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The day John Love almost became an F1 winner: 1967 South African GP
Over the decades every top racing driver has lost a potential victory in unfortunate circumstances, but few have suffered a…
January 2001
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A stormy Brighton Run
In spite of floods and a strong wind that tried to blow down the finish arch on Madeira Drive, that…
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Two interesting books
All in Good Time, by George Daniels, is the sort of book you know you are going to enjoy before…
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Itala moves on
Pleasant surprise: George Daniels called by (above), to show me the famous 12-litre 1908 GP Itala, which he has bought…
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Success for ingenious JCC
The caption relating to the lead picture with my discourse on small French sportscars last month was of the 1925…
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DSJ's prophecy
I turn to Alan Henry's column in Autocar first, because it is about motor racing. But the last time I…
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Tyre building won't perish
A number of historic buildings associated with the Motor and Allied Industries have been destroyed, sadly. These include the Talbot…
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An unstoppable lady racer
To cheer me up after thinking of Electronic control of racing cars (see page 91), I recalled a driver at…
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Books on Dunlop, MGF and XJ-S
Dreoilin specialist republications Ltd of County Meath, Ireland, have published Jim Cooke's John Boyd Dunlop (ISBN 1 902 773 10…
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