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Budget Blues
A considerable proportion of the British electorate are vehicle owners, to whom Budget Day is a time for hope or…
May 1990
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Fine Prospects for 3 1/2 litre formula
Careful checking with all the manufacturers represented at Suzuka, and with Max Mosley to fill in some gaps, reveals just…
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Alfa Romeo's 1990 World motorsport plans
Confident enough to emphasise its return to one of the major leagues of motor racing, Alfa Romeo recently held a…
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1990 Brazilian Grand Prix: The Scarlet Pimpernel
I came here in 1979 and 1980 and each time it was a French victory. "Jean-Marie Balestre was in the…
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The Season Underway
Now that we have had the first two races of the 1990 Formula One World Championship season we can take…
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Precision Timing, May 1990
With a chilling precision, Mercedes took control of the Suzuka 480 Kms race in Japan and repeated last year's 1-2…
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A Star in the Ascendant
Those who have followed the FISA saga through the winter may be aware that President Jean-Marie Balestre was given a…
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Changing Times
Dear Reader, We live in changing times, I am glad to say, otherwise we would stagnate and then go backwards,…
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Strident Trident
December 14 was an important date for Italy's last remaining independent supercar manufacturer. It marked the introduction of the new…
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Eric Tate
We are sorry to learn of the death, at the age of 81, of Eric Gordon Tate, who was well-acquainted…
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VSCC Derbyshire Trial
With an entry of over 80 and only four non-starters this event, divided into two classes, required competitors to tackle…
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VSCC Light Car Welsh Rally
This enjoyable annual fixture took place this year on April 7/8 and was organised by Jane Arnold-Forster. The Welsh weather-gods…
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Bob Roberts
It is with the deepest regret that we learn of the death from cancer of T A (Bob) Roberts, OBE,…
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False Claim
Ever since H F Locke King built his remarkable Brooklands Motor Course at Weybridge in Surrey in 1906/7, it has…
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VSCC Wessex Trial
VSCC Wessex Trial The VSCC held this annual event over the weekend of 10th/1 lth March. Out of an entry…
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Nothing New..
Writers like Eoin Young, Doug Nye and Michael Riedner have been recalling that splendid Mercedes-Benz transporter built to carry racing…
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A7 Chat
I harnessed the Ford Sierra 4x4 (a little more rattly now but 100% troublefree over 32,750 miles) recently and set…
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Club News, May 1990
If you wish to have your club event publicised in this section, please contact SS at the usual MOTOR SPORT…
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The Austin Seven Source Book
The Austin Seven Source Book by Bryan Purves. 544 pp. 10," x G T Foulis & Co. Ltd., Spark ford,…
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Bentley - The Silent Sportscar
Bentley — The Silent Sports Car 1931-1941 by Michael Ellman-Brown. 452 pp. 9"x8W: Dalton Watson, 3 Harbour Exchange Square, Limeharbour,…
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