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Matters of moment, October 1971
You, the customer... The motoring year ends for some people with racing at Brands Hatch on Boxing Day, for others…
October 1971
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Sporting book to bow in at Earls Court
During the summer the staff of this magazine, and the weekly newspaper Motoring News, have produced a general motor sporting…
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1971 Canadian Grand Prix — summary
Mosport Park, Sept. 19th. Jackie Stewart confirmed his status as 1971 World Champion with a fine drive in the Canadian…
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1971 Italian Grand Prix report: dice of the debutants in F1's closest ever finish
Monza, Italy, September 5th. Before the meeting began there was not too much enthusiasm among the Italian populace for the…
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Notes on the cars at Monza
The Elf-Team Tyrrell had sent their original car to Canada for tyre-testing in readiness for the North American races and…
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Reflections in the Monza Park
The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza takes up only a very small part of the royal park of Monza and apart…
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Formula Two review
After an absence of exactly four years, Formula Two cars reappeared at Brands Hatch on August Bank Holiday Monday when…
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Continental Notes, October 1971
Tecno Grand Prix Engine One of the interesting happenings last month was the news that Tecno had got their 3-litre…
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Letter from Europe
[By means of which the Continental Correspondent, while he is motoring abroad, keeps in touch with the Editor.] Dear W.B,…
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Can-Am—Revson draws away
Lexington, Ohio. August 22. Virtually identical half-shaft breakages eliminated Team Gulf McLaren from the fifth Can-Am round at the Mid-Ohio…
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Rally review, October 1971
Whoever it was first had the idea that car manufacturers could make some useful publicity for themselves if they advertised…
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Pile-up prevention
Following the multi-vehicle accident in fog on the M6 last month, ITN screened an item dealing with various mechanical and…
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Formula 3 review
The principal event on the F3 calendar last month was the European Nations F3 Trophy held at Thruxton on September…
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Miniatures news, October 1971
We have not reviewed many commercial miniatures recently, because these seem to have departed for the time being from covetable…
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British Hill-climb Championship
As mentioned in last month's Motor Sport, mid-season favourite for the Shell/RAC Hill-Climb Championship was David Hepworth and so it…
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The 1972 Porsche 911S
There are few cars that make one stop and stare, yet whenever I see a Porsche 911, I stop and…
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American comment
"See my agent" is fast becoming the catch-phrase in the motoring world as driver after driver is taking a long,…
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Around and about: comment on the racing and club scene, October 1971
Formulae progress At the start of the year this column told readers of two new single-seater Formulae being introduced to…
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Veteran-Edwardian-vintage, October 1971
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Thruxton Race Meeting This was an important occasion for the Vintage SCC, marking…
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An ERA conundrum
Sir, According to my records, the only time the four drivers, shown in the photograph on page 810 of the…
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