is growing quickly, and according to HSR, vintage racing represents one of the fastest growing segment of motorsports in the United States and Europe. Get all the updates and news on this growing space here.
The inaugural Mille Miglia North American Tribute will be held in advance of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Historic...
The Targa California 2011 road rally and tour will be held April 7-9 on the back roads of some of California’s best sports car roads. This non-competitive event is presented by NASA (National Auto Sport Association) and covers approximately 850 miles in three days. Starting in Southern California, Targa California...
The Vintage Sports Car Club’s (VSCC) Pomeroy Trophy 2011 was held 26 February at the Silverstone National Circuit. The VSCC...
The 23rd running of the Winter Marathon was held 20-23 January 2011 around Madonna di Campiglio in the Dolomites of...
Series front-runners Jay Esterer, Ken Smith and Steve Ross took the Formula 5000 category’s historical McRae vs Lola battle to new heights at the latest round of New Zealand’s MSC F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series, held February 19-20, 2011, at Invercargill’s Teretonga Park Raceway. Though original Tasman Series front runner...
The sixth edition of Le Mans Classic will be held on 6, 7 and 8 July 2012 at the full...
The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2011 will be held the weekend of June 4-5, at Infineon Raceway Sears Point in...
The Tour Auto 2011 will be held April 11-16th along the scenic and interesting secondary roads of France. For its 20th edition, the Tour Auto Optic 2ooo pays tribute to Zagato; the famous coachbuilder will hold the place of honour during the whole journey between Paris and Biarritz via Poitiers,...
Second-generation racer Michael Lyons (Lola T400) marked himself as a driver to watch with two MSC New Zealand F5000 Tasman...
Visiting Canadian driver Jay Esterer (McRae GM1) completed his prodigal-like comeback in style at the second New Zealand Festival of...
Fastest qualifier Ken Smith drove his Lola T430 to win the rain-affected first MSC NZ F5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series race, held January 22nd, 2011, at the Hampton Downs circuit in the northern Waikato region of New Zealand. After topping the time sheets in qualifying on Friday afternoon defending series...
The Ferrari Challenge returns to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on May 21-22, 2011, headlined by the F1 Corse Clienti program...
By Will Silk The F5000 Drivers Association announced their 2011 race schedule that sees the organization gather at five historic...
Historic motor racing organiser Masters Historic Racing confirmed details of its series of races for Group C/GTP/IMSA sports cars. To be known as Masters Sports-Prototypes, the name echoes the World Sports-Prototype Championship tag for which these cars ran in during the 1980s and early 1990s. Group C was a key...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will celebrate the racing heritage of one of Britain’s legendary motor car companies –...
Sports Car Digest covered more than 60 vintage car races in 2010, starting with the Phillip Island Classic in Australia...
The Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motorsport 2011 will feature 30-minute race for the world’s fastest sports cars from the ’70s and ’80s when the vintage car race returns to the 4.55km Phillip Island Grand Prix circuit on March 18-20. The feature event will see at least three Porsche 956/962...
Le Mans Legends returns to Circuit de la Sarthe in 2011, mere hours from the start of the modern 24...
Masters Historic Racing released its 2011 schedule with new events and circuits on the calendar. Joining the established Brands Hatch...
The Coppa Milano-Sanremo historical revival is back for the ninth year in a row, to be held 11 to 13 March, 2011 in Italy. This year’s event will take a new form, as partners Automobile Club Milano and MAC Group plan to re-launch the famous competition as a classic regularity...
The fifth edition of the Le Mans Classic 2010 was a wonderful representation of reuniting many historic race cars with...
The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2010 took place the weekend of June 4-6, at Infineon Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma,...
Photographer Jurrie Vanhalle documented the AvD Oldtimer Grand Prix 2010, held 13-15 August at the famed Nürburgring in Germany. Given the deep field of more than 600 vintage race cars at the Oldtimer GP (and Jurrie’s excellent photos), we ended up with not enough room to post all of the...
The Monte Carlo Historic Rally 2011 will be staged January 26th to February 2nd. The 14th Monte Carlo Historic Rally...
The Ferrari Historic Race Trofeo Shell took place on 26-28 November 2010 at Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo...
The 22st edition of the 1000 Millas Sport was held November 25-28, 2010 in the Patagonia region of Argentina’s Andes mountains. Argentina’s version of the Mille Miglia Storica consists of 150 participants driving pre-1980 automobiles over 1000 miles of some of the most breathtaking roads in the world. The base...
The Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion 2011 will be held August 19-21 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The list of race...
The Mille Miglia 2011 will take place from Wednesday, May the 11th (optional), to Sunday, May the 15th in Italy....
Legends of Motorsports – Sebring Finale 2010, A Bobby Rahal Signature Event Report and photos by Louis Galanos The Legends of Motorsports 2010 series of vintage races wrapped up their inaugural season with three days of racing and an awards banquet (December 3-5) at the legendary Sebring International Raceway. With...
