The 2009 Classic Adelaide Rally was held November 18-22 over approximately 1000 kilometres throughout South Australia, with natives Kevin Weeks and Bec Crunkhorn winning their third straight Classic Adelaide tarmac rally.
The pair crossed the finish line after [...]
The Earl of March confirmed the theme of the 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed – provisionally to be held on 2-4 July 2010 – as ‘Viva Veloce! – The Passion for Speed’. This theme celebrates Italy’s all-consuming fascination with [...]
The Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, founded in 1950 as a celebration of the automobile, has evolved into one of the world’s foremost classic car events. Additionally, as exemplified by the more than 20 [...]
Longtime Road Racing Drivers Club member Nick Craw was named FIA Senate President following an FIA General Assembly election at the FIA annual meeting in Paris on Oct. 23, 2009.
The Senate is the top-ranked body of the FIA, second only to the [...]
Classic Adelaide rally organizers announced the driver and co-driver of a car competing in the South Australian event were killed in a crash today.
They were driver Gary Tierney, 60, and co-driver David Carra, 43, both from Melbourne.
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With development of its 2nd generation of ‘DB’ six-cylinder sports cars nearing its end, Aston Martin turned to the Italian Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, creator of the original DB4 of 1959, for the next model.
Touring built a pair of two-seater prototypes, [...]
1958 12 Hours of Sebring – Anglo-Americans and the Redhead
Story and photos by Ed McDonough
1957 and 1958 were interesting years in international sports car racing, when it could be argued that sports cars turned into sports racing cars, in [...]
The Carroll Shelby Foundation is offering 66 signed copies of “Go Like Hell – Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans.” The critically acclaimed book tells the remarkable story of how Carroll Shelby helped Henry Ford II, [...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright
The National Exhibition Centre just outside Birmingham, England hosted the 2009 Classic Motor Show. This three day show was a big success with the public, with Friday having a record crowd, and Saturday morning the queues were [...]
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca announced the classes for the Monterey Historic Automobile Races® and Monterey Pre-Historics to give the car owners more information in assisting them in selecting which cars they would like to enter. The Entry Forms for both races [...]
Barons held its Sandown Park auction on October 27th, resulting in an 84% sales rate and a couple new auction records.
A MkI Lotus Cortina drove well over estimate to sell for an impressive £37,364, attracting bids from as far away as Australia, before being [...]
Gooding and Company announced that it will be hosting its first-ever auction at Amelia Island, Florida. Already starring a number of exceptional consignments including the Best of Show-winning 1931 Voisin C20 “Mylord” Demi-Berline, Gooding & Company’s one-day [...]
The 6th Annual Niello Concours at Serrano was held on October 4, 2009 against the backdrop of the beautiful Serrano Visitors Center in El Dorado Hills, California. With the Italian themed Festa d’Italia bringing a little bit of Italy [...]
Chopard Watches of Switzerland will be the prime sponsor of the 20th running of the California Mille, scheduled for April 25-29, 2010, Martin Swig, Mille organizer, and Karl-Friedrich Scheufele of Chopard, announced.
A major sponsor of Italy’s famed Mille Miglia and other high-line [...]
Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP), has teamed with Circuit Mont-Tremblant to launch HMP’s inaugural Canadian vintage racing and lifestyle event, July 10-12, 2010. The event is billed as “Bobby Rahal’s Legends of Motorsports” and is the third 2010 HMP event thus far [...]
CTS Auctions’ inaugural sale on 5th December in Sydney will include half a million dollars worth of important historic racing cars from the Sydney-based collection of Rob Tweedie.
Former Australian Super Touring ace Rob Tweedie is now a well known and fierce competitor at many historic racing events in Australia having [...]
Walter Röhrl won the Costa Brava Rally for the FIA European Rally Championship for Historical Cars in the Spanish town of Lloret de Mar on November 6, 2009. Teaming up with co-pilot Peter Göbel, German Rally Champion in 2002, 2004, 2005, [...]
The 2009 Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance was held November 1st at the historic Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
As the featured event of the Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance & Motoring Festival, [...]
Gooding and Company announced five exceptional collector cars available for sale at its annual Scottsdale Auction this January. Gooding & Company’s headline European consignments include a winning 1956 Jaguar D-Type, a rare Pinin Farina 1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Cabriolet, a beautifully-appointed 1956 [...]
The Antique Auto Museum (AACA Museum) at Hershey will have a special exhibit featuring six spectacular and diverse vehicles from the JWR Automobile Museum Collection which exclusively features the collections of Mr. John “Jack” Rich. The special exhibit will run until [...]
Held on the eve of the historic London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, the saleroom for Bonhams annual sale of veteran cars and other related automobilia was packed with spirited bidders who competed with an international audience on the [...]
On November 9, 1909 – 100 years ago today – a 200 hp Benz became the first car to break the 200 km/h mark – and in the process went faster than any car, aeroplane or rail vehicle before. Victor Hémery went on to [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
LeMay – America’s Car Museum recently appointed two new directors to the board at the board meeting held last month. Moray Callum, Executive Director of Ford America Design and Richard Davis, President and CEO of Standard Parts Corporation were both named to the LeMay [...]
Five very unique cars created by Detroit’s automakers are set for RM’s ‘Automobiles of Arizona’ event this coming January, including the 1954 Mercury XM-800 Dream Car, the 1956 Cadillac Maharani Motorama Show Car, a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado ‘Raindrop’ Dream Car, an all-original [...]
The Masterpiece – Style & Speed Showcase took place at Milwaukee’s Veteran’s Park on the shores of Lake Michigan on Saturday, August 22 and Sunday, August 23, 2009. The event raises funds for the programs and [...]
Houston trial attorney John O’Quinn, who has recently emerged as a towering figure in automotive and art purchases for a proposed museum, was killed in an automobile accident in Houston on Thursday, October 30.
O’Quinn [...]
Mecum’s annual Kansas City Auction will feature 500 collector cars and memorabilia up for bid on December 4-5, 2009. The auction has moved to a new location this year at the Kansas City Convention Center/Bartle Hall.
The Mecum Auction team is currently taking [...]
The La Carrera Panamericana was held October 23-29, 2009 over 3,600 kilometers and seven stages through 13 states in Mexico. Stig Blomqvist, 1984 World Rally Champion, won overall honors in a Studebaker.
Sweden made the 1-2 in the overall [...]
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 [...]
Despite the weather forecast for rain and gale force winds, nearly 500 intrepid veteran car owners made the start in Hyde Park for the 60-mile endurance to Brighton for the 2009 London [...]
Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, will be held Friday, March 12th to Sunday, March 14th, 2010, returning to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. After its extremely successful first year as owners, organizer Live Promotions has chosen Alfa Romeo as its [...]
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Hennessey Performance Engineering is well-known in modern tuner circles for their ability to wring out amazing performance figures from Corvettes to Vipers and nearly everything in between.
One of their latest creations is a supercharged version of the [...]
Barber Motorsports Park will join with Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP) to present a unique vintage racing and automotive lifestyle event. “Bobby Rahal’s Legends of Motorsports” will debut at the stunning permanent road course on May 20-23, 2010.
“Barber Motorsports Park is a jewel [...]
Mecum Auction held the ‘57 Heaven Museum Auction on October 24, 2009 at the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri. Mecum Auction sold hundreds of items from the museum’s unique collection of 1957 vehicles, authentic storefronts [...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, held its third annual Automobiles of London auction on October 28th, 2009 at Battersea Evolution in London, posting $18 million in total sales with a strong 87% of all lots sold.
The single-day auction [...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright
To celebrate the 50th Birthday of the Mini, the IMM2009 meeting and Mini 50th Anniversary event was held in Cofton Park, right next to the Longbridge factory in Birmingham, UK where most of the Minis were built. The Birmingham [...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright
The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Guards Trophy for Sports Racing and GT cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit.
The Guards Trophy championship is open to Sports [...]
RM Auctions announced the addition of a new sale in Monaco on 1st May, 2010. Held at the Grimaldi Forum and during the same weekend as the 7th Grand Prix Historique de Monaco, the Sporting Classics of [...]
Following their highly successful ‘GT & Sports Car Cup’ race series now in its third season, Flavien and Vanessa Marçais announce a new race series to complement GTSCC, for genuine Pre-74 Italian Sports, Sports-Prototype and GT cars of a type that were raced [...]
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca officials announced that automobile industry veteran Barry Toepke will be joining the company as Vice President, Historic Races.
“I have known and worked with Barry throughout both of our Historic Racing careers and I am [...]
The Concours d’ Elegance, an annual classic car show in its 33rd year, will be held on Sunday, June 13, 2010, at Cincinnati’s historic Ault Park.
The 2010 event featured theme “International Designers and Coachbuilders”, is a tribute to the quality and craftsmanship [...]
When enthusiasts discuss the “best of the best,” these drivers always make the list: Petty in oval racing, Moss in road racing and Garlits in drag racing.
“The King” Richard Petty, Sir Stirling Moss OBE and “Big Daddy” Don Garlits are unsurpassed in their [...]
Story and photos by Simon Wright
The final round of the Historic Sports Car Club Derek Bell Trophy for Formula 5000 and Formula 2 cars took place October 17th, 2009 at the Silverstone National circuit on a cloudy but [...]
BMW has a long and distinguished history at the Mille Miglia, culminating in 1940 when Fritz Huschke von Hanstein and Walter Bäumer drove to a historic victory in their BMW 328 Mille Miglia Coupé with a Touring body.
Driving at an [...]
Bonhams is offering a 1926-27 1.5-litre supercharged straight-eight Talbot-Darracq as part of its line-up for the annual Retromobile auction to be held in Paris, on January 23, 2010. Its pre-sale estimate is 400,000 – 600,000 Euros.
The car was conceived by two Italian Grand [...]
The UK’s biggest classic motoring exhibition returns to Birmingham, UK next month as the Classic Motor Show opens its doors from November 13-15, 2009.
Spanning six halls of the NEC and displaying over 1,250 cars and 250 motorcycles from all over the [...]
RM Auctions announced the addition of an evening auction to its 2010 Automobiles of Arizona event.
Returning to the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa in Phoenix, the additional sale date will see RM kick off its 2010 auction calendar in grand style on [...]
Story and photos by Ian Wilson
Way back in July 1939 the first event was run round the streets of Angouleme, France, featuring names like Trintignant and Wimille, and here we are, 70 years on still using the same layout, similar cars too. [...]
The U.S. Vintage Grand Prix was held September 10-13th, 2009 at Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, New York.
Sanctioned by SVRA, the U.S. Vintage Grand Prix is perennially one of the largest vintage car races in the country [...]
Barons is introducing a new Thoroughbred – Sports and Prestige or “Top Car” division, for dedicated auctions of contemporary cars, removing cars less than 30 years old from our traditional Classic & Collectors’ Car sales.
Barons to date has offered cars of [...]
The inaugural Lonville Classic was held September 4-6, 2009 on the shores and mountains surrounding some of Europe’s most beautiful lakes. Participants of the Lonville Classic were treated to three days of fantastic driving, excellent food, local wines and a great ambiance.
Apart from torrential [...]
Yas Marina Circuit has joined forces with Masters Historic Racing to include five different types of racing categories in the Abu Dhabi Classic to be run on January 21-23, 2010.
In addition to the Masters regular 1970s Grand Prix cars and [...]
Barrett-Jackson held its second annual Collector Car Auction at Las Vegas on October 7-10, 2009 at Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, generating more than $23 million in sales on over 400 collector cars that all sold [...]
General Racing announced its Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival, scheduled for June 5-6, 2010, at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, CA.
The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival will continue the tradition of the Monterey Historic Automobile Races while building on the popular Wine Country Classic [...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will hold its third annual Automobiles of London auction on October 28th, 2009 at Battersea Evolution in London.
RM Auctions will feature 84 cars, headlined by the 1963 ATS 2500 GT 3.0 Litre Coupe, 1928 [...]
Everything is new at [www.mercedes-benz.com]: presented in customer-friendly form, the Portal has detailed information and offers relating to the classic vehicle activities of Mercedes-Benz, i.e. the Museum, Classic Center, Archive and Collection, Young Classics, Mercedes-Benz Clubs and Classic Magazine. A central contact point and [...]
This feature is a first for the triad of VeloceToday.com, Coachbuild.com and SportsCarDigest.com. We all had input to this article and feature this article in our respective websites at the same time.
The recent and regrettable passing of Elio Zagato caused us to [...]
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of racing driver Bernd Rosemeyer, who was born on October 14, 1909 in Lingen in north-west Germany. To honor the anniversary, Audi Tradition will be laying a bouquet at the memorial on the A5 Autobahn in Germany. [...]
Watkins Glen International announced that it has teamed with Historic Motorsports Productions (HMP), a new vintage racing event promoter, to launch the inaugural HMP vintage racing and lifestyle event June 11-13, 2010. The event is billed as “Bobby Rahal’s Legends of Motorsports” [...]
Story by Leigh Dorrington and photos by Tom Sullivan
The inaugural Saratoga Wine & Food and Fall Festival in Saratoga Springs, New York on September 10-12, 2009 featured a [...]
RM Auctions held its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey auction on October 8-9, 2009 in Pennsylvania, posting in excess of $9.1 million in sales with a strong 94% of motor cars sold.
Held in conjunction with the AACA [...]
Mecum Auction held the St. Charles Auction on October 1-4, 2009 at the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles, Ilinois, with total gross sales (excluding buyer’s premium) of $11.3 million.
Mecum offered more than 750 collector [...]
The Sunday in the Park car show was held September 6th, 2009 at Lime Rock Park.
Local ordinance laws in Lakeville, Connecticut prevent racing at Lime Rock Park on Sunday, therefore Lime Rock fields a traditional car show each year on that day [...]
The Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival announced the provisional 2010 dates for these hugely popular annual events.
The 2010 Goodwood Festival of Speed is provisionally scheduled to take place over the weekend
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Barrett-Jackson announced they have signed a letter of intent with the OC Fair & Event Center to add a fourth event to the company’s annual auction lineup. The event will take place either June 25-27 or July 1-3, 2010, at the OC [...]
1936 Alfa Romeo 2900A – Supreme Road Racer
Story by Ed McDonough
Views differ as to the meaning of the phrase…’the good old days’. In this story, it means when you could buy a new car [...]
A 1965 289 Shelby Cobra (Lot #704) will be sold at No Reserve by the Barrett-Jackson Auction Company on October 10, 2009. The Shelby roadster, CSX2568, is one of only 687 built from 1962-1965 and will be one of the stars for its [...]
Maserati was the main attraction at two events that took place earlier this year, the fourteenth edition of the “Vernasca Silver Flag,” held in the hills near Piacenza, Italy, and the “Le Belle Macchine d’Italia” which took place on the race [...]
A 1939 Mercedes-Benz W154 Silver Arrow was specially featured at Lime Rock Park’s Vintage Festival September 4-7, 2009.
A stellar attraction of the legendary period from 1934 to 1939, the W154 represented the apogee of the supercharger era of Mercedes-Benz’s racing vehicles.
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Story and photos by Simon Wright
July in England and the classic motorsport fan can look forward to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Silverstone Classic. Well now there is a third great event, The [...]
Bonhams had a busy September, offering 530 cars across five auction sales for a grand total of £9.63 million, reflecting the enduring appeal of classic cars and automobilia.
On September 26th, Bonhams made their sale debut at the annual Weekend [...]
The 2009 Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance was held September 12-13 on the grounds of the Radnor Hunt in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
The Judging Committee of the Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance announced the class winners of the 13th Annual 100 Motor Cars of Radnor Hunt, [...]
H&H set a new auction world record price for a MG K3 Magnette at its Buxton sale on September 16th, 2009. The figure achieved – £231,000 – also stands as a new marque record for a car sold at auction.
The previous holder [...]
The Mercedes-Benz Museum is holding its first collectors fair for models, brochures, literature, pins and accessories on November 28th, 2009 from 9:00am to 6:00pm.
To mark the occasion of the first Mercedes-Benz collectors fair, two strictly limited Silver Arrow pins will be available on [...]
The 2009 Six Hours of Spa was held September 25-27 at the famed Spa-Francorchamps Circuit in Belgium. In addition to the Spa Six Hours Endurance Race, numerous other races are contested throughout the race [...]
Automotive enthusiasts will descend upon Hershey, Pennsylvania next week as the site of the annual Antique Automobile Club of America’s (AACA) Eastern Division Fall Meet. To coincide with the event, RM Auctions will return to Hershey Lodge for its annual [...]
RM announced today it is divesting its interest in the Toronto classic car auction held biannually at the International Centre in Mississauga, Ontario effective immediately. The event’s founder and former RM consignment specialist, Dan Spendick, assumes sole interest in this Canadian venue.
RM is a [...]
The 2009 Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance was held Sunday, August 2nd on the grounds of Meadow Brook Hall in Rochester, Michigan.
The 30th annual Meadow Brook Concours d’Elegance featured more than 230 cars and motorcycles, including over 80 [...]
RM Auctions announced consignments from two US collections to its annual Vintage Motor Cars of Hershey event – a series of motor cars from Cleveland, Ohio’s Crawford Auto Aviation Museum, a collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and over 400 lots [...]
Book Review, Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans
Go Like Hell tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary [...]
Mecum Auction announced a special preview of the ‘57 Heaven Museum at Dick Clark’s American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Missouri before the museum closes and its contents are sold.
Preview times are 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 10 to Saturday, Sept. 12, [...]
The 2009 Quail Motorsports Gathering was held Friday, August 14th at the Quail Lodge Resort & Golf Club in Carmel, California.
The seventh annual Quail event paid tribute to 50 years of racing at the Daytona International Speedway, home to the [...]
The Antique Automobile Club of America will again join forces with RM Auctions to host a gala ‘Night at the Museum’ charity auction on Wednesday, October 7, 2009.
Returning to the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, [...]
A 1937 Horch 853 Voll & Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet, owned by Robert M. Lee of Sparks, Nevada, was named “Best of Show” at the 59th Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance held Sunday, August 16th along the 18th [...]
Kemp Auto Museum, located in Chesterfield, Missouri, announced the appointment of Terry Trowbridge as Curator for the Museum’s antique automobile collection.
Trowbridge has been a car enthusiast for more than 50 years, and is a long-time member of Mercedes, [...]
Historic Grand Prix race cars returned to Infineon Raceway at Sears Point as part of the Indy Racing League’s Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma weekend for the fifth consecutive year, August 21-23, 2009.
More than 20 [...]
Bonhams announced a new sale to be held during the “Weekend de L’Excellence Automobile” at Reims-Gueux Circuit in France on Saturday, September 26th.
Racing into pole position is a 1912 5 litre chain drive Bugatti racing car, created [...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, announced the consignment of a 1963 A.T.S. 2500 GTS 3.0-litre sports car to its upcoming Automobiles of London event. One of only eight A.T.S. sports cars produced between 1962 and 1965, this example – chassis [...]
The Bentley Drivers Club celebrated the 60th anniversary of its annual race meeting at Silverstone on August 8-9, 2009.
“This was surely one of the biggest gatherings of Bentleys of all ages you could ever hope to see – and so [...]
The Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the Avenue was held Tuesday, August 11th on the downtown streets of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. While several events claim to kick-off Monterey Week, only “Carmel Concours” can truly do so.
Typically held on the Monday and Tuesday of Monterey Week, organizers [...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, will return to England on October 28th for the Automobiles of London event at Battersea Park.
This year’s event is set to continue the momentum from Monterey with over 75 [...]
The International Motor Racing Research Center will raffle a very unique Corvette previously owned by Gilmore/Foyt racing team sponsor Jim Gilmore.
This is one-of-two ever produced 1984 Corvettes, painted in the eye-catching ‘Hugger Orange’ color used on the Gilmore-Foyt race [...]
The 1961 Ol’ Yaller VIII race car will be sold at no reserve during the 2nd Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Las Vegas October 7-10, 2009. It is one of only nine Ol’ Yallers built by road racing icon, Max [...]
La Dolce Vita was held Friday, August 14, 2009 during Monterey Week at the Bayonet Black Horse Golf Course in Monterey, California.
Enthusiasts Kerry McMullen and Jerry Kaye founded La Dolce Vita as an alternative to Concorso Italiano, but only after [...]
Bonhams & Goodman announced that it has consigned a fully restored 1940 Hawker Hurricane MkIIA, a former WWII fighter, for its Military and Aviation Collectibles auction on September 27, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
One of only eleven airworthy examples worldwide, [...]
Since 1974, the Monterey Historics have showcased the passion for vintage racing cars and has risen to the top shelf on the international motorsports calendar. Held at the beautiful Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, this multi-day event showcases the cars and [...]
Bonhams unveiled the line-up for its annual sale at the Goodwood Revival, to be held Friday, September 18th.
Leading the charge is the ex-Fred Stiles 1930 model/1938-assembled Alfa Romeo 6C-1750 Testa Fissa, the so-called “Stiles Threesome” Spider with bodywork by the leading [...]
Sports Car Digest, Ed McDonough
