After a two-year relationship, Virginia International Raceway (VIR) announced a mutual agreement to part ways with the Sportscar Vintage Racing...
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.
Report and photos by Jeff Hill I’d never heard of a Sunbeam Rapier until I reached high school in Burbank,...
By Will Silk The original Nassau Speed Weeks took place from 1954 to 1966 on New Providence Island, Bahamas; on which the town of Nassau dominates the island’s eastern half. The Nassau Speed Weeks was a non-championship event that was traditionally held after the racing season in Europe and America...
The 2011 Ferrari Tribute to Mille Miglia will take place from Wednesday, May the 11th (optional), to Sunday, May the...
The 53rd running of the Rallye des Alpes, a FIVA Category A regularity rally for classic and historic cars, is...
Rally Nippon 2010 – A Pleasant Assault On The Senses Story and photos by Len Clarke The first weekend of November saw the running of Rally Nippon 2010, an event that, despite being only in its second edition (after debuting in 2009), has become the end-of-season round in the Japanese...
The theme for the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed – to be held from 1 to 3 July – will...
The Coronado Speed Festival 2010 took place September 25-26 at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado, California. Known as...
Brian Redman has been named Grand Marshal for the Legends of Motorsports, A Bobby Rahal Signature Event, series finale, to be held December 3 – 5, 2010 at Sebring International Raceway in Florida. “It’s an honor to have fellow Sebring Hall of Fame member Brian Redman join us for the...
The London to Brighton Veteran Car Run 2010 was held Sunday, 7 November in London, with 505 veteran cars crossing...
Donington Park continues its resurgence by launching its own annual Historic Festival – a new venture which aims to rival...
Report and Photos by Louis Galanos Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) held its Sebring Historic Fall Classic 2010 on October 21-24 at the 3.70-mile Sebring International Raceway in Florida. For the past 14 years the Sebring International Raceway has been host to the season-ending event in HSR racing calendar. That event...
Two years ago New Zealand motor racing veteran Ken Smith (Lola T430) made it three Lady Wigram Trophy race wins...
The Mille Miglia 2011 will take place Wednesday, May 11th (optional), to Sunday, May 15th, running clockwise from Brescia to...
La Carrera Panamericana 2010 was held October 22-28 over 3,200 kilometers and seven stages through 10 states in Mexico, with former World Rally Championship driver Harri Rovanpera taking overall honors in a Studebaker. La Carrera Panamericana 2010 saw competitors from Canada, Finland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Switzerland,...
The Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival released provisional 2011 dates for these hugely popular annual events. The Goodwood...
Report by Tony Adamowicz and photos by Dennis Gray The CSRG Charity Challenge 2010 was held the first weekend in...
Report and photos by David Ferguson, Rusty Nuts Photography Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) held its 2010 season finale on October 15-17 at the 2.54-mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta road course in Braselton, Georgia. Thirty years ago, SVRA held its first event at Road Atlanta – a support race for Can-Am...
Jaguar has been named featured marque for the season finale Legends of Motorsports, A Bobby Rahal Signature Event, race weekend...
The Algarve Historic Festival 2010 was held October 15-17 at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. Returning for...
Report and photos by Tim Kemmis The Vintage Sports Car Drivers Association’ Elkhart Lake Vintage Festival (ELVF) and Historic Race Circuits of Elkhart Lake’s (HRC) 60th Anniversary teamed together to bring great events, great cars, and great people to Elkhart Lake and Road America for the weekend of September 10-12,...
Report and photos by Dennis Gray Classic Sports Racing Group’s (CSRG) Charity Challenge 2010 was held on the 12-turn, 2.52-mile...
Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid The Spa Six Hours 2010 was held September 24-26 at the 4.352 mile, 21-turn...
The Goodwood Revival 2010 took place 17-19 September at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, England. Far more than a historic car race, the annual Goodwood Revival is a virtual step back in time and a chance for participants and spectators to take in the romance and theatre of...
Well-known faces from most motor sport drivers disciplines were present at Goodwood Revival 2010, including Formula One stars, rally winners,...
The Goodwood Revival 2010 honored John Surtees – the only man ever to be crowned world champion on two and...
SVRA’s first outing as an organization was as a support race for the Can-Am at Road Atlanta in September of 1980. Seventeen cars attended that inaugural event, with exotics such as Jim Roger’s Ferrari Testa Rossa and Howard Turner’s Lister Jaguar among the cars taking to the track. In 1981...
In Goodwood’s heyday, the Chichester Cup was a race for Formula Juniors, which were a leap on from 500cc cars...
The Glover Trophy was originally presented to the winner of the Richmond Formula One race, which was for contemporary Formula...
Named after the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, the Richmond Formula One race was traditionally for contemporary Formula One cars, often billed as the Richmond Formula One Race for the Glover Trophy. At the Goodwood Revival 2010, the Richmond Trophy is for front-engined Formula One cars of a type that...