Vintage Racing


Sports Car Digest 26.07.2010
Silverstone Classic 2010 – Results and Photo Gallery

Silverstone Classic 2010 – Results and Photo Gallery
The Silverstone Classic 2010 was held 23-25 July at the famed Silverstone circuit in Northamptonshire, England, with over 1000 drivers racing more than 800 of the finest competition cars spanning the full spectrum of motor sport history. Spectacular action from capacity grids marked the two days of racing at the 2010 Silverstone Classic, as more [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 21.07.2010
Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2010 – Report and Photos

Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2010 – Report and Photos
Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2010 Honours Tom Wheatcroft Story and photos by Simon & Janet Wright The Cholmondeley Pageant of Power 2010 was held 17-18, July on the grounds of Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire, England, with more than 150 cars and bikes competing, spanning seven decades of motorsports. The Cholmondeley (pronounced Chumley) Pageant of Power, [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 20.07.2010
Kohler International Challenge at Road America – Report and Photos

Kohler International Challenge at Road America – Report and Photos
Report by Bob Pengraph and photos by author, Jeffrey Dahl and Tim Kemmis The Kohler International Challenge with Brian Redman and presented by Ford was held from July 15-18, 2010 at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. This historic 4-mile track in its 55th year of operation was filled with over 400 vintage race cars [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 13.07.2010
Le Mans Classic 2010 – Picture Gallery

Le Mans Classic 2010 – Picture Gallery
The Le Mans Classic 2010 was a great success, as nearly 100,000 enthusiasts cheered on the 450+ vintage race cars battling on the 13.6 kilometer Circuit de la Sarthe in France. When an accomplished photographer like Tim Scott of Fluid Images says he “really went for it” at an event like the Le Mans Classic, [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 12.07.2010
Legends of Motorsports at Mont-Tremblant – Results and Photos

Legends of Motorsports at Mont-Tremblant – Results and Photos
Legends of Motorsports, a Bobby Rahal Signature Event, made its Canadian premiere on July 9 – 11, 2010 at the 2.65 mile, 15-turn Circuit Mont-Tremblant, located in the picturesque Laurentian Mountains in Quebec. Headlined by event Grand Marshal and race participant Jacques Villeneuve, the three-day event celebrated Ferrari as the official marque. Villeneuve, the 1997 [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 11.07.2010
Le Mans Classic 2010 – Results and Photo Gallery

Le Mans Classic 2010 – Results and Photo Gallery
The Le Mans Classic 2010 was held July 9-11 at the famed Circuit de la Sarthe in Le Mans, France. The fifth running of the event saw one of the strongest fields in classic motorsports take to the full 13.65 kilometer Le Mans circuit run in the modern 24 Hours of Le Mans. From pre-war [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 09.07.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Top 20 Cars of Interest

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Top 20 Cars of Interest
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 featured more than 25 different classes, with hundreds of great cars, motorcycles, drivers and riders taking to the 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb during the Festival weekend. A record 176,000+ spectators were present, making this one of the largest public events of any description in the UK and Europe. Goodwood Festival [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 09.07.2010
Spa Summer Classic 2010 – Report and Photos

Spa Summer Classic 2010 – Report and Photos
Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid The Spa Summer Classic was held the weekend of July 3rd and 4th, 2010 at Circuit de Spa Francorchamps in Belgium. Run by the Belgium Roadbook organisation, the second annual event was a generous race meeting for various categories of historic and classic cars in both endurance and sprint [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 07.07.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Report and Picture Gallery

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Report and Picture Gallery
Report and photos by Simon and Janet Wright The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 honored the centenary of Alfa Romeo with a centre piece sculpture on the lawn in front of Goodwood house. Shaped like a giant four leaf clover (the Alfa Romeos emblem) it featured an old Alfa Romeo P2 car on one side [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 05.07.2010
Silverstone Classic 2010 Features Italian Race Cars at Dusk

Silverstone Classic 2010 Features Italian Race Cars at Dusk
The Silverstone Classic 2010 will feature a ‘dusk race’ dedicated to pre-1974 Italian race cars, with spectacular sports and GT cars from Ferrari, Maserati, Abarth, Alfa Romeo and others taking to the famed Silverstone Circuit on Saturday, 24 July. Entries in the Italian Historic Car Cup include some of the finest racing sports cars of [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 04.07.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Photo Gallery

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Photo Gallery
The Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 has a main theme of Viva Veloce! The Passion for Speed, clearly celebrating Alfa Romeo’s centenary and all things Italian. The Festival also celebrates 60 years of the Formula World Championship, as well as great races and venues from Bathurst, Australia to the Mexican Carrera Panamericana. Getting straight to [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 02.07.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Photo Gallery Day One

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Photo Gallery Day One
Photos by Peter Brown The central theme at the Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 is Viva Veloce! The Passion for Speed and front and center at Goodwood House is the remarkable ‘Cloverleaf’ central display. In addition to multiple examples of this famous Italian marque taking to the hillclimb course over the weekend, many are featured [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 01.07.2010
Portland Historics 2010 Honors Alfa Romeo

Portland Historics 2010 Honors Alfa Romeo
The Baxter Auto Parts Portland Historic Races will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo at the 2010 running of the event. The 34th annual Portland Historic Races will take place July 9 through 11 at Portland International Raceway, 1940 N Victory Blvd., and will host a race group comprised solely of [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 30.06.2010
LSR Invitational by HMSA – Report and Photo Gallery

LSR Invitational by HMSA – Report and Photo Gallery
Report and photos by Dennis Gray The Historic Motors Sports Association (HMSA) held the LSR Invitational event at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on June 22-23, 2010. The LSR Invitational featured a strong field of vintage race cars circling the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca road course in Monterey, California. LSR Invitational by HMSA Event [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 29.06.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 Preview

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 Preview
The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed (2-4 July) gets underway this week, with the inaugural Goodwood Moving Motor Show taking place the day before on Thursday 1 July. In all, around 175,000 visitors are expected to attend this, the World’s largest celebration of motoring culture, with something on offer for every taste, including the finest [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 28.06.2010
SOVREN Spring Sprints 2010 – Report and Photo Gallery

SOVREN Spring Sprints 2010 – Report and Photo Gallery
Report and photos by Marshall Autry The weekend of May 15-16, 2010 broke sunny and clear in the Pacific Northwest for the SOVREN Spring Sprints. The second event of the vintage racing season always draws a large group of competitors – with over 130 racers taking to the 2.25-mile, nine turn Pacific Raceways road course [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 28.06.2010
Win Tickets to Silverstone Classic 2010

Win Tickets to Silverstone Classic 2010
Living up to its title as the ‘the world’s biggest classic racing festival’, the annual Silverstone Classic (23-25 July) is firmly established as one of the summer’s must-attend events. And we have five pairs of tickets for Saturday to give away in this special competition. Each prize – worth nearly £100 – includes two of [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 23.06.2010
Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – Photo Gallery

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – Photo Gallery
Sports Car Digest was fortunate to have photographer Dennis Gray document the inaugural Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, held June 4-6, 2010 at the 12-turn, 2.52-mile Infineon Raceway road course in Sonoma, California. We often run into a problem when Gray is in the field – too many good images. Given the strong field of 375 [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 21.06.2010
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Star Drivers

Goodwood Festival of Speed 2010 – Star Drivers
With two weeks to go until the 2010 Festival of Speed blasts into life (2-4 July), Goodwood confirmed more than 80 star drivers and riders will be present at the world’s largest celebration of motoring culture, including over 20 World Champions who between them have collected more than 70 championship titles. Past F1 champions and [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 18.06.2010
Alfa Romeo Rally to Celebrate Centenary

Alfa Romeo Rally to Celebrate Centenary
For the Alfa Romeo Centenary celebrations, the Italian Alfa Romeo Register (RIAR) is organising an international rally for all Alfa Romeo enthusiasts worldwide. Collectors, club members or simply owners of current models are invited. The event, supported by Alfa Romeo, will be taking place on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June in Milan, the city [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 17.06.2010
Heacock Classic Gold Cup at VIR 2010 – Report and Photo Gallery

Heacock Classic Gold Cup at VIR 2010 – Report and Photo Gallery
The Heacock Classic SVRA Gold Cup Historic Races were held June 4-6, 2010 at the historic 3.27 mile Virginia International Raceway (VIR) in Alton, Virginia, with hundreds of classic race and collectible cars on both the track and in the car show. This year’s SVRA Gold Cup honored Motorsports Hall of Fame member George Follmer [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 16.06.2010
Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival – Report and Photos

Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival – Report and Photos
A 1926 Bugatti Type 35 sold to its first owner by Brooklands personality Malcolm Campbell made a triumphant return to the Birthplace of British Motorsport at the Brooklands Double Twelve Motoring Festival on 5-6 June, 2010. The Bugatti beat a strong field of classic cars to take overall first place in the Brooklands Double Twelve [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 15.06.2010
Legends of Motorsports at Watkins Glen – Results and Photos

Legends of Motorsports at Watkins Glen – Results and Photos
Legends of Motorsports, a Bobby Rahal Signature Event, held the second round of its inaugural season at historic Watkins Glen International in upstate New York on June 13-13, 2010. Legends of Motorsports called the weekend a “celebration of all things 1970s,” as it featured live music, disco dance parties, autograph sessions, a fan forum and, [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 11.06.2010
HSCC Provides Two Grids at Silverstone Classic

HSCC Provides Two Grids at Silverstone Classic
The Historic Sports Car Club will provide two grids for races at the 2010 Silverstone Classic, covering Road Sports and over 2-litre pre ’66 touring cars. This is in addition to organising the racing element of the annual festival, held 23-25 July at Silverstone. One grid of up to 50 cars will be assembled from [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 09.06.2010
Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – Results and Photo Gallery

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival – Results and Photo Gallery
Story and photos by Dennis Gray The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival took place the weekend of June 4-6, 2010, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. A strong field of 375 vintage race cars competing in 13 groups took to the technical 2.52 mile road course located in the Sonoma Valley. Organized by General Racing, with [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 07.06.2010
Vic Elford Honored at Legends of Motorsport Watkins Glen

Vic Elford Honored at Legends of Motorsport Watkins Glen
Vic Elford will serve as Grand Marshal for the June 11–13, 2010, Legends of Motorsports, a Bobby Rahal Signature Event, at Watkins Glen International in upstate New York. “I couldn’t think of a better racing legend to join us at Watkins Glen than Vic Elford,” series Co-Founder and 1986 Indy 500 Winner Bobby Rahal said. [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 04.06.2010
New Jersey Vintage Grand Prix 2010 – Report and Photos

New Jersey Vintage Grand Prix 2010 – Report and Photos
Report and photos by Rich Martin The Vintage Sports Car Club of America (VSCCA) made its 3rd annual visit to New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey on May 21-23, 2010 for the newly renamed New Jersey Vintage Grand Prix. A field of more than 80 cars in six categories competed on the fast [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 04.06.2010
Set-Up Day at Sonoma Historic Festival 2010 – Photo Gallery

Set-Up Day at Sonoma Historic Festival 2010 – Photo Gallery
Report and photos by Dennis Gray I have a secret to share with Sports Car Digest readers. For years the best-kept secret about the Monterey Historics was the weekend before. Known as the Pre-Historics, only drivers, owners and very few of us press types attended, allowing unfettered access to the cars, drivers, owners and team [...] Related stories:
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Sports Car Digest 28.05.2010
RMU Classic at Spa-Francorchamps 2010 – Report and Photos

RMU Classic at Spa-Francorchamps 2010 – Report and Photos
Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid Once a year the Royal Motor Union Liege organises the RMU Classic at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit, held 21-23 May, 2010. A real tribute to the past on a track that is also known as a sanctuary to motorsports. The RMU Classic is a meeting primarily reserved for old [...] Related stories:
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