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Parnelli Jones
'Aggression,' Parnelli Jones has said, stating his guiding maxim, 'is something you can't teach a race driver. You either have…
'Aggression,' Parnelli Jones has said, stating his guiding maxim, 'is something you can't teach a race driver. You either have…
One of Parnelli's most significant victories was the 1971 Baja 1000, the big off-rood desert dash across the trackless wilds…
The discovery of what appears to be a Nazzaro Lapel-badge reminds me of the cars which bore that famous racing…
"The VSCC has reached an anomalous position where a member can build a chassis from parts of four makes, insert…
I think the picture on page 86 of the February 2002 Motor Sport is something of a scoop, as surely…
A reader, by minute detective work, tells me that the picture used with my piece on the 200hp V8 Darracq…
Of course exceeding a speed-limit by as much as 105mph must incur a severe penalty, in an age when Big…
It seems that the Bert Hadley Memorial events will again go well. By February, 18 entries had come in, including…
When BBC2 showed a replay of the 1960s film Your Money or Your Wife, one was reminded of what a…
Not the title of a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, although I am perhaps guilty of writing the first of these, in…
Ford in Britain (Haynes, ISBN 1 85960 823, £30.00), a history of the company and its cars, is by Martin…
This year's Brooklands Society Reunion is taking place at the Track on June 23. It will be based on 'The…
Motoring was more fun years ago than it now is, I think most would agree. In July 1945, Motor Sport…
What splendid pictures compose the 2002 Motor Sport Calendar. Not only do the LAT photographs constitute an evocative recall of…
In the February issue I queried whether the small vintage Amilcar sportscars would be a match for post-vintage ones. The…
For Jowett Jupiter fans Edmund Nankivell has The Jowett Jupiter, A Car for Road, Rally and Race (ISBN 9541144 0,…
This year's VSCC Pomeroy Trophy at Silverstone had 93 entries and 83 starters, 13 driving pre-1931 cars, 13 in those…
Legendary car designer Gordon Murray is planning to return to Le Mans with his new supercar – almost 25 years after his most famous creation, the McLaren F1, triumphed in…
Home advantage is in the main a psychological and statistical given. Familiarity with a venue creates a powerful force when combined with the will of the majority of its crowd.…
The famous automotive week in Monterey kicks off in style with the exclusive McCall’s Motorworks Revival featuring iconic cars, bikes and aeroplanes on show Team Penske's IndyCar at McCall's Motorworks…
Mercedes has sealed pole position for the second Grand Prix in a row. This time, however, it was Nico Rosberg who did the honours for the team. “Yes! That’s how…