Vintage Racing

Sports Car Digest is taking a break for the holidays, but we will be back in the New Year with the latest and greatest from the classic car world, including previews of Arizona Auction Week, a profile of the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona by Louis Galanos and much more. In the interim, we will update the site each day next week with stories that–for whatever reason–were not published in a timelier manner earlier this year. We will also publish any late-breaking news if anything should pop up. We...Read Full Story

The finest collection of significant and authentic racing AC Cobras ever assembled in the UK will gather at next year’s Goodwood Revival (14-16 September 2012) for an exceptional one-model race. To mark the 50 th anniversary since Carroll Shelby’s introduction of the initial versions of this cult Anglo-American sports car, the 2012 Revival will feature a grid exclusively made up of 30 Cobras and their derivatives.  This special all-Cobra race will be a 45-minute two-driver competition, with...Read Full Story

The 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed will honour the Lotus marque with the main ‘Central Feature’ installation, displayed prominently outside Goodwood House. Goodwood will celebrate this much-loved British brand at an exciting time in the marque’s history, as Lotus is currently two years into a dynamic five year brand re-invigoration plan with the goal of returning the marque to its original status alongside other prestigious sports car manufacturers. Read the rest of Lotus Featured at 2012...Read Full Story

The month-long Ford Centenary Tour – a celebration of 100 years of Ford of Britain – was brought to a fitting finale at the weekend when over 100 Ford vehicles came together for the largest-ever vehicle cavalcade at the historic Goodwood Circuit in West Sussex. This spectacular celebration of the 100th anniversary of Ford of Britain was flagged-off by Ford’s chief financial officer, Lewis Booth, with Ford of Britain chairman, Joe Greenwell, riding in the Ford Consul in the lead. Several...Read Full Story

With just one month to go, Goodwood is now able to confirm an impressive line-up of over 70 star drivers and riders attending the 2011 Revival (16-18 September). Well-known faces from most motor sport disciplines will be in action at this year’s Goodwood Revival, including Formula One stars, rally winners, endurance racing champions, tin top tearaways and top bikers; often competing in the most unlikely of machines. Touring Car talent will be campaigning hard in 1960s saloons in the St Mary...Read Full Story