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CONTENTS Page MATTERS OF MOMENT ... ... 159 REPORTS OF, April 1951, April 1951
RECENT EVENTS ... 161 CHAIN CHATTER ... ... 164 CARS I HAVE OWNED ... 165 VINTAGE VEER1NGS ... 169 THE…

RECENT EVENTS ... 161 CHAIN CHATTER ... ... 164 CARS I HAVE OWNED ... 165 VINTAGE VEER1NGS ... 169 THE…
ENTHUSIASM Before we pass on to more sombre matters it is pleasing to reflect that this year's National Competition Calendar…
THE CAPE RALLY Particularly after the powerful letter from J. B. Holmes published in our last issue, great interest centres…
CHAIN CHATTER by "CAR ROZZINO" IT is very pleasing to realise that the international motor-cycling world is so well looked…
CARS I HAVE OWNED FROM 1924 to 19'27 I was serving an apprenticeship in Dartford, Kent, and week-end journeys were…
The Hants and lierks NI.C. and Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. Versatility Trial will start front Castle Combe on April 21st…
VINTAGE VEER INGS *** VINTAGE ears will be well catered for by I he V .S.C.C. this season, peace and…
For your " Twenty," thank you, Mr. Oldham., for gracious credit to a very great engineer—somewhat stubborn maybe—but a man…
The Vincent Comet Road Impressions of a Sports 500-c.c. Motor-cycle TI fESE days the accepted idea of 'a road test…
"Motor Sport's" Impressions o that Much-Discussed Car— THE JAGUAR XK 120 AFTER going along to Holly's showrooms, appropriately situated at…
pression-ratio. HO b.11.p. at 5,200 r.p.m. Gear ratios First, 12.29 to 1 ; second, 7.22 to 1 ; third, 4.98…
Entries for the R.S.A.C. ninth Rally close on :April 17th. Copies of the regulations are available from A. K. Stevenson,…
THE return to racing of Mere&lesBenz, when they entered a team of 1939 two-stage, 3-litre V I 2 IN163 ears…
WE HEAR We hear that a well-preserved 1923 Gwynne Eight witli spare engine was for sale in Leeds recently and…
These one-make registers which also exist for Lagonda, Alois, Sahnson, Crossley, Vauxhall, Rover Eight, O.M., " 14/40 " Deluge and…
FIXTURES FOR APRIL R. Restricted Event. C. Closed Event. C.I. Closed Invitation Event. N. National Event. I. = Internationed Event.…
BRITISH INTERNATIONAL RACES-195I Mar. 26th : Goodwood. (ItErwa. 1.1,V PACE t84) Altty 5th : I3.it.1).C., Silverstone May 14th : 11.A.It…
The Aston-Martin Owners' Club is running no fewer than nine ears in this year's 24-Hour 13o1 d'Or sports car race…
"BIRA" OUTSTANDING AT B.A.R.C. EASTER GOODWOOD MEETING HIGHLIGHTS of Goodwood at Easter were " Bira's " effective return to racing…
SIDESLIPS by " BALADEUR 7 7 c-W-) S0 much has already been written about Paris-Madrid that it would • seem…
A young protegé who'd had F1 teams queuing for his services vs his battle-hardened team-mate: the Red Bull rivalry between Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo erupted in Baku, at the 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. Mark Hughes recounts how it happened, and its long-lived repercussions
Senior Williams engineer to leave at the end of 2018 F1 season Williams' head of performance engineering, Rob Smedley, will leave the team at the end of the 2018 Formula…
When Toyota arrived three years ago in NASCAR’s Sprint Cup series it signalled the beginning of big changes for American stock car racing. Led by enfant terrible Kyle Busch and…
…maniac by nature. What’s the beef with Austrian GP winner Andrea Iannone? I like Andrea Iannone. There, I said it. I like him because he is MotoGP’s pantomime villain, a…