Something which will add much interest to the 1989 Formula One racing season is that Nigel Mansell will be driving…

1989 VSCC fixtures at which paying spectators are welcome include Silverstone race meeting on April 15, Wiscombe hill-climb on May…

Enthusiasm prevails As another New Year gets into gear, the continuing popularity of motoring sport of so many kinds must…

Stanley Sears died at the age of 84 in the Algarve, where he had lived in his later years. He…

Extending building work is currently in progress at Silverstone to alter the existing Club circuit and add a new "Southern"…

Brabham turmoil A Brabham entry has been filed for the 1989 Formula One World Championship, though the team's exact composition…

One of the most famous journeys ever made by motor-car, the 1907 Peking to Paris race, is to be commemorated…

March Engineering has been contracted by Alfa Romeo to supply it with chassis for an entry into the CART/Indycar World…

Old transAtlantic political wounds have been re-opened by FISA's successful attempt to block the international expansion of CART's Indycar Championship.…

After a bnef exploratory outing at Fiorano a week earlier, Nigel Mansell made his first public appearance at the wheel…

Cutting back This winter it was the world of sports-car racing that suffered from dalliance on the part of the…

Exiting times ahead When the new Formula One due to start in 1989 was announced it sounded deadly dull and…

Relegation Last year there was talk that the Swedish Rally was a candidate for FISA's chopping-block; that it was in…

What would be the reaction, we wonder, if some international body were allowed to decide whether Wimbledon could remain a…

We are are not alone in having a suspicion of anything but the most straightforward and basic of statistics. Having…

Vans! Dear Reader, The first time I saw a racing car being unloaded from a van in the paddock for…

Moving goalposts! Despite weight, power and rim-width restrictions being tightened during the 1988 Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) TransAm…

The right stuff! Indycar racing witnessed a clear shift in its delicate balance of power in 1988, although its turbocharged…

Bring back the Grand Tourers! Aston Martin's decision to participate in the World Sports-Prototype Championship creates fresh interest in the…

In amongst the big boys Life was not easy in 1988 for anyone trying to beat Spice Engineering in the…