OVERVIEW:
Sports Car Pictorial was published by four friends in the Oakland, California area - John O'Donnell, Pete Biro, John Kelly, and Joe Cleary. Based in Oakland, California, they functioned as the publishers and editors.

The initial impetus for starting the magazine was their inability to get or keep pit passes at races they were covering. They reasoned that with their own magazine, no one could take their pit passes away. Fred Amundrud provided coverage in Southern california while Milt Brown provided content from Europe.

The magazine was approximately 54 pages and was devoted to road racing, rallies and other events involving sports cars. It used the small, "trade" style format of 5-1/2" by 8".

The publishers began supplying photographs to the Road & Track European editor for Formula One races. This expanded to the point where the team was also working for several Petersen publications and for Car and Driver. Eventually, they decided they didn't need their own magazine and sold their subscriber mailing list for $1.00 to Autoweek.

PUBLICATION DATA:
No publication data have been found.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
The title was published for almost five years for a estimated total of 47 printed issues. This is an extremely rare publication due to low print volume, so cover images shown below are far from complete. The exact number of printed issues is unknown, so images will be added as they become available.

Jan - Aug 1957
Sports Car Pictorial Sept September 1957
Sept 1957 Vol 1 No 9
Sports Car Pictorial Oct October 1957
Oct 1957 Vol 1 No 10
Nov 1957 Vol 1 No 11
Sports Car Pictorial Dec December 1957
Dec 1957 Vol 1 No 12
Jan 1958 Vol 2 No 1
Sports Car Pictorial Feb February 1958
Feb 1958 Vol 2 No 2
Sports Car Pictorial Mar March 1958
Mar 1958 Vol 2 No 3
Sports Car Pictorial Apr April 1958
Apr 1958 Vol 2 No 4
Sports Car Pictorial May 1958
May 1958 Vol 2 No 5
Sports Car Pictorial June 1958
June 1958 Vol 2 No 6
Sports Car Pictorial July 1958
July 1958 Vol 2 No 7
Sports Car Pictorial Aug August 1958
Aug 1958 Vol 2 No 8
Sports Car Pictorial Sept September 1958
Sept 1958 Vol 2 No 9
Sports Car Pictorial Oct October 1958
Oct 1958 Vol 2 No 10
Sports Car Pictorial Nov November 1958
Nov 1958 Vol 2 No 11
Sports Car Pictorial Dec December 1958
Dec 1958 Vol 2 No 12
Sports Car Pictorial Jan January 1959
Jan 1959 Vol 3 No 1
Sports Car Pictorial Feb February 1959
Feb 1959 Vol 3 No 2
Sports Car Pictorial Mar March 1959
Mar 1959 Vol 3 No 3
Sports Car Pictorial Apr April 1959
Apr 1959 Vol 3 No 4
Sports Car Pictorial May 1959
May 1959 Vol 3 No 5
Sports Car Pictorial June 1959
June 1959 Vol 3 No 6
Sports Car Pictorial July 1959
July 1959 Vol 3 No 7
Aug - Dec 1959
Sports Car Pictorial Jan January 1960
Jan 1960 Vol 4 No 1
Feb 1960 Vol 4 No 2
Sports Car Pictorial Mar March 1960
Mar 1960 Vol 4 No 3
Sports Car Pictorial Apr April 1960
Apr 1960 Vol 4 No 4
May - Aug 1960
Sports Car Pictorial Sept September 1960
Sept 1960 Vol 4 No 9
Oct 1960 Vol 4 No 10
Sports Car Pictorial Nov November 1960
Nov 1960 Vol 4 No 11