Every summer the stunning West Sussex countryside comes alive to the thrill of racing engines at full blast, as Goodwood...
Famed racing car designer Ron Tauranac has passed away at the age of 95. Tauranac first came to fame in...
Organizers of the annual Put-in-Bay Sports Car Races have announced that they have elected to cancel this year’s running of the event scheduled for September 22-25, 2020. Making the announcement, event co-founder Jack Woehrle said, “We are disappointed to have to cancel this year’s event, but given the current unpredictable...
24 Hours of Le Mans, June 20–21, 1964 The Chevrolet-engined Bizzarrini A3 Grifo of Pierre Noblet and Edgar Berney en...
Sydney pharmacist John Hallihan is the man who brought a rare D-Type to Australia, in very interesting circumstances. During the...
John Watson Jean-Luc Thérier Danny Ongais Jackie Stewart 1 Ayrton Senna enters and wins his first go-kart race (1973). 3 Mark Donohue drives a McLaren-Offenhauser to victory in the USAC Pocono 500 in Long Pond, Pennsylvania. First Team Penske Indy Car victory (1971). Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access...
The Lotus Elite that starred at the 1958 Earls Court Motor Show is set to be sold at The Silverstone...
Porsche 908/2 was campaigned as a factory entry in the 1969 24 Hours of Daytona, before being sold to Steve...
Racer, writer, broadcaster, entrepreneur and motivational speaker Lyn St. James is the Honoree of the 26th annual Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance scheduled for March 4-7, 2021. Lyn’s life is a high speed motorsports adventure. Her racing career began in a Ford Pinto — her daily driver — in the 1970s...
Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) announced today in company with Seattle-based Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts (SOVERN) they have affirmed...
Photo Gallery from SVRA’s Jun. 18–19, 2020, Spring Vintage Festival at Road America. [button link=”https://dev.sportscardigest.com//svra-spring-vintage-festival-subscriber-photo-gallery/” color=”blue”]Click here to view 6...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from SVRA’s Jun. 18–19, 2020, Spring Vintage Festival at Road America. Tschiltsch Jeffrey #127 1977 Crossle 32F Photo: Jeff Schabowski Rante John 99 Radical SR3 RSX Photo: Jeff Schabowski Parr Daniel #96 1969 Chevrolet Z/28 CAMARO Photo: Jeff Schabowksi R. Scott McQueen, 1957 Austin Healey 100-6...
Over two-liter Grand Touring cars have always had a place to compete within the ever-changing regulations of international motorsports; the...
The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is pleased to announce a new exhibit opening August 1 dedicated to one of most colorful...
This July 10-18 Dana Mecum’s Original Spring Classic auction will makes its return to the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis. The auction is a highly anticipated occurrence each May, with thousands of classic and collector car enthusiasts pouring into the Fairgrounds every year from across the United States. With this...
Road America has announced the addition of Vintage Indy™ to the event line-up for the INDYCAR REV Group Grand Prix Doubleheader...
GPS Classic, organizers of the Alfa Revival Cup 2020, have announced that the 2020 series will resume July 11-12 at...
Historic racers from across the country are signing up to participate in the inaugural running of the Groesbeck Grand Prix – A Motorsports Festival, September 5-6, 2020. The event seeks to bridge the gap between car shows and vintage racing allowing more of the public to experience the thrill of historic...
After an unprecedented temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic the North East Motor Sports Museum (922 NH Route 106,...
In 1977, Porsche’s “improvised” Type 936/77 took on the full-court press of four Renaults at Le Mans. Retirements and technical...
Organizers of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion have announced today that this year’s event will now be canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In a release organizers stated: After considerable discussion and consultation, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca’s new management team has regrettably canceled the 2020 Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The difficult...
For many years, it was thought that Richie Ginther—one of Formula One’s best known drivers of the 1960s—had, in his...
Versatile Canadian racer and 1981 Trans-Am champion Eppie Wietzes passed away on June 10. According to his wife Barb, “Sad...
Hans Mezger, famed engineer and father to the legendary Porsche 917 and boxer 6-cylinder engine, passed away on June 10, 2020, at the age of 90. Porsche owes him not only the Porsche 911’s air-cooled, six-cylinder boxer engine but also the overall construction of the 917 and its 12-cylinder engine,...
The French Grand Prix; Charade (Clermont-Ferrand), June 27, 1965 The great Jim Clark drifting the works Lotus 25 on this...
The holy grail of land speed records resides in the vast solitude of a formerly thriving prehistoric lake. 14,000 years...
The Masters has announced new dates for its rescheduled events at Donington and Brands Hatch. The Masters Historic Race Weekend at Donington Park will now take place on July 18/19, shortly followed by the Masters Historic Festival at Brands Hatch on August 22/23. Unfortunately, at the moment both events will...
David Hobbs Jacky Ickx Ayrton Senna “Wally” Willmott 1 Greg Moore wins the Miller 200 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for his...
Texas professional and historic racer Charles Nearburg has a long and diversified motorsport resume. At the profession level, he’s competed...
June 2, 2020, marked half a century since the death of pioneering racing driver and engineer Bruce McLaren, who was killed in 1970 while testing one of his Can-Am racing cars at the Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex, UK. In commemoration of her father, Amanda McLaren – a McLaren Automotive...
