Goodbye to pit-stops?  All too often in the past the very things that have enlivened motor-racing have been abolished by…

"The seemingly endless list of displays, shows and rallies threatens to get out of hand. Events which used to be the…

Austin A30/A35 Owners Club  The A35 was a very familiar sight in the 'Fifties and 'Sixties, but not many people will…

Lancias dominate  The event now has three parts, the first up to Bastia, the second returning to Ajaccio, and the…

Long gone are the times when this event was crammed into a weekend without respite, starting on a Friday evening…

Gambler's luck Monte Carlo, May 15th  The planning of the 1983 Grand Prix season is not working out too well. It…

Very serious Imola, 1st May  When the first Grand Prix of San Marino was mooted for 1981 a lot of people…

75 years ago  I have been reminded that it was 75 years ago this month that an important trial took…

Hastening to switch off the television the other night as it started a programme on Karl Marx or some such…

The next set of points towards the 1983 Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy Contest, in which Nick Mason (ERA and…

Liking the sound of "Brooklands Raceday" which the BARC was holding on Bank Holiday, we pointed the Alfa 6 in…

Valves in veterans  Sir, I was most interested to read Kent Karslake's letter in your February issue apropos the disposition…

[Before his death in 1977 this very-well-known and successful Brooklands driver and lap-record holder was prevailed upon by his wife…

It is two years since Motor Sport tested the TVR Tasmin convertible, two years in which these specialist hand-built cars from…

May 22nd The new Spa-Francorchamps circuit in south-east Belgium, near the German frontier, may be only half the length of the…

For a country which has a reputation for high technology, Japanese motor manufacturers are surprisingly conservative, particularly when it comes…

"Great Marques — MG" by Chris Harvey. 80 pp. 12½" x 9½". (Octopus Books Ltd., 59 Grosvenor Street, London, W…

"Like old wine, their value increases the longer you have them. Down at Weybridge, overlooking the Brooklands track, is Veteran…

The late Donald Campbell's "Bluebird" with which he broke the Land Speed Record in 1964 at 403.1 m.p.h. has been purchased…

A Porsche benefit  For a while it looked as though Porsche had some real opposition at last. The two Lancia-Martini entries…