Broad Arrow Auctions recently announced it will offer the 1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Rennversion at its upcoming Monterey Auction, August 14-15. Chassis 993-GT1-108 is one of just nine customer GT1s originally made and notably is offered directly from long-term private ownership where it has been in the hands of an esteemed Porsche collector for some time. Also of note is that it was never severely damaged or dismantled and today remains in superbly presented condition. Jakob Greisen, Senior Car Specialist for Broad Arrow Auctions states, “We are thrilled to have been entrusted with the sale of thi ..read more

The Fifth Annual Chattanooga Motorcar Festival, benefiting the Neuroscience Innovation Foundation, will host Broad Arrow Auctions at the Chattanooga Convention Center, on October 12, 2024, as part of the three-day weekend’s schedule of events. This will mark Broad Arrow’s first appearance at the Festival, and its fourth and final U.S.-based auction for the 2024 calendar year. The boutique auction, which unites the Chattanooga Motorcar Festival alongside Broad Arrow Auctions, will feature a wide array of approximately 100 collector cars crossing the block. “It gives me great pleasure to welcome ..read more

The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America’s latest blockbuster fundraising auction, featuring a rare opportunity for a behind-the-scenes and full-immersion experience of Team Penske at their North Carolina facility, is now live on BringaTrailer.com. The top bidder and five guests receive a private two-hour ‘Behind the Scenes VIP Tour showcasing Team Penske’s NASCAR, IndyCar and IMSA race teams, as well as meet and greets with two Team Penske drivers. The Team Penske experience auction is available exclusively on automotive auction industry leader Bring a Trailer from now through the next five da ..read more

Friends of Laguna Seca has received a $500,000 donation from the Laguna Seca Raceway Foundation (LSRF) in partnership with the Monterey County Parks Foundation (MCPF). This significant donation comes with the full endorsement from both the LSRF and MCPF as Friends begins its appointed stewardship of the Laguna Seca Recreation Area for the next 55 years. “We are encouraged by the longstanding support of both the Laguna Seca Raceway Foundation and the Monterey County Parks Foundation,” said Friends of Laguna Seca CEO Lauri Eberhart. “These two local foundations share our unwavering passion to ho ..read more

A 1935 S.S. Ltd. SS1, owned by Eduardo Zavala, of St. Petersburg, Florida, was judged “Best in Show” at the 7th Annual Philadelphia Concours d’Elegance, in partnership with the Delaware Valley Jaguar Club, on June 23, 2024. The famed Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia hosted the “Jaguar Jamboree,” which benefited Cool Cars for Kids and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Before Jaguar was Jaguar, it was S.S. Cars Ltd. Prior to resuming automobile production following World War II, the company name was changed to Jaguar Cars Ltd. early in 1945. The SS1 model was the first car ..read more

There are few things more nauseating in life than injustice, and while there are far more important iniquities in the world that have greater bearing on people’s lives than anything inside our motorsports bubble, there are too many times when the matrix goes awry, the picture is distorted and drivers, teams or designers are robbed of their due. For example, take Vintage Motorsport’s cover star for our latest issue, Peter Revson. As a media outlet, it’s sad to admit that folks in our line of business were largely to blame for his talent being perennially undervalued. Search for stories or foot ..read more

Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) officials announced today the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Petty’s Garage, a racing series for HSR’s growing Group 8 Historic Stock Cars division. The NASCAR Classic presented by Petty’s Garage will debut at VIRginia International Raceway, August 23 – 24, with the HSR NASCAR Classic at the IMSA Michelin GT Challenge at VIR.   Open to stock cars that have been retired from active competition, the introduction of the HSR NASCAR Classic presented by Petty’s Garage is a direct response to the increasing popularity of the Group 8 Historic ..read more

The competitive fire never diminishes in world-class athletes. Discontented sitting on the sidelines, 2009 FIA Formula One World Champion Jenson Button returns to the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Aug. 14-17 not to sit idly by, but to race his 1952 Jaguar C-Type that was originally owned by six-time World Champion Juan Manuel Fangio. “I love racing, it doesn’t matter in what form,” said Jenson Button. “I’ve raced everything from F1 cars to Trophy trucks in the desert. What I love about historic racing is how mechanical the cars are, you feel at one with it, and you have to treat it with r ..read more

A fast and familiar group of Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) competitors broke through for overall Run Group victories this weekend in the Second Annual HSR Classic 6 Hours of The Glen, June 6 – 9. The HSR Classic 6 Hours is a retro-tribute race to The Glen’s longstanding and premier sports car race, which has been run as the Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen for more than the last 20 years. Each of the Classic 6 Hour’s three era-specific Run Groups took to the track three times over the course of this past Saturday and Sunday to determine this year’s winners. The Classic 6 began with a symbolic ..read more

As a trio of privately-run Porsche 963s prepare to take on their factory brethren and the rest of the Hypercar field at this weekend’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, we are looking back at the emergence of Joest Racing in the mid ’80s. When the privateer took on the works Porsche team at Le Mans and prevailed. Gary Watkins details the classic firsts for Joest Racing in the latest (June/July) issue of Vintage Motorsport. Joest Racing had upheld Porsche honor with a from-the-rear victory in the 1984 24 Hours of Le Mans. That was the year that Stuttgart had withdrawn its factory entries, courtesy of a spat ..read more