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Penske and Parnelli: the two huge US teams who turned their backs on F1
A vigorous battle between the Parnelli of Mario Andretti and John Watson's Penske enlivened the early stages of the 1976…
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The six-wheeled Tyrrell P34 F1 car: Two too many
"I actually had the idea back in 1968 but for a completely different application." The words belong to Derek Gardner,…
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Track tests: Bathurst
Amazing Mount Panorama is famous for hard drivers, tougher crowds and mighty muscle cars — no place for whingers, says…
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Warhorses
Rover Special If it looks right, it is right, the saying goes. But there are exceptions to every rule. Rover's…
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All good things...
The one that got away Four of Rick Mear's 29 champcar wins came in the Indy 500 but, even 18…
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Face to face
Bill Boddy remembers some of the racing drivers and motoring personalities he has met One of the first personalities I…
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Varley Batter
Vital but heavy, and liability in an accident, old-fashioned batteries simply do not pass motor racing's acid test. But then…
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Study in Scarlet
In an era of superb, sensational sports-racers, Maserati built arguable the best looking, best handling of the lot. Paul Fearnley…
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Mike Pilbeam: 'I wish I'd designed... the BRM P160'
I was impressed by the BRM P160, designed by Tony Southgate. I took the car over and developed it when…
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30/98s at Brooklands
I was reading somewhere about the 100 best sportscars, which said the 30/98 Vauxhall seldom appeared at Brooklands. Come on!…
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War on car owners?
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Eyston's Chyrsler links
A recent comment on the George Eyston Chrysler saloon said it was surprising that the great racing driver and record…
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Non- Standard entrant
Some time back I marked out a standard as an unusual make to be raced at Brooklands. But, would you…
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Miller updraught
I have received a rather interesting photograph from Karl E Blochle of Zurich of his straight-eight Miller, showing the eight…
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Land and air rotaries
The reference in the February issue of Classic &Sportscar to Felix Wankel's rotary engines and editor James Elliot's comment that…
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