On March 12, 1947, Enzo Ferrari started up the Ferrari 125 S, the first car to bear his name. The...
The Lime Rock Park Historic Festival will celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Chevrolet Corvette as the featured marque this...
On Thursday, April 7, two multiple-race winners of the streets of Long Beach—Alex Zanardi and Bill Auberlen—will be inducted into the Long Beach Motorsports Walk of Fame, a collaborative celebration with the City of Long Beach and Grand Prix Association of Long Beach. “Alex Zanardi and Bill Auberlen are icons...
Photo Gallery from the Feb. 21-23, 2022, running of Brian Redman’s Targa 66 at Palm Beach International Raceway. [button link=”https://sportscardigest.com//targa-66-subscriber-photo-gallery-3/”...
Alfa Romeo has a long history in racing that dates back to 1910 and extends to Formula One today. Throughout...
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Among the many highlights in this year’s Artcurial Motorcars’ March 18 Retromobile sale will be two very special Porsches with...
One of the oldest vintage and historic racing events in the U.S., the 44th running of the Historic Sportscar Racing...
Rick Mears, four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500® and three-time INDYCAR SERIES champion, will be honored by the Road Racing Drivers Club at the “RRDC Evening with Rick Mears Presented by Firestone” in Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday, April 7. This will be the RRDC’s 12th banquet honoring auto racing’s...
Louis Gerard. Five years after Whitney Straight’s historic trip to South Africa to take part in the First South African...
ED SWART From Zandvoort to Daytona 60 Years of cars, characters, and the world’s most challenging race tracks Published...
1 Test driver Norman Dewis O.B.E. begins a 33-year career at Jaguar (1952). 2 Tobacco advertising on radio and TV is banned in the United States. This will help cause an influx of tobacco sponsorship money into U.S. auto racing (1971). 3 John “Hogie” Hogan, who was in charge of...
Sebring 12 Hours; March 20, 1971 The Porsche 917K of Vic Elford and Gérard Larrousse, from Hans-Dieter Dechent’s team, finished...
There have seldom been races which have been held under such atrocious conditions that they remained in the imagination of...
1939 South African Grand Prix; East London Luigi Villoresi gets an unexpected gasoline bath during a pit stop for the 1939 South African Grand Prix. Villoresi and his 6-cylinder Maserati would recover and go on to victory....
Porsche has announced that motorsport legend Vic Elford passed away at his home in Plantation, Florida on March 13. The...
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The 60th annual Rolex 24 At Daytona weekend will provide a grand stage for the start of the worldwide celebration of the 50th anniversary of BMW M. Conceived by automotive icon Bob Lutz when he served on the BMW Board as VP Global Sales and Marketing and catalyzed by the...
Subscriber exclusive Photo Gallery from SVRA’s Feb. 24–27, 2022, Sebring SpeedTour at Sebring, Florida. Grid- 61 Larry Ligas 61 Jaguar...
The Morgan Motor Company has announced the launch of the Plus Four LM62, a model which celebrates the company’s legendary...
Joe Huffaker, an icon of the sports car racing world since the 1960s, passed away peacefully in his Novato home, surrounded by family, on February 25, 2022. He was 95 years old. Born on Feb. 4, 1927 in Terre Haute, Indiana, at age 17 Joe built a roadster street car...
Goodwood has announced that the second demonstration at the 79th Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport April (9 – 10,...
As a tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s 1966 Ford GT lightweight experimental prototypes, Ford is introducing the Ford GT Alan...
The 1965 Shelby GT350R Prototype driven by Ken Miles sold for $3.75 million at Mecum Auctions’ recent Kissimmee sale. Recognized as the most historically significant Shelby Mustang in the world, the car retained its crown as the most valuable Mustang in the world, though it sold for slightly less than...
In 1965, I enjoyed a working holiday in London. On Friday 18 June that year I took the cheapest tour...
Visitors to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Aug. 17-20 will see a decidedly European staple rev to life. The historic...
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....
The Concours of Elegance is introducing a brand new feature to its 2022 edition, designed to celebrate the pioneering women...
Goodwood has announced that the theme for this year’s Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will be ‘The Innovators –...
1 Randy Bernard is introduced as the Indy Racing League’s new CEO (2010). 2 Mark Donohue and Chuck Parsons drive the Penske Lola T70 MkIII B to victory in the 24 Hours of Daytona (1969). 3 A.J. Foyt, Bob Wollek, Al Unser Sr. (all suffering from the flu) and Thierry...
