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How we broke the Sound Barrier
by Richard Noble There were never any problems with ThrustSSC just opportunities. The first came with the completion of the…

by Richard Noble There were never any problems with ThrustSSC just opportunities. The first came with the completion of the…
Legendary Formula One team owner Ken Tyrrell received a lifetime achievement award at the second Classic & Sports Car Historic…
The Crossle Car Company, Britain's oldest manufacturer of competition cars has been sold by John Crossle to Arnie Black. He…
You probably thought Richard Noble's Thrust SSC project was over. With the record raised and the barrier broken, there would…
Russell Brookes, one of Britain's leading contemporary rally driver in the 1970s, returns to the cockpit to tackle this weekend's…
A clean sweep of the last five races earned Bob Berridge the third FIA Cup Thoroughbred Grand Prix title in…
Twenty six IMSA, GIP and Group C sportscars provided the most memorable spectacle, and a thrilling finish, as an all-star…
The Innovation Years is the theme of next year's Goodwood Festival of Speed, on June 12-14. "We have moved the…
It is hot in the Californian desert and hotter inside the Lancia Stratos. Add the body heat of two individuals…
No one ever had Enzo Ferrari's number better than Phil Hill. "The Old Man used to produce these annuals at…
Journalist, racer and engineer, the octogerian Le Mans winner still shows no signs of slowing down There's a saying that…
Clark and Chapman Sir, I enjoyed enormously October's article on Jim Clark. As it reveals, the relationship between Clark and…
We thought that the first British on the Monte Carlo Rally for years deserved something more than a straightforward report…
The last Formula One car I drove was a March 891. It was powered by a 3.5-litre V10 motor built…
It ended, alas, in controversy, as we have come to expect of World Championship deciders in the contemporary era. Towards…
The British Racing Drivers Club is seventy years old this year. Gordon Cruickshank examines its future and, with the help…
Is he best friend or mortal enemy? Do you follow your leader or push him off the track? Shaun Campbell…
Jean Rondeau did not always play by the rules; anyone who had the nerve to test pukka Le Mans cars…
The chance find of three Napier engines in the caribbean has brought hope of making a famous record-holder run again.…
If Alfa Romeo's all new 156 had sharper handling, better build quality and a slightly more adventurous nature, it would…
Pescara was an ominous testing ground. Longer than the Nürburgring and strung across the arduous Abruzzo hills, from the '20s to the '60s the circuit played host to one of the most notorious road…
Audi Sport achieved an emphatic podium lock-out in the second round of the FIA World Endurance Championship at Spa-Francorchamps on Saturday. On the face if it, all bodes well for…
Fast, and one of Porsche's best – Jo Siffert in the words of his peers Joseph Siffert Born: 7th July 1936, Fribourg, Fribourg Canton Died: 24th October 1971 (Aged 35), Brands Hatch,…
5am, Thursday morning. I’ve locked the front door, duvet and pillow under one arm, travel bag in the other and stumble bleary-eyed to the car as I spot my next-door…