1963 Sebring 12-Hour Grand Prix of Endurance – The Second Battle in the Ford-Ferrari War By Louis Galanos | Photos...
Legendary racing driver Hans Herrmann celebrates his 85th birthday on 23 February 2013. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, the endurance and...
By Dennis Gray and Peter Giddings | Photos by Dennis Gray This 1926 Delage Grand Prix 15-S-8, better known as Dick Seaman’s “Black Delage”, is now garaged in California, having been recently rebuilt to period specifications. As a ten-year-old Grand Prix car the Delage, chassis #4, was driven to victory...
On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname “Silver Arrow” were entered for...
By Rick Carey | Photos by Mark Coughlin This is by necessity a very personal account, since I arrived late...
During the 1978 season, Mario Andretti and Ronnie Peterson dominated the FIA’s Formula One World Championship. From its introduction at the Belgian Grand Prix that year, the Lotus 79 became the car to beat. Between them, Andretti and Peterson would notch an impressive six wins with their Lotus 79s—with our...
The current world speed record on a public road was set January 28th, 1938 by Rudolf Caracciola in the Mercedes-Benz...
By Louis Galanos On Monday, January 7th, 2013, Daytona racing legend George S. Waltman of Honesdale, Pennsylvania passed away at...
Formula Vee celebrated its 50th birthday on track at Daytona, with a special parade of classic Formula Vee and Formula Super Vee cars prior to the 2013 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, many of them driven by legends of motorsport. Several ex-FV drivers who went on to become international motorsports...
The Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona 2013 was held January 26-27 on the 12-turn, 3.56-mile Daytona International Speedway, a combined...
At the Paris Auto Show in 1959, Ferrari closed out the decade right by unveiling their most wonderful GT to...
The legacy of the Chevrolet Corvette was forged 60 years ago this month when it was introduced at the General Motors Motorama show in New York City on January 17, 1953. As the all-new 2014 Corvette rolls into Chevrolet dealerships later this year, it will build on the six-decade history...
The seventh-generation Chevrolet Corvette made its debut Sunday, January 13, 2013 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit....
Restoration and certification work has resumed in the recently renovated Ferrari Classiche department which now boasts a packed workshop of...
As the father of two young boys and the publisher of what I consider my other baby (but obviously not as important as my real children), Sports Car Digest, I hope that by sharing my affinity for classic cars with my kids and their future children, they will in turn...
The author rides the iconically liveried Mirage up onto the curb while negotiating a left-hander at Silverstone. Photo: Pete Austin The...
The history of 0666 TR, and the 250 Testa Rossa program at large, are rooted in the broader context of...
Orazio Satta and Giuseppi Busso had joined Alfa Romeo as designers in 1938 and 1939 and worked together on everything from the 158/159 GP cars to the Tipo T33/3 tube frame three-litre car of 1972. By 1959, Satta was head of design, while Busso was responsible for mechanical parts from...
1956 Sebring 12 Hour Grand Prix of Endurance – Sebring Comes of Age, With Difficulty By Louis Galanos | Photos...
Following the premiere of the one-off design study at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance earlier this summer, at an event...
The Platypus Porsche Sports Racing car By Kevin Triplett | Photos by Dennis Gray The Platypus Sports racing car routinely appears historic car racing events on the West Coast; it is a great story of an American home-built race car improbably named after the Australian mammal. At the 1953 Paris...
1962 Tojeiro-Buick Photo: Pete Austin “Just turn the key and it will start,” I was told, as the door of the...
This Porsche 962-103, better known as the “Holbert Racing Löwenbräu Special,” is widely considered the most successful and recognizable 962....
By Art Evans | Photographs as credited My abridged dictionary defines “provenance” as “source, derivation.” Provenance is important insofar as collections of art are concerned. The value of a painting, for instance, is greatly enhanced if its history can be documented. Another important aspect is authenticity. My wife inherited a...
Report by Rick Carey, Auction Editor Think about a really good, solid, exterior door latch and lock, the precise snick...
By Art Evans John Fitch and I were close friends for more than 50 years. We played together, sailed together,...
Over 10,000 individual race victories, 10 world records and 133 international titles are part of the racing heritage behind the Abarth marque. In fact, success in competition has always been one of the cornerstones of the Abarth story, and it is no less important now than when Karl Abarth founded...
Report and photos by Jamie Doyle Confession. I like light cars. My Lotus Elan S3 Coupe weighs roughly 1,500 pounds...
Sports Car Digest continues the series of photo retrospectives drawn from the film archive of Bob Harmeyer. The first installment...
There are cars, and there are cars. Some come and stay, many come and pass on. A few appear briefly but don’t make it to the grid, and then they disappear. Thanks to historic racing and car collecting fever, however, a number have managed to rise from the ashes. VR...
