Sports Car Magazine (SCCA publication) from 1944-1970 has been digitized and is completely searchable through optical character recognition (OCR).
This was done under a licensing agreement with SCCA.
The website is www.sportscarscan.com if anyone is interested in this resource
Regards,
Chad
Sports Car Magazine (SCCA) 1944-1970 Digitized
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USA Diligence
, Jul 26 2011 21:11
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buckaluck
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Posted 26 July 2011 - 23:40
That's great news Chad thanks for the heads up. Wish they had taken it to 1980, i'm sure they will eventually.
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USA Diligence
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Posted 27 July 2011 - 21:33
Hi Buck,
It is their intention to do so from what I have heard.
Regards,
Chad
It is their intention to do so from what I have heard.
Regards,
Chad
That's great news Chad thanks for the heads up. Wish they had taken it to 1980, i'm sure they will eventually.
Buck
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fbarrett
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Posted 27 July 2011 - 22:19
Oh, my. That could free up 12 ft of shelf space here, yet I really can't bear to bin my 1944-2006 collection! While access for many researchers will be mightily improved (SCCA's archives have never been exactly accessible), in a way this seems like having a digital photo of the Mona Lisa and throwing away the original. Nevertheless, I just bit the $375 bullet and ordered it. Thanks, Chad, for making the effort on this project and for talking with me on the phone.
Frank
Frank
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terry mcgrath
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Posted 31 July 2011 - 10:25
yes this is amazing but rather badly timed for me. I just recently managed to pursuade frank barratt to very kindly photocopy his copies so I could fill in the my missing copies from the 1940's and after 30 years was able to say we had a copy of every issue up to 1962.
I to have sent away my money and it will be very interesting as to what there like particularly the search function and hopefully it is better that the "Motorsport" search function.
I also had a chat to chad on the phone and he sounds like a real enthusiat
terry
I to have sent away my money and it will be very interesting as to what there like particularly the search function and hopefully it is better that the "Motorsport" search function.
I also had a chat to chad on the phone and he sounds like a real enthusiat
terry
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Michael Ferner
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Posted 31 July 2011 - 13:20
A question as to the content of the magazine, only sports car racing? And if open-wheelers, only SCCA sanctioned events?
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RA Historian
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 01:08
Yes, Michael, Sports Car was the house organ of the SCCA and as such, had minimal, if any, coverage of anything outside SCCA.
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USA Diligence
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Posted 01 August 2011 - 05:31
Tom is correct that is has primarily SCCA events, rallying and gymkhana, though some of the articles and race reports have cross-over information on other races, drivers, venues and marques.
Chad
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terry mcgrath
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Posted 09 August 2011 - 01:03
has anyone who has ordered these digitized magazines received theirs as yet?
I am interested as to how the search function works
terry
I am interested as to how the search function works
terry
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fbarrett
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Posted 09 August 2011 - 01:38
Terry:
My "thumb-drive" arrived and downloaded fine. I have played with it only a little so far, looking at the very early issues, but the search works fine. The files are PDF, one per issue, and you use Adobe Reader's Edit/Find function to search. I need to spend more time with the later issues. Will report back later, but so far it's all good, and Chad was very helpful.
Frank
My "thumb-drive" arrived and downloaded fine. I have played with it only a little so far, looking at the very early issues, but the search works fine. The files are PDF, one per issue, and you use Adobe Reader's Edit/Find function to search. I need to spend more time with the later issues. Will report back later, but so far it's all good, and Chad was very helpful.
Frank
