OVERVIEW
Sports Car Graphic was published by Petersen Publishing.  John Christy was the editor, Wally Parks was the editorial director, and Jerry Titus was the technical editor.

The editors' intention was to target the reader who liked to drive and didn't think of his or her automobile as a mere machine. While never quite the same in stature as Road & Track or Car and Driver to some readers, its coverage of many European and American racing events was quite good. Although focused primarily on sports cars, it also covered American muscle cars and U.S. sports cars like the Corvette.

There were 122 issues published from May, 1961 through June, 1971. It was then folded into Motor Trend.

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PUBLICATION DATA:
Sports Car Graphic had many years of publisher provided net paid circulation data (1960, and 1962 through 1970).  Growth over its life was about 11% annually, and the magazine generally moved between the #8 and #12 position compared against all other automotive titles printed and distributed.

CONTENT COMPLETENESS:
A total of 122 issues were printed from May, 1961 through June, 1971. All cover images are complete.

Sports Car Graphic May 1961
May 1961 Vol 1 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1961
June 1961 Vol 1 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1961
Jul 1961 Vol 1 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1961
Aug 1961 Vol 1 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1961
Sept 1961 Vol 1 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1961
Oct 1961 Vol 1 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1961
Nov 1961 Vol 1 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1961
Dec 1961 Vol 1 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1962
Jan 1962 Vol 1 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1962
Feb 1962 Vol 1 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1962
Mar 1962 Vol 1 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1962
Apr 1962 Vol 1 No 12
Sports Car Graphic May 1962
May 1962 Vol 2 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1962
June 1962 Vol 2 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1962
Jul 1962 Vol 2 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1962
Aug 1962 Vol 2 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1962
Sept 1962 Vol 2 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1962
Oct 1962 Vol 2 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1962
Nov 1962 Vol 2 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1962
Dec 1962 Vol 2 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1963
Jan 1963 Vol 2 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1963
Feb 1963 Vol 2 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1963
Mar 1963 Vol 2 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1963
Apr 1963 Vol 2 No 12
Sports Car Graphic May 1963
May 1963 Vol 3 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1963
June 1963 Vol 3 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1963
Jul 1963 Vol 3 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1963
Aug 1963 Vol 3 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1963
Sept 1963 Vol 3 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1963
Oct 1963 Vol 3 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1963
Nov 1963 Vol 3 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1963
Dec 1963 Vol 3 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1964
Jan 1964 Vol 3 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1964
Feb 1964 Vol 3 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1964
Mar 1964 Vol 3 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1964
Apr 1964 Vol 3 No 12
Sports Car Graphic May 1964
May 1964 Vol 4 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1964
June 1964 Vol 4 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1964
Jul 1964 Vol 4 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1964
Aug 1964 Vol 4 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1964
Sept 1964 Vol 4 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1964
Oct 1964 Vol 4 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1964
Nov 1964 Vol 4 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1964
Dec 1964 Vol 4 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1965
Jan 1965 Vol 4 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1965
Feb 1965 Vol 4 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1965
Mar 1965 Vol 4 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1965
Apr 1965 Vol 4 No 12
Sports Car Graphic May 1965
May 1965 Vol 5 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1965
June 1965 Vol 5 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1965
Jul 1965 Vol 5 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1965
Aug 1965 Vol 5 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1965
Sept 1965 Vol 5 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1965
Oct 1965 Vol 5 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1965
Nov 1965 Vol 5 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1965
Dec 1965 Vol 5 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1966
Jan 1966 Vol 5 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1966
Feb 1966 Vol 5 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1966
Mar 1966 Vol 5 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1966
Apr 1966 Vol 5 No 12
Sports Car Graphic May 1966
May 1966 Vol 6 No 1
Sports Car Graphic June 1966
Jun 1966 Vol 6 No 2
Sports Car Graphic July 1966
Jul 1966 Vol 6 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1966
Aug 1966 Vol 6 No 4
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1966
Sept 1966 Vol 6 No 5
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1966
Oct 1966 Vol 6 No 6
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1966
Nov 1966 Vol 6 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1966
Dec 1966 Vol 6 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1967
Jan 1967 Vol 7 No 1
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1967
Feb 1967 Vol 7 No 2
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1967
Mar 1967 Vol 7 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1967
Apr 1967 Vol 7 No 4
Sports Car Graphic May 1967
May 1967 Vol 7 No 5
Sports Car Graphic June 1967
Jun 1967 Vol 7 No 6
Sports Car Graphic July 1967
Jul 1967 Vol 7 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1967
Aug 1967 Vol 7 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1967
Sep 1967 Vol 7 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1967
Oct 1967 Vol 7 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1967
Nov 1967 Vol 7 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1967
Dec 1967 Vol 7 No 12
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1968
Jan 1968 Vol 8 No 1
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1968
Feb 1968 Vol 8 No 2
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1968
Mar 1968 Vol 8 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1968
Apr 1968 Vol 8 No 4
Sports Car Graphic May 1968
May 1968 Vol 8 No 5
Sports Car Graphic June 1968
Jun 1968 Vol 8 No 6
Sports Car Graphic July 1968
Jul 1968 Vol 8 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1968
Aug 1968 Vol 8 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Sept September 1968
Sep 1968 Vol 8 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1968
Oct 1968 Vol 8 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1968
Nov 1968 Vol 8 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1968
Dec 1968 Vol 8 No 12
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1969
Jan 1969 Vol 9 No 1
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1969
Feb 1969 Vol 9 No 2
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1969
Mar 1969 Vol 9 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1969
Apr 1969 Vol 9 No 4
Sports Car Graphic May 1969
May 1969 Vol 9 No 5
Sports Car Graphic June 1969
Jun 1969 Vol 9 No 6
Sports Car Graphic July 1969
Jul 1969 Vol 9 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1969
Aug 1969 Vol 9 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Sept September  1969
Sep 1969 vol 9 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1969
Oct 1969 Vol 9 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1969
Nov 1969 Vol 9 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1969
Dec 1969 Vol 9 No 12
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1970
Jan 1970 Vol 10 No 1
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1970
Feb 1970 Vol 10 No 2
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1970
Mar 1970 Vol 10 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1970
Apr 1970 Vol 10 No 4
Sports Car Graphic May 1970
May 1970 Vol 10 No 5
Sports Car Graphic June 1970
Jun 1970 Vol 10 No 6
Sports Car Graphic July 1970
Jul 1970 Vol 10 No 7
Sports Car Graphic Aug August 1970
Aug 1970 Vol 10 No 8
Sports Car Graphic Sept September  1970
Sep 1970 Vol 10 No 9
Sports Car Graphic Oct October 1970
Oct 1970 Vol 10 No 10
Sports Car Graphic Nov November 1970
Nov 1970 Vol 10 No 11
Sports Car Graphic Dec December 1970
Dec 1970 Vol 10 No 12
Sports Car Graphic Jan January 1971
Jan 1971 Vol 11 No 1
Sports Car Graphic Feb February 1971
Feb 1971 Vol 11 No 2
Sports Car Graphic Mar March 1971
Mar 1971 Vol 11 No 3
Sports Car Graphic Apr April 1971
Apr 1971 Vol 11 No 4
Sports Car Graphic May 1971
May 1971 Vol 11 No 5
Sports Car Graphic June 1971
June 1971 Vol 11 No 6
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