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Matters of Moment, October 1949
The 34th International Earls Court Motor Exhibition On the day this issue of Motor Sport is published, the second British…

The 34th International Earls Court Motor Exhibition On the day this issue of Motor Sport is published, the second British…
Mr. R. Sternberg, an American visitor to the B.R.D.C Silverstone meeting, was so impressed with the performance of the J-type…
Shillito (Riley) Wins the Formula II Race, Dryden (Cooper) the 500-c.c. Race One's sympathy is extended to the W. Hants…
A. J. Butterworth Fastest with His F.W.D. Air-Cooled A.J.B. Raymond Mays' Course Record Unbroken. Pitt's Blower 4 1/2-litre Bentley is…
Sydney Allard - 1949 British Hill-Climbing Champion Sydney Allard Breaks Course Record (44.26 sec.), Sports-Car Record (47,96 sec.), Wins Three…
Reg. Parnell (Maserati) wins the Goodwood Trophy Race and sets a New Lap Record of 89.26 m.p.h. Madgwick Cup won…
Pescara Sports Car Race This was won at 75.2 m.p.h. by Roll's 2 1/2-litre Alfa-Romeo in spite of heavy rain.…
In a recent "Vintage Veerings" we referred to mention being made in a a local paper to an early Horstman…
Two Sprints October will see two more sprint meetings. On the 8th the Bristol M.C. & L.C.C. will hold a…
Further examples of standard-model early Austin Sevens used for racing, additional to those referred to last month under the heading…
Since we published a photograph of two Gwynne Eights last June, news of them has come in to a surprising…
"There's no Business like Show Business" — so run the words of a popular song and they were unquestionably true…
Earls Court Exhibition In the Special Show Number of Motor Sport will be found information on new models, improvements to…
Fastest of them all — The 3 1/2-litre "XK'' super-sports Jaguar has exceeded 132 m.p.h. in Belgium on pump fuel,…
Goodwood Brighton Prescott Farnborough Real Racing. — Reg. Parnell's Maserati (1) and Peter Walker's type E.R.A. (16) during their immense…
Real High-Performance. — The latest "Competition" model Allard, the J-type two-seater with "oversize" 4.3-litre V8 Mercury engine and light-alloy two-seater…
Our Continental Correspondent Describes the Cars which Finished First and Second in the 36th G.P. de l'A.C.F. The new Type…
"The Ford Owners Complete Handbook," by Wm. J. Lipsett. (Floyd Clymer, 143 pages, 1.50 dollars.) This book covers the servicing…
The 34th article in the "Veteran Types" series was published in Motor Sport last December and dealt with the 1908…
We Hear There are, or were, some beaded-edge tyres and oil lamps for sale at the Grosvenor Garage, Worplesdon. However…
When Rob Widdows started his 'Tales with Mechanics' series on this website, one of the first names to be put forward was that of Bob Dance. Dance worked for Team…
The headline’s the big question, isn’t it? Jenson Button’s confirmed move to McLaren for 2010 will make him number one at the team in a physical sense – it’ll be…
We were saddened to hear of the death of Erik Carlsson – one of rallying's all-time greats – today. Here we re-post Richard Heseltine's 2010 feature with 'Mr Saab' You…
You could argue Sergio Perez has done his reputation a lot of good by not being on the Formula 1 grid this year. The Mexican was often criticised during his…