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Matters of Moment, May 1972
Independent, or not? The heading applies, not to whether or not Britain should become a member of the EEC but…
Independent, or not? The heading applies, not to whether or not Britain should become a member of the EEC but…
May means Indianapolis In the American World of motor racing the month of May means just one race—the Indianapolis 500—held…
Third successive win for Ickx and Andretti Brands Hatch, April 16th. Ferrari's complete domination of the first year of 3-litre…
[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.B.,…
After the first three rounds of Shell Super Oil Formula Three Championship, the qualifying races of which count for the…
Interserie In 1970 the Germans and neighbouring countries dreamed up a new form of racing modelled on the Canadian-American series…
Unsophisticated, crude. rugged, sweaty, even primitive; these are adjectives which, on the face of it, can hardly be considered complimentary.…
Sir, I feel I must write and correct a statement made on page 266 of March, 1972 Motor Sport leader…
Small cars were not unknown in Wales in the vintage years, what with things like the London-Holyhead Trial and the…
Surfblazer, in conjunction with Olympic Holidays, their Greek distributors, provided a small party of journalists with a three days' introduction…
A fantastic opportunity for a world-wide motor racing trip is being offered exclusively to Motor Sport readers in October by…
"Thruxton's not quite so demanding on brakes as Oulton Park, though when you use them use them hard, like anchoring…
Fast new Hillman The past couple of months have seen the introduction of new or revised models from all the…
Why the new cars are unreliable The new season of Formula Two racing has started with a bang —mainly in…
Comment on the Racing and Club Scene What's happening in Formula Ford Formula Ford, the category of racing Introduced in…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Land's End to John o'Groats by Austin Seven. —At Easter 83 Austin 7s undertook…
Rolls-Royce Armoured Cars Sir, Noting the interest in Vintage Postbag of First War vehicles, I am enclosing a photograph taken…
A reader loaned us an interesting collection of photographs from the archive, of the Ulster Transport Museum in Belfast taken…
170 bhp Broadspeed BDA under the bonnet A few issues ago I looked into the possibilities of further developing the…
Sebring, March 25th. It is a strange quirk of the International calendar that two of the World Manufacturers Championship events…
As expected Gil de Ferran has hired Tony Kanaan to replace Raphael Matos as his lead driver at the de Ferran Dragon Racing IndyCar team. Kanaan lost his job with…
It was no surprise to learn that Flavio Briatore was to sue the FIA. The former Renault team principal alleges that the World Council, chaired by then-president of the FIA…
Gloves off. Last lap. Old tensions and new ones. Why did they take me off my one-stop strategy when it was all going to plan? Why’s he on the faster…
Fifty years ago, Roger Clark sped to a famous victory in the 1972 RAC Rally — the first of eight consecutive wins for Ford's Escort. "The whole country was with us", co-driver Tony Mason tells Paul Fearnley as he recalls the talent of Clark