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Matters of Moment, January 1999
editorial First things first. A happy Christmas and best wishes for the new season from the staff of Motor Sport.…
January 1999
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Obituary
Chris Humberstone Chris Humberstone, former head of Spice Racing Cars and creator of the outrageous Allard WSC car, has died.…
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Matters of Moment, January 1999
Network Q Rally of GT Britain & Coys Historic Extraordinary events in November's Rally of Great Britain led to Tommi…
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Mille Miglia Preparations
By the time these words are read the Mile Miglia will be taking place. There seem to be three methods…
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Modern Times
The Japanese Grand Prix and its attendant dramas are long gone now: consigned already, it seems, to the history books.…
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Poor Man's Merc
Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Blydenstein's article in the October issue on racing his Borgward saloon in the '50s and…
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Warm Cheer
Sir, Turn it up, mate! Fosters spends millions on sponsoring Formula One and you will give them a serve about…
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In Defence of Goodwood
Sir, Re John Aston's letter in the December issue. As a competitor, I confess I had my doubts as the…
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Straker Squire
Sir, Having just read the very interesting article on the Straker Squire racing car in your July 1998 issue, it…
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The Third Way
Sir, Chris Nixon is not quite right (Letters, December) in stating that there were only two versions of the Reims…
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Isotta-Fraschini
Sir, I was most interested to have my attention turned to the above car in the October 1998 edition of…
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The First Step
Sir, It was with disappointment that I read Mr Boddy's rather negative BRM article in December's Motor Sport. He concluded…
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Goodwood Reflections
Sir, The two letters in your December issue commenting on the Goodwood Revival Meeting struck a chord about how easy…
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Great White Hope
Sir, Further to Bill Boddy's article "British Racing Misery" in December, in 1950 I was still a medical student in…
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Hotchkiss Fan
Sir, I was grateful for that excellent Hotchkiss article. I have had that roadster CUL 597 for 27 years. The…
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Legends - Mario Andretti
Twenty years ago this month, found myself a week before Christmas in a place to which ordinarily wild horses would…
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Hurricane Gale Force!
Compared with its immortal rival, the sleek Suprmnarine Spitfire featured in last month's Motor Sport, the Hawker Hurricane was considered…
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Hawker & the Hurricanes
While several Spitfires have been restored over the years, the same cannot be said of the Hurricane. In its heyday,…
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French Resistance
The Forgotten Races - 1914 French Grand Prix Whether bravery of pointless egoism, Georges Boillot's vain battle shadowed the conflict…
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Economy Drive
The Forgotten Races - 1950 Belgian Grand Prix Who'd bet on a slow old Talbot against Alfa's works GP team?…
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