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Matters of Moment, November 1954
Earls Court Review Motor Sport would be justified in ignoring the recently-concluded Motor Exhibition staged by the S.M.M.T. at Earls…
Earls Court Review Motor Sport would be justified in ignoring the recently-concluded Motor Exhibition staged by the S.M.M.T. at Earls…
Introduction The editor and the writer met not so long ago, and amongst other things the conversation turned upon the…
(October 9th) A long series of successful 1954 Club Race Meetings at Silverstone circuit concluded on October 9th with the…
(Oct 9th) The Eastern Counties Motor Club race meeting at Snetterton on Saturday, October 9th, was held in fine weather.…
Having just left the Montlhèry track, my thoughts were still on high performance, speed and exciting motor cars, and immediately…
(Oct. 10th) The final meeting for 1954 on the Montlhèry track near Paris took place on the Sunday of Paris-Salon…
(Sept. 19th)With no factory entries from Maserati or Ferrari the streamlined Mercédès-Benz cars driven by Fangio, Kling and Herrmann had…
"Blue Wings Over Bangkok," by Prince Bira. 184 pp., 5 ½ in. by 8 ½ in. (Foulis, 7, Milford Lane,…
The 300SL Mercédès-Benz, which created such a sensation in sports-car racing two years ago, until the manufacturers withdrew it from…
R.= Restricted Event. C. = Closed Event. C.I. = Closed Invitation Event. N. = National Event. I. = International Event.…
Alvis — Lagonda Driving Tests The Alvis O.C. and the Lagonda C.C. competed in five driving tests at Thursley, Surrey,…
A Different Sphere Feeling considerably out of his depth, the Editor drove to the Demonstration of British Military Vehicles, which…
(Oct. 2nd/3rd) This year's Vintage S.C.C. Welsh Rally attracted an excellent entry of 45 vintage and Edwardian cars and one…
Goodwood closed its 1954 season on a strong note, for many interesting cars were present at the International Meeting on…
The Daily Telegraph-sponsored, B.A.R.C.-organised Aintree Automobile Racing Company's Meeting on October 2nd was a well-deserved Stirling Moss benefit. The British…
Barcelona, October 24th. After being abandoned for the past two years the Spanish Grand Prix was held this year and…
B.A.R.C. International Meetings at Aintree and Goodwood Eastern Counties Motor Club Meeting at Snetterton Top: On Form.— Stirling Moss was…
The annual Motor Show Test Day at Goodwood, organised by the Guild of Motoring Writers, was this year attended by…
A Smart, Nicely-Finished, Lively 2-seater with the Well-Established Two-Carburetter Standard Vanguard Engine Earlier this year the Swallow Coachbuilding Company of…
"Short, sharp wheel-to-wheel racing" will be part of the foundation of Extreme E when it launches next year. The series aims to promote 100 per cent electric vehicles while educating…
What might the Red Bull and Aston Martin partnership mean for the future of F1? Aston Martin’s title sponsorship of the Red Bull team for next year – and the…
The best circuit in the world? It’s a contender. Certainly in terms of the tracks on the modern Formula 1 calendar, Suzuka is almost universally the one the drivers love…
We’ve been thrilled by two decades of grand prix racing’s big-bore MotoGP world championship. So, what are its ten greatest moments? And the five worst?