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Matters of moments, November 1974
The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…

The motoring outlook With another Election over, and the Socialists in by that slender majority, our newspapers and TV screens…
Reutemann the Winner, but Fittipaldi the Champion Watkins Glen, New York, October 6th Watkins Glen, the 3.7-mile road circuit in…
From the point of view of the Watkins Glen organisers it was a good thing that the World Championship struggle…
The chances of motor races being held in Birmingham City Centre seem to be one step nearer according to a…
A personal Matra battle Brands Hatch Any thoughts of the 1,000-kilometre race affecting the outcome of the Manufacturers' Sports Car…
The Editor Drives the 2200TC and Re-appraises the 3500S A Rover 2000TC proved to be an admirable Editorial car until…
I am indebted to two readers for this month's contribution. Mr. Wallace Mason of Cumberland, R.I., who has recently been…
After insisting that the 1974 British Grand Prix be called the John Player Grand Prix, the RAC, or to be…
A proper motor-race One thing about a long race is that it gives you time to take stock of the…
Silverstone In an attempt to bring some semblance of reality to the Tourist Trophy race, this year's event was for…
The Sanremo Rally If you drive eastwards through the mountains from the Alpine stamping ground of the Monte-Carlo Rally, keeping…
In the face of looming austerity at least some manufacturers announced new cars in the months before Earls Court Since…
The exploits and achievements of Connaught Engineering in the early and mid-1950s are well chronicled and rightly so, for this…
A well-illustrated little book about the "Development of the London Bus, 19291933" has been written by Gavin Martin, MA, MIMechE,…
"Silverstone—The Story of Britain's Fastest Circuit" by Peter Carrick. 174 pp. 8¾ in. 5½ in. (Pelham Books Ltd., 52 Bedford…
The golden age of American motor racing has been written up by Griffith Borgeson but Albert R. Bochroch has now…
G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset have re-issued Annand and Roe's erudite book ". Gas Flow in…
"Bristol Cars And Engines" by L. J. K. Setright. 159 pp. 8¾ in. x 6 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd.,…
An Excellent British Car It may be remembered that having requested another spell of driving in a Triumph Dolomite Sprint;…
Fittipaldi a worthy first Mosport Park, Toronto In the two weeks between the final European Grand Prix at Monza and…
Recently there has been a worry that F1 drivers were simply robots, primed to say only what the team tells them to regardless of their own opinions, that they were…
Sponsors may be coming back to F1, and for good reason Bernie Ecclestone’s infamous interview three years ago in which he claimed Formula 1 doesn’t need the younger audience may…
Fine margins between the frontrunners in qualifying for the 2025 F1 Japanese Grand Prix offer the promise of a close race on Sunday, with Max Verstappen starting on pole
Commissioned by former Grand Prix driver Henry Taylor, this Wingfield recreation mirrors the original TKF 9 D-type – a car made famous by Taylor’s own success at its wheel, not to…