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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…
The inaugural Formula 5000 race in 1975 at Long Beach. I’ve enjoyed the pleasure of covering all thirty-four Long Beach Grands Prix, from the inaugural Formula 5000 race back in…
Five races, four wins. After all those long wilderness years, Jenson Button is having a Schumacher start to the season, and Bernie Ecclestone must be quietly rejoicing that his plan…
Red Bull has unveiled its new 2021 F1 car, the RB16B. The car, which will be driven by Max Verstappen and new signing Sergio Perez, is a development of last…
The night before the Formula One British Grand Prix, many of the drivers (Jarno Trulli, David Coulthard and Giancarlo Fisichella have been confirmed so far) will be attending the Grand…