ED SWART From Zandvoort to Daytona 60 Years of cars, characters, and the world’s most challenging race tracks Published...
The Scuderia Filipinetti Ford GT40 Mk I – driven by Peter Sutcliffe and Dieter Spoerry – from the 1966 24...
The reborn Bizzarrini brand, founded by arguably the most talented automotive engineer and designer the world has ever seen, has achieved its next significant milestone. The first Bizzarrini 5300 GT Corsa Revival prototype – the authentic recreation of Giotto Bizzarrini’s first car under his own name – has taken to...
A new 5 day event (September 7–11) that focuses on and celebrates the ‘look’ of race and rally cars is...
1 The Mercedes 450 SLC is homologated into Group 4 for rallying (1979). 2 Tom Sneva wins the USAC Texas...
Bearer of a degree in Industrial Engineering at the Turin Polytechnic, Savonuzzi honed his skill on Fiat aero engines during World War 2 and later at Cisitalia. In Italy, a country that’s home to numerous small, specialized companies making exotic sports and racing cars, few can compete with SVA in...
Rick Mears, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500® and three-time INDYCAR SERIES champion, will be honored by the Road Racing...
Sebring 12 Hours; March 20, 1971 The Porsche 917K of Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse, from Hans-Dieter Dechent’s team, finished...
1968 British Grand Prix at Brands Hatch Vic Elford behind the wheel of the Cooper-BRM during the 1968 British Grand Prix. Elford would ultimately retire with engine trouble....
Alfa Romeo has a long history in racing that dates back to 1910 and extends to Formula One today. Throughout...
Porsche has announced that motorsport legend Vic Elford passed away at his home in Plantation, Florida on March 13. The...
1 Wendy Markey-Amey, British dancer and touring car racer dies at the age of 75 (2021). 4 NASCAR great Buck Baker born (1919). 5 Gregg Hansford dies when his Ford Mondeo crashes at Phillip Island, Australia, on the second lap of the first race of the new Australian 2-liter Touring...
On March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari started up the Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear his name. The...
Joe Huffaker, an icon of the sports car racing world since the 1960s, passed away peacefully in his Novato home,...
Ernest Nagamatsu racing his famous Old Yeller II at the 2012 Goodwood Revival. Pen & ink and markers on 9″x 12″ (23cm x 30.5cm) yellow paper. Paul ChenardAutomobiliart.compaul.chenard@hotmail.com1 902 817-9273www.pinterest.com/automobiliartwww.facebook.com/automobiliart.ca...
Canossa Racing, the new division of Canossa Events dedicated to all racetrack enthusiasts, has recently acquired Alfa Revival Cup, the...
Photo Gallery from the Feb. 21-23, 2022, running of Brian Redman’s Targa 66 at Palm Beach International Raceway. [button link=”https://dev.sportscardigest.com//targa-66-subscriber-photo-gallery-3/”...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from the Feb. 21-23, 2022, running of Brian Redman’s Targa 66 at Palm Beach International Raceway. The Revs Institute 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS ser # 904 046 Gunnar Jeannette 1958 Devin SS Aston Martin DB4 BMW 2002 Porsche 944 1960 Osca F Jr 68 Alfa...
One hundred of the world’s most thoroughbred historic racing cars are set to take to the track in Dubai this...
On the 20th anniversary of the date the Volkswagen W12 broke seven world speed records on the famed Nardò circuit...
I have been road racing since the early 1980s and vintage/historic racing since the late ’80s; always in 105 series Alfa Romeos. But I remember, back in the early ’90s, racing with this little blue sports racer called a “LaBoa”. When I say “racing with” I mean I saw it...
1 Randy Bernard is introduced as the Indy Racing League’s new CEO (2010). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive...
Eight cylinders, a displacement of two liters, 100 PS and speeds up to 145 km/h – the figures of a...
Silverstone Auctions is proud to include a world-famous car linked to ‘rally royalty’ in its 2022 Season Opener at The RAF Museum London. The 2001 Ford Focus World Rally Car driven by the legendary late Colin McRae, with its iconic Y4 FMC plates, promises to be one of the most...
The Tourist Trophy; Oulton Park; April 29, 1966 Jack Brabham with the one-off Brabham BT17, a kind of enlarged BT8...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
Goodwood has announced that the theme for this year’s Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will be ‘The Innovators – Masterminds of Motorsport’, celebrating the technical landmarks that have seen the racing automobile develop from crude behemoth to space-age projectile. It will focus on the human stories of engineering ingenuity...
As a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, Ford is introducing the Ford GT Alan...
To mark the 120th anniversary of ŠKODA Motorsport, employees from the ŠKODA Museum and ŠKODA AUTO’s Prototype Centre collaborated on...
1957 Ferrari 625 TRC Scaglietti Spider The Ferrari 625 was specially ordered by Jon Von Neumann – the Ferrari distributor in Southern California – with the 625, 2.5-liter, 4-cylinder Grand Prix engine. Ferrari produced just two 625s. Preeminent Ferrari historian Richard F. Merritt calls the 625 Spider “one of the...
