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It had the best engine, a proven design team, prime drivers. Ford's blessing, and it looked sensational. How could the…
It had the best engine, a proven design team, prime drivers. Ford's blessing, and it looked sensational. How could the…
When Alan Good, a 29-year-old lawyer, bought Lagonda for £72,500 in 1935, he shared two things in common with W…
Le Mans and World Cup Rugby couldn't keep 200 cars away from British Sportscar Day at Brooklands in June. Nine…
'Fastest on Earth' Latest step in the Brooklands Museum's steady progress is the Speed Record exhibition opened by Prince Michael…
Last June the Lagonda Club celebrated Lagonda's win at Le Mans with a run to the Sarthe circuit from Sainsbury's…
In May, to commemorate 60 years of the Aston Martin OC, Member No 1, 'Mort' 1 Morris-Goodall, centre, unveiled a…
The VSCC was graced with a fabulous summer's day for its annual visit to Mallory Park, attracting what was probably…
One day in 1931 there appeared at Brooklands a racing-car that stood out from the usual run of those raced…
On his way home from VSCC Loton Park a reader saw an old notice on the wall of a building…
While researching Gwenda Hawkes, by coincidence I came face-to-face in the local library with Glubb Pasha by Trevor Royal, about…
On June 25 a representative turn-out of VSCC racing members presented themselves at the 1.456-mile circuit on the South Wales…
As most aviation followers will know, when the de Havilland Aircraft Co was one of the premier aeroplane builders the…
John Hirons who told us about a 40/50hp Rolls-Royce that had been used as a breakdown truck by his business…
That great marathon, the LEJOG, is I scheduled to happen again on December 2/5. Details from John Brown, The Town…
The Sheffield Simplex is such a rare car that I became confused when confronted with the information that such a…
Entries for the MCC's classic Edinburgh Trial close on August 18, and are limited to 250. The event starts from…
The Morgan 3-Wheeler Club's 50th Anniversary Year has been galloping along. Following the appearance of 100 or so of these…
Standing water meant standing racing cars when a cloudburst scuppered the sprint element of the Brooklands Reunion in July. Anyone…
The Benjafield Racing Club claimed to be the smallest of the motor clubs, held its fifth speed-trial at Cornbury Park…
Re-reading The Private Life of a Country House 1912-1939, reissued by Clio Press, Oxford, in 1992, one enjoys again Leslie…
If the Ferrari really is as good as it looked in the Barcelona running last week – when it appeared to be nip and tuck as quick as Mercedes and…
April 2, 2008 Your highness, ladies and gentlemen. Traditionally, it’s stories, not speeches that start with the phrase “Once upon a time”. No, speeches don’t tend to begin that way,…
Darren Turner recently wrote an article for Motor Sport entitled Driving the Aston Martin Vulcan. The superbly named hypercar follows the lead of Pagani, Ferrari and McLaren – all brands…
Sergio Marchionne was often ruthless, unafraid to ruffle feathers, and ultimately the catalyst of a remarkable change at Ferrari F1 Even in the relatively short time that Sergio Marchionne was…