Vintage Racing

One of Riverside Raceway’s earliest and most enduring legendary figures, Carroll Shelby will be the gala honoree at the second annual “Legends of Riverside” gathering at the Riverside International Raceway Museum which will take place over the weekend of March 26-28, 2010. The Shelby name is synonymous with the great racing that went on at Riverside – This will be a special event with a true motorsports icon. (...) Read the rest of 2010 Legends of Riverside Racing Film Festival © Sports Car Digest for Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | ... Read Full Story

The New Jersey Vintage Race – History of Speed was held October 2-4, 2009 on 2.25 mile Thunderbolt Raceway at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey. Sanctioned by SVRA, the New Jersey Vintage Races featured 10 groups, with practice and qualifying sessions on Friday and Saturday (...) Read the rest of History of Speed at New Jersey Motorsports – Photo Gallery © Sports Car Digest for Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal , 2009. | Permalink | No comment | Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive of stories filed under Vintage Car Racing Read Full Story

The inaugural Algarve Historic Festival was held October 16-18, 2009 at the new Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimao, Portugal. With 16 races for 12 Historic Racing Car categories, the Algarve Historic Festival was the biggest historic motor racing event ever held in Portugal and Spain. “As good as Spa or the Brands Hatch GP circuit”… “Really tricky to learn”… “Bloody fantastic!” These were just some of the comments about the new Algarve International Autodrome (...) Read the rest of Algarve Historic Festival – Results and Photos © Sports Car Digest for Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal , ... Read Full Story

Story and photos by Simon Wright The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club (HSCC) Historic Saloon Cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit. The HSCC Historic Saloon Car Championship is open to cars that were in series production before 1966. Dan Cox, leading the championship, put his 1964 Ford Lotus Cortina on pole position from Graeme Dodd Jaguar Mk II by 0.069 of a second. At the start of the race (...) Read the rest of HSCC Historic Saloon Cars at Silverstone – Results and Photos © Sports Car Digest for Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing ... Read Full Story

Guy Smith, winner at Le Mans in 2003 for Bentley, will tackle the 2009 Roger Albert Clark Rally alongside his father Peter in what will be Guy's third-ever rally. The world-renowned sports car racer will contest the four-day rally in a historic specification Ford Escort RS2000, while Peter will be in his regular Porsche 911 for his first attempt at the 13-16 November rally. "It's in at the deep end," said Guy. "I'm just doing it for fun and the aim is to try and get round without crashing. It will be like doing four or five rallies in one go. It's a bit ... Read Full Story