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Headline Offerings at RM Auctions Monterey 2012

Headline Offerings at RM Auctions Monterey 2012

RM Auctions announced more featured offerings for the August 17–18, 2012 Monterey sale, a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Berlinetta and a 1938 Talbot-Lago T23 Teardrop Coupe. The 410 S, chassis 0594 CM, is the only example built with a closed body, while the Talbot-Lago, chassis 93064, is the sole Jeancart-style Teardrop originally built upon a [...]

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Ferrari Owners’ Clubs Visits Belfast

Ferrari Owners’ Clubs Visits Belfast

Over 20 Ferrari cars lit up the slipways of Titanic Belfast May 11-12, 2012 as Ferrari Owners’ Clubs from Ireland and Scotland gathered in the city as part of a special Ferrari event in Ireland. There, in front of the world’s largest Titanic attraction, were twenty-two Ferrari cars being photographed with the sculptured shape of [...]

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Louisville Concours d’Elegance 2012 Information

Louisville Concours d’Elegance 2012 Information

The Louisville Concours d’Elegance 2012 will be held October 5-7 at historic Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. John Carlson, permanent chief class judge at the Pebble Beach Concours, will return as chief judge for this year’s Louisville Concours. Read the rest of Louisville Concours d’Elegance 2012 Information © Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing [...]

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Remembering Carroll Shelby (1923-2012)

Remembering Carroll Shelby (1923-2012)

By Art Evans | Photos as credited All of us have lost one of the dominant figures of the post-WWII automotive era, and I have lost a dear friend. After a long illness, Carroll Hall Shelby died on May 10, 2012, at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. He is survived by two sons, [...]

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RM Auctions Monaco 2012 – Auction Results

RM Auctions Monaco 2012 – Auction Results

The RM Auctions Monaco 2012 auction was held 11-12 May at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, resulting in more than €33,521,710 ($43,410,615 USD) in total sales and an 87% sell-through rate. Held during the same weekend as the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique, the two-day RM Auctions Monaco 2012 sale presented a collection of more [...]

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Worldwide Houston Classic 2012 – Auction Results

Worldwide Houston Classic 2012 – Auction Results

Worldwide Auctioneers held its Houston Classic Auction 2012 on Saturday, May 5th at the La Torretta Lake Resort in Montgomery, Texas, resulting in more than $7 million in sales and an 85% sell-through rate. The 11th annual Houston Classic Auction saw nearly 120 motor cars cross the auction block, in addition to a selection of [...]

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Fairfield County Concours Cancelled for 2012

Fairfield County Concours Cancelled for 2012

Organizers of the Fairfield County Concours d’Elegance announced there will be no 2012 edition of the event after the loss of its location at the Fairfield County Hunt Club. After months of evaluating numerous alternative venues and show formats, the organizers of the event made the decision to not host an event this year. Bill [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Pebble Best of Show Horch Offered at RM Monterey 2012

Pebble Best of Show Horch Offered at RM Monterey 2012

A 1938 Horch 853A Erdmann and Rossi Sport Cabriolet, Best of Show winner at the 2004 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, will headline the 2012 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for August 17–18 in Monterey, California. One of only three known surviving examples of its kind, the Horch 853A was designed by Fritz Fiedler, who later [...]

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History of the United States Grand Prix

History of the United States Grand Prix

By Art Evans What is the foremost racing series in the world? If you said Formula One, you are in the company of most other enthusiasts. The series consists of a yearly Grand Prix in each participating country (although in a few instances, there was more than one). Even though the Formula One series was [...]

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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 [...]

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Model T Featured at Hilton Head Concours 2012

Model T Featured at Hilton Head Concours 2012

The Hilton Head Island Concours d’Elegance 2012 will feature the Ford Motel T as its honored marque when the event returns to the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn on Hilton Head Island on November 4th. The 11th annual Hilton Head Concours d’Elegance will include 23 distinct classes including Brass Era, Classic, Sports and Micro [...]

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Ford Cobra Shelby Reunion 2012 – Report

Ford Cobra Shelby Reunion 2012 – Report

The Ford Cobra Shelby Reunion was held Saturday, April 21st, 2012 at the NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California. Celebrating the Shelby Cobra, the Reunion brought together an amazing group of former Shelby employees, racing legends and Ford Cobra Shelby aficionados. More than 1,000 spectators participated in the day-long festivities which included a Show-n-Shine display, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Celebrating 60 Years of Porsche Clubs

Celebrating 60 Years of Porsche Clubs

For six decades, the history of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has been inseparably associated with the worldwide enthusiasm of the Porsche Club scene. 60 years ago, on 26 May 1952, seven passionate Porsche drivers founded the Porsche Club Hohensyburg in Westphalia. According to its articles of association, the common goal of this [...]

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