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The Daily Mail reports that hardly had the new driver-check cameras been installed than two separate police forces had to…
The Daily Mail reports that hardly had the new driver-check cameras been installed than two separate police forces had to…
"...If you make a mistake on an oval track, you will never recover the car again and you are going…
Last October I commented on the errors that had crept into hand-outs from the Rolls-Royce Motor Car Co about Bentley…
In this year's Benson & Hedges RAC Veteran Car Run, which attracted 472 entries of pre-1905 cars from 16 different…
If a tricycle was first home in this year's Veteran Car Run (see Brighton Breezes) Johnny Thomas also arrived early…
When I interviewed that celebrated builder of specials, Challenor Barson, while he was on a visit to his brother in…
In this non-race, the first to arrive was D Nicholls' 1899 1¾ hp Romain tricycle. HRH Prince Michael of Kent's…
As the MCC Edinburgh Trial took place last October and as I have dealt previously with the vintage Land's End…
How sad that Tom Lightfoot has died, aged 81. A jeweller, he will be known to so many veteran car…
The sixth running of the Targa Florio 'Autostoriche' took place on October 11, over the daunting Piccolo Madonie circuit in…
The Ford Sidevalve OC is healthily active and it is encouraging to observe how many of these basic Fords have…
For the popular VSCC Welsh Trial of October 10/11, 116 cars were entered. Competitors are able not only to test…
Another facet of motor racing history, the first British dirt-track car race meeting, took place in the summer of 1928.…
Ulster Austin Sir, I was interested in your paragraph "Ulster Urge" in the July issue regarding Austin 7s owned by…
Grand Prix Requiem, by Willam Court. Patrick Stephens, £20.00. This is rather an odd one! It is about how Grand…
Last month, we reported Venturi F1 racer Bertrand Gachot's alleged prowess on the Nintendo Game Boy. Last we heard, his…
Scott v Scot Sir, Your cover story last month made the assertion that Steve Soper deliberately took off John Cleland…
Austin, Texas, my American friends tell me, is a pleasing town very different in character from such as Dallas or Houston, and ever since plans were announced for a new…
Forty-one years ago, in 1977, a female racer called Janet Guthrie qualified for her first ever Indianapolis 500. People said she would give out physically at the high speeds, that…
Chris Craft, who has died at the age of 81, was one of the great characters of British motor sport. A big player on the domestic scene, notably in Ford…
MotoGP braking g-forces have reached 2g, which makes bike (and rider) effectively weigh half a tonne on the brakes. Here’s what Brembo is doing about it…