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The things they say...
"...If you make a mistake on an oval track, you will never recover the car again and you are going…

"...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…
I note a little trick in The Spectator of explaining a temporary change of writer of a particular feature article…
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…
In this non-race, the first to arrive was D Nicholls' 1899 1¾ hp Romain tricycle. HRH Prince Michael of Kent's…
When I interviewed that celebrated builder of specials, Challenor Barson, while he was on a visit to his brother in…
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…
The 2008 Formula 1 season is being hailed by many as possibly the most exciting in recent history. F1 Racing went as far as to say that it is “the…
The trick suspensions of Mercedes and Red Bull that Ferrari wants banned Charlie Whiting recently copied to the Formula 1 teams his reply to Ferrari’s query about the hydraulic activation…
Three dozen brashly painted pony cars rumbled past the start-finish line in the Trans-Am race during the Rolex Monterey Reunion at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca this past weekend – orange…
With Alonso ditching the Monaco Grand Prix for the Indy 500 Dickie turns the clock back 60 years and heads to Monza So Fernando Alonso is doing the Indy 500.…