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Salty tales
Sir, On page 29 of Don't fry for me, your article on the 1955 Argentinian Grand Prix in your January…
April 1999
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75 years not out
Sir, Congratulations on reaching MOTOR SPORT'S 75th year with the magazine in such good health. Long may you continue to…
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Days of their lives
Sir, The excellence of the new MOTOR SPORT notwithstanding, for me one picture sums up the changes that have taken…
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Parting shot in the foot
Sir, Oops! With regard to March's Parting Shot photograph, I feel that it may have been taken at the 1961,…
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Dr Dudley Benjafield
Sir, A copy of MOTOR SPORT for August 1998 has just reached me. Although I am an avid reader of…
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Leefe Robinson memorial
Sir, In his item on the Wankel engine Mr Boddy refers to the memorial at Cuffley which he visited in…
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Roebuck's Legends – Parnelli Jones: 'It would have been fascinating to see him F1'
It was in the fifties, as a kid, that I fell in love with racing, and it is no coincidence…
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Grands Prix
GP racing was once ruled by manufacturers. Now it's the FIA and constructors. Matthew Franey asks how long it will…
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Safety
The one big change in safety in the last 75 years, has not to do with helmets or gravel traps…
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The Media
The journalist's job has changed beyond recognition. In some ways it's easier now, in others far harder and a lot…
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The USA
In 1905, under the watchful eye of impresario Carl G Fisher, two of America's motorsport pioneers, WF lap' Clemens and…
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Sportscars
Increasingly F1's poor relation, sports car racing should be remember the halcyon days argues Gordon Cruickshank Nostalgia is an easy…
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Rallying
Rallying may have lost the heroic edge of the old endurance events but, says, John Davenport, the sport still remains…
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The Land Speed Record
On paper, the Land Speed Record has changed more than any other discipline in the sport. Ever since being the…
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1999 - The essential guide to the season
From Coys to Goodwood, Le Mans to Monza, this season's historic calendar is packed with thrills. Marcus Pye previews the…
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The worst car I ever drove - List shaft
Will Hoy had good experiences both of Porsche's 962 and Vern Schuppan's team. However at Le Mans in '91 an…
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Legendary F1 Team Managers: Enzo Ferrari
What happened in the 1930 Mille Miglia is the stuff of legend. The greatest drivers of the day, Tazio Nuvolari…
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Le Tour de Corse
The birthplace of Napoleon is a rally driver's nirvana. a wide-eyed John Davenport remembers some 'on-the-edge' motoring in Corsica They…
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Remembering 'Jenks', by Simon Taylor
A tribute by Simon Taylor</strong Generations of motor racing enthusiasts have cause to be grateful to Denis Sargent Jenkinson. Nowadays…
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Technofile - wobbly web wheel
In the first of a series on innovations which changed the course of racing, Keith Howard looks at one of…
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