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Vintage season of racing of racing shapes up
The vintage sports car club's unique race meetings are attracting a greater following each season. It's easy to understand why…
April 1997
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Group C cars set to race again!
European race tracks will once more resound to the thunder of fabulous Group C sports-racers. This year, the MOTOR SPORT…
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editorial, April 1997
The call came about a month ago. A friend who works in the industry had heard that I was to…
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Holy Smoke, The Batmobile's back
Dramatic battles of the early '70s between the Bayerische Motoren Werke's CSL 'Batmobiles' (Tim Busby's is seen below) and Ford's…
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Senna's first Formula car goes on the market for £185,000
The numbing memory of the great ayrton Senna's final accident at Imola imprints May 1, 1994 indelibly on the minds…
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Grand Prix cars celebrate DFV's 30th
Arrows, Brabham, Ensign, Ligier, Lotus, March, McLaren, Penske, RAM, Surtees, Tyrrell and Williams cars will celebrating 30 years of the…
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miscellany, April 1997
The Earl Of March (above) established the inaugural lap record for Peugeot 306 saloon cars at Silverstone's new National circuit…
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Auto-Unions for Goodwood Festival - plus Schumacher?
The sight and sound of Auto-Union grand Prix cars, experienced by so few since they were built in the '30s,…
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Dudley Gahagan
It came as a great shock to learn that cheerful Dudley Gahagan had died on February 1; he seemed the…
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Merc steals a Monte Carlo double
Mercedes-Benz triumphed on the Monte Carlo Challenge when Ake Gustavsson, Torrhild Hallre and Monty Karlan became the first back-to-back winners…
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Guiseppe Bertone
Guiseppe Bertone, who has died aged 82, was the godfather of Italian car styling, spending 50 years at the helm…
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Pomeroy Trophy won by BMW
Known for speed as the "Pom", this off-season bash gives the children something to do with their toys during the…
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Legends
He was called Carlos, and some said he was from Brazil, others Spain. All I know about him is that…
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Tony Merrick
One of our leading restorers of rare and historic single-seater racing cars, and a skilled racer If you make it…
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Constructive criticism
SIR, I have just taken out a new subscription to MOTOR SPORT, having bought almost every issue since 1949, the…
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In praise of WB
SIR, I was encouraged to read the editorial in the last issue of MOTOR SPORT. I have felt for many…
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Economical with the rules?
SIR, Re "The Italian Job" — Stuart Turner is reported as saying "you know, we have slaved to trim every…
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Better and better
SIR, I have been an avid reader of MOTOR SPORT for over 50 years, and I think I have just…
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Fag cash
SIR, I enjoyed David McKinney's feature on the Tasman series, but I must take issue with him on one point.…
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Duff At The Top
SIR, I sat up all night in breathless anticipation to watch the Australian Grand Prix and was rewarded by a…
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