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In 1929 the Stutz company of Indianapolis built three special supercharged cars for its challenge to the Bentleys at Le…
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What's In A Name?
The year must not pass without a memorial to the once-proud name of Austin, to which the Rover Group has…
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Club News, November 1987
Philip Young is striving to organise a rally marathon next year which will rival the Daily Express London-Sydney Rally of…
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Motor Sport
After two years at the same price, we are reluctantly compelled to bow to increasing production costs and raise the…
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"The Ton"
Captain Mark Phillips and lesser-known drivers have been in the news recently for exceeding 100 mph, the once-magic "ton", and…
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Tragedy in the Ivory Coast
Soon after 1am on September 23, rallying lost two of its stalwarts when the Cessna 340 aircraft chartered by Toyota…
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Subscriptions
We should like to apologise to a number of subscribers whose copies of MOTOR SPORT have been delayed recently. The…
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Patrese confirmed at Williams
As expected, Frank Williams announced before the Spanish Grand Prix that the most experienced driver in Formula One has been…
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Esprit Evolution
Lotus has launched a new body for its mid-engined Esprit Turbo (215 bhp) and Series 4 Esprit (172 bhp) at…
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BW's 5 Series
Barrie Williams has emerged the winner of the generously-sponsored Renault 5 Elf Turbo Cup. After taking the Philips Pole Premium…
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FISA axes WTC after one year
Having been in existence for just one year, the World Touring Car Championship is to be discontinued in 1988, it…
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Modena crowned F3000 Champion
Stefano Modena, the 24-year-old Italian who stamped his authority so clearly on the Birmingham Superprix at the end of August,…
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Iberian Interlude
The European season of Formula One racing finished on a high note with two highly enjoyable races on the Iberian…
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Winter Approaches
Dear AH, I see reader R J Dawson from Weymouth, (Letters, MOTOR SPORT, October 1987) fell into the trap of…
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Across the Border
The more trodden a path, the easier the walk, and since its exploratory, almost tentative venture across the border only…
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African Gloom
In a nutshell, the Ivory Coast Rally was a pretty rotten event. As an attempt at copying the Safari it…
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British win in Cyprus
Driving an Audi Coupe Quattro, David Llewellin and Phil Short were outright winners of the Rothmans Cyprus Rally at the…
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Investing in the Future
Porsche has been developing the PDK semi-automatic transmission in competitions for four years, and the programme ended when Hans-Joachim Stuck…
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Finishing on a High Note
Jaguar finished the 1987 World Sports Prototype Championship with a splendid one-two victory at Fuji, following up the double success…
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Legend and Controversy
The annual Bathurst saloon car race ended on somewhat of a low note this year amidst a mass of controversy.…
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