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Miniatures news, May 1979
SOME information, perhaps more for younger readers, this month. Hornby Hobbies 20th "Scalextric Model Motor Racing Catalogue" has been issued.…
SOME information, perhaps more for younger readers, this month. Hornby Hobbies 20th "Scalextric Model Motor Racing Catalogue" has been issued.…
THE DOORS of the exclusive Ferrari Owners' Club are open only to those fortunates who own examples of the Maranello…
FROM "Gilbert Harding" by Wallace Reyburn (Angus & Robertson, 1978) one learns that the famous broadcaster and TV personality, who…
Whitney Willard Straight IT IS with deep regret and some surprise that we learn of the death of Whitney Straight…
MOTOR SPORT interviews the managing director of Lotus Cars. Michael Kimberley will celebrate ten years with Lotus in August of…
And driving behind five cylinders BACK IN 1950 David Scott-Moncrieff wrote a test report for us about a car he…
An uninspiring start IF YOU thought last year's World Championship for Makes was more than a shade uninspiring, you should…
After selling something like two dozen Aston Martin V8 cars from a sales base in Hampshire, ex-Grand Prix driver Innes…
A Pair of Sports Fiats FIAT SERVED up quite a dose of fun recently with extrovert sporting versions of their…
B. H. Davenport Basil Davenport died, aged 75, after fighting a long illness with his characteristic determination. His name and…
(March 31st/April 1st) THE HARSH winter weather gave over just in time for this popular event run by the Club's…
The Year of Ground Effect IT IS seldom that the lesser racing categories get a complete reshuffle. New cars tend…
Measuring the power of an engine in horsepower has always seemed something of an anomaly, considering that the internal combustion…
The Alfa 6 Alfa Romeo introduce a new six-cylinder saloon THE ALFA 6 Alfa Romeo may recall a tradition of…
N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -ED. Aston…
THE start of the BRDC's 31st International Trophy race at Silverstone saw eventual winner Eddie Cheever heading the field away…
Five famous cars shared fifty-six cylinders between them when the Deputy Editor went testing at Silverstone. WHEN Vic Norman organised…
No mistakes this time Long Beach, California, April 8th EACH YEAR the running of the United States Grand Prix (West)…
ANY READER who travels in France must be familiar with the swift and audacious Renault 5 Alpine, the model which…
Lotus: Team Lotus had problems with their new Type 8o so the idea of taking it to the Californian race…
The 2024 F1 season is underway and this week's pre-season testing in Bahrain will provide the first indication of which outfit could end up on top. Red Bull is once…
Over the past two decades, since Valentino Rossi graduated to the premier class aboard his bright yellow Honda NSR500 in 2000, yellow has been the unofficial colour of MotoGP. But…
Following the inevitable somnolence of Christmas – the only time of the year when racing websites fall relatively silent – we have been through a tumultuous few weeks in motor…
Gordon Cruickshank reflects on how a boom decade showed off on the road as part of ‘80s month. Buy the '80s special print magazine here In among a miners’ strike…