Directory of Classic Sports-Racing Cars

In defining the contents of this new directory, Mike Lawrence sensibly avoids the question of what is “classic” by using the first World Sportscar Championship as his guide. This gives us a very thorough listing of just about all the sportscars racing between 1953 and 1961, plus a few earlier entries of note, which ranges from the international winners to the very specialised racers such as the French Index of Performance rivals.

Lawrence is much at home in this era, as he demonstrated when Deputy Editor of MOTOR SPORT, and the concise and well-illustrated entries (black and white pictures, naturally) are bound to make this a popular single reference source, for where else could one find Gilby, Scarab and Skoda sportscars described in one conveniently sized and priced volume? GC