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Vanwall owners seek budget for F1 return
The charismatic Vanwall marque, which won the World Constructors Championship in 1958, could be back in Formula One Grand Prix…
August 1997
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Factory Aston Martin bound for Silverstone
A 'works' Aston Martin International with an intriguing and distinguished competition history in two disciplines is one of several cars…
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editorial, August 1997
I am reading, with increasing frequency, the impassioned bleatings of those who fear that motoring in old cars will be…
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Brooklands circuit planned for 2000
A new circuit could be functioning at Brooklands by the year 2000. The last of three development phases envisioned by…
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Goodwood Circuit set for August 1998 Golden Jubilee re-opening
The Earl of March is planning to relaunch the famous Goodwood Motor Circuit with a spectacular Historic Racing Festival at…
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miscellany, August 1997
Those hoping to attend the Aintree Festival of Motorsport on 19/20th July will have to wait for another year. The…
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obituaries
Len Bailey Len Bailey, whose DFVpowered JW Automotive Gulf Mirage G R8 design won the 1975 Le Mans 24 Hours…
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Rain spoils Formula 5000 retro
The sound and fury of ten Formula 5000 single-seaters returned to Mallory Park last month, but heavy rain on the…
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Hi-tech racers silenced by software
The charismatic Swiss Sauber team, like many others, retains examples of each of its Formula One cars and all conquering…
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Clark's Lotus 23'ring cycle ends in the barriers
A British team's plan to celebrate the 35TH anniversary of Jim Clark's heroic debut of the Lotus 23 sportscar at…
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Moss, Amon & Brooks star in triumphant Retro '97
The people of Basildon had never seen anything like it. For two all-too short hours on July 5, the dual-carriageways…
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The same guys win, but the dream lives on
People, unless presented with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, will believe what they wish, and those who stood by a…
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Chiles in charge after dominant Supersports win
Chris Chiles dominated June's international Supersports Cup rounds at Donington and the Nurburgring, his March 717 having the legs of…
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Caroline's single-drive Morgan takes Sir Henry Segrave Trophy
Continuing the trend set at Goodwood the previous weekend, this glorious summer did its best to dampen spirits at the…
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RAC hillclimbs fifty not out
The evergreen RAC British Hillclimb Championship celebrated its Golden Jubilee in style at Shelsley Walsh on June 6, when all…
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BRM V16: Nigel Roebuck's F1 Legends
When I was a kid, someone gave me an EP – remember them? – of the BRM V16 on full…
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Anne Hall
The only grandmother to have beaten Graham Hill in a straight fight around the Monaco GP circuit Two years ago…
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Brief chapter
Sir, For the record, and contrary to the view expressed in the article on Brian Lister in the July issue,…
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Rain dance
Sir, I have discovered the answer to the problem faced by those unfortunate countries who suffer frequent droughts. All they…
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Appeal for moderns, Parts one...
Sir, Having been an avid reader of your publication since 1984, I am devastated to find that you have chosen…
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