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Donington Historic Festival 2012 – Report and Photos

Donington Historic Festival 2012 – Report and Photos

The Donington Historic Festival 2012 was held 5-6 May at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. Thousands of spectators enjoyed the 2nd annual Donington Historics, with its great display of tight racing action, plus off-track entertainment and even an unexpected day of sunshine on the Sunday. Event organiser Duncan Wiltshire, said, “We could [...]

Tasman Revival 2012 Information

Tasman Revival 2012 Information

The Tasman Revival 2012 will be staged November 23-25 at Eastern Creek International Raceway in Sydney, Australia. This year’s Revival allows racing car enthusiasts to experience the excitement of 1960s “formula cars” and 1970s Formula 5000 cars in full flight with a program of 35 races over three days. Read the rest of Tasman Revival [...]

California Mille 2012 – Report and Photos

California Mille 2012 – Report and Photos

Report by Dennis Gray | Photos by author and Bob Ross The 2012 running of the California Mille was held April 30th to May 3rd on the twisty and scenic back roads of Northern California and Nevada. Similar to the previous twenty editions of the rally, the California Mille departed San Francisco on Monday morning [...]

Michelin Rallye Groupe B 2012 Information

Michelin Rallye Groupe B 2012 Information

Michelin and Rallying with Group B announced the UK’s only multi-venue rally for Group B cars and other rally cars of significant note: The Michelin Rallye Groupe B. Sponsored by Michelin, the rally will take place 25-26 August 2012 on the roads of Cheshire and North Staffordshire, with Special Stages in the grounds of castles [...]

Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2012 – Report and Photos

Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2012 – Report and Photos

Report and photos by David Ferguson The Speedfest Mitty 2012 was held April 27-30 at the 2.54 mile, 12-turn Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia. A field of 336 entrants showed up to participate in the event, which is ably promoted by Classic Motorsports Magazine and sanctioned by HSR. Triumph was the featured marque at the [...]

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2012 Information

Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2012 Information

The Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2012 will be held June 2-3 at Infineon Raceway Sears Point in Sonoma, California. This year’s Sonoma Historics will feature “Moments in Time: a Celebration of the History of Motorsports.” The program for the Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival 2012, organized by General Racing Ltd., will focus on highlights of the [...]

Hockenheim Historic 2012 – Report and Photos

Hockenheim Historic 2012 – Report and Photos

Report and photos by Marcel Hundscheid Around 21,500 spectators saw 218 participants divided into eleven different categories during the 2012 Bosch Hockenheim Historic – Jim Clark Revival, from April 13-15th on the Hockenheimring in Germany. Changing but dry weather conditions over the weekend treated spectators and drivers to some interesting and challenging action. Unique was [...]

Spirit of Montjuic Revival 2012 – Report and Photos

Spirit of Montjuic Revival 2012 – Report and Photos

Report and photos by Peter Falkner The Spirit of Montjuic Classic Revival 2012 took place April 20-22 at the Circuit de Catalunya, outside Barcelona, Spain. This interesting circuit in the hills 30 minutes from downtown Barcelona has hosted the Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix since 1991. This event sought to resurrect the spirit of the [...]

Monterey Reunion 2012 Artwork Unveiled

Monterey Reunion 2012 Artwork Unveiled

Featured marque Shelby Cobra is the major focus in the official poster art of the 2012 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion, unveiled April 14th at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach. Shelby Cobra is this year’s featured marque and is a name that evokes images of muscle, brute power and American ingenuity. This year’s Rolex [...]

2012 Copperstate 1000 Rally – Report and Photos

2012 Copperstate 1000 Rally – Report and Photos

Report and photos by Larry Edsall The 22nd annual Copperstate 1000 vintage and sports car rally was held April 15-19, 2012. Each year, the event sends five or six dozen pre-1974 classics, their drivers and co-drivers on a 1000-mile tour of Arizona’s amazing landscape by way of the state’s smooth but often delightfully serpentine and [...]

Spa Classic 2012 – Event Preview

Spa Classic 2012 – Event Preview

By Marcel Hundscheid The second edition of the Spa Classic will be held 25-27 May, 2012 at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium. After the success of last years inaugural edition the Spa Classic will be back in the Ardennes region for a new 100% classic meeting! Organised by the French Peter Auto organisation, the [...]

LSR Invitational at Laguna Seca 2012 – Photo Gallery

LSR Invitational at Laguna Seca 2012 – Photo Gallery

Report and photos by Dennis Gray Sanctioned by Historic Motors Sports Association (HMSA), the LSR Invitational historic races were held at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Tuesday, April 10th, 2012. The LSR Invitational saw a field historic race cars tackle the 11-turn, 2.238-mile road course in Salinas, California. Similar to HMSA Club events, the LSR [...]

Summer Marathon Rally 2012 Information

Summer Marathon Rally 2012 Information

The Italian Alps will echo with the sound of vintage automobiles this June courtesy of the 2012 running of the Summer Marathon. Scheduled for the 14th-17th of June, the international vintage rally will see more than 150 pre-1971 cars race the clock across the famous mountain passes of Stelvio, Tonale, Gavia, Foscagno, Forcola and Bernina [...]

Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2012 – Report and Photos

Clipsal 500 Adelaide 2012 – Report and Photos

Report and photos by Vince Johnson The Aussie V8 Supercar series kicked off its 2012 season on 1-4 March around the streets of the South Australian capital in Adelaide. Supported by seven categories of racing, the event has Hall of Fame status, usually reserved only for champion drivers. Two 78 lap races of the unforgiving [...]

Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2012 Information

Speedfest Classic Motorsports Mitty 2012 Information

The Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty returns to the 12-turn, 2.54 mile Road Atlanta in Braselton, Georgia on April 27–29, 2012. Sanctioned by HSR, vintage racing will again headline the 36th annual Mitty. In addition to four days of racing action on the historic Road Atlanta track, the many off-track activities will include car [...]

Mercedes-Benz at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012

Mercedes-Benz at Goodwood Festival of Speed 2012

Mercedes-Benz will showcase its motorsport heritage at the 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed, scheduled for June 28 to July 1 at the 1.16 Goodwood Hillclimb in West Sussex, England. “There is so much to look forward to at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. We celebrate 60 years of our SL-Class with the latest model [...]

Stirling Moss at Donington Historic Festival 2012

Stirling Moss at Donington Historic Festival 2012

On Sunday 6th May 2012 at the Donington Historic Festival, Sir Stirling Moss will take to the track in the Jaguar C-type he drove to victory in the 1952 Reims Grand Prix for sports cars, exactly 60 years ago. The Donington Historic Festival 2012 will see the history-making car and driver reunited, as Sir Stirling [...]

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