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Racing's lost circuits: Gnoo Blas – Bathurst's 'scary' rival
Rivalry is one of the prime tenets of motor sport. But in the case of the long defunct Gnoo Blas…

Rivalry is one of the prime tenets of motor sport. But in the case of the long defunct Gnoo Blas…
As Nick Pellett has rightly remarked, it is a minor miracle that all three of the 1914 Tourist Trophy Sunbeams…
The BRDC Bulletin, a long way from when it was just a short item every month in Motor Sport, had…
The VSCC Pomeroy Trophy contest started as an idea of the late Laurence Pomeroy, whose father had engineered the pre-war…
A UK de Dion Bouton Club has been started for this pioneering marque. The inaugural meet was held on April…
I note that Rob Aherne, editor of Autocar, in announcing the new Rolls-Royce Phantom, writes that "it wins nothing on…
The pre-1915 Humberettes were not as prepossessing as the post-war small cars but they were good nonetheless, and it was…
Gordon Cruickshank, in his look at experimental racing and record gas-turbine cars, the most complete I have read, explained the…
This year's Brooklands Society Reunion will take place on June 25, from 10am. It will include the usual attractions like…
We have received some stupendous books about historic racing cars and their history recently. All credit to their industrious authors:…
In the Journal of the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain there is a brief history by Michael Worthington-Williams of…
The owner of a Lea-Francis tourer, CN 3333, is looking for information on the car. It was first owned by…
George Wingard has had published a superb book entitled Red Wolves in Sheep's Clothing (ISBN 1 5 9971 0587) describing…
Club magazines often contain valuable items of motoring history. Recent examples include the very complete account of the Triumph copy…
We referred recently to what could be a 1906 grand prix Darracq engine, now installed in a suitable chassis. As…
What an effective club the VMCC is. Founded in 1946, it has 76 sections, which between them organise over 1000…
Sitting at the back of the grid for the opening Derek Bell Trophy race at Donington Park, Mark Dwyer didn't…
Jimmy McRae swept to victory on round two of the Armajaro MSA British Historic Championship, the Astra Stages in North…
Cooper Monaco driver Graeme Dodd was a runaway winner of the opening round of the BRDC Historic Sports Car Championship…
Astra Historic Stages, April 1 1 Jimmy McRae/Campbell Roy (Porsche 911): 2 Gareth Lloyd/Ryland James (Escort Mk2); 3 Steven Smith/John…
Fernando Alonso will miss the Australian Grand Prix as a medical precaution following his being knocked unconscious in last week’s Barcelona testing accident. Although McLaren stresses that the various scans…
As Mercedes brings another upgrade package to Paul Ricard, George Russell says that the team finally understands the car and he's confident of fighting Ferrari and Red Bull for victories soon this season
Norris made a one-stop strategy work to beat Piastri as McLaren dominated the Hungaroring race
Welcome everyone to our first podcast of 2012. Pat Symonds is the only podcast guest we've had more than once, and when you listen you'll realise why. He's a straight-talking…