MATTERS OF MOMENT ROYAL PATRONAGE H.M. the King was Patron of the Brooklands Automobile -Racing Club. Last year Their Majesties…

CONTENTS MATTERS OF MOMENT ... 425 EMPHASIS ON SPORTS CARS— THE LOTUS-AUSTIN ... ... 426 GERMAN G.P.... 427 VEE-TWIN DEVELOPMENTS…

Emphasis On Sports Cars— THE LOTUS -AUSTIN ATER building the successful Fordengined Lotus trials car, now driven by Michael Lawson,…

AUGUST QUIZ The noli-pi■torial quiz last month either wasn't palatable to the customers or else too difficult for them to…

GERMAN G.P. ON July 211th the first post-war Formula I Grand Prix was staged over the marvellous Narburg Ring circuit…

VEE-T WIN DEVELOPMENTS THE yee-twin .J.A.P. engine has been a very popular power unit among special builders since the early…

The Half-Litre Club at Silverstone An enormous progritinme was run through very slickly over the Silverstone Club Circuit on August…

CHAIN CHATTER by "CAR ROZZINO" J3winning the Ulster Grand Prix, at 95.18 m.p.h., Geoff Duke is now imbeatable in the…

RUMBLINGS Pit work plays a very important part in the hard-fought races of today and would be greatly facilitated if…

THE BOREHAM AIRFIELD MEETING The wet Conditions at Boreliam Airfield on August 11th not only made the course dangerously slippery,…

GOODWOOD—J. M. Hawthorn Wins the "Motor Sport" Brooklands Memorial Trophy by One Point ! MICIIA EL HAWTHORN won hy one…

Reports of Recent Events XIV ALPINE RALLY (July 13th-2Ist) ALPINE CUPS (NO MARKS Losr) F. Landon (750-e.c. Renault) ; B.…

THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY RACES AMUST Bank Holiday was a busy time for racing drivers, their mechanics, motor scribes and…

Holiday, Busman's, Editor, for the Use of (Resumed from last month's issue.) Tnis " holiday," which is taken with steering…

PICTORIAL REVIEW ASTON-MARTIN O.C. AT SILVERSTONE, INTERNATIONAL FORMULA 3 RACING AT BRANDS HATCH, W. ESSEX C.C. BOREHAM MEETING & FINAL…

Sir, Many .people appear to write in high praise of their vintage motor cars, of various makes, but 1 have…

From the Vintage Postbag Sir, I was very pleased to see your mention of an ". 11 .3 " Shuplard…

VINTAGE VEERINGS TIIIS month this feature goes a bit American. Whether the majority of vintage-cur enthusiasts will consider this permissible…

AN ALI )1 NGToN LETTER [Mr. H. J. Aldington informs us that he, too, is writing to us on this…

Sit, I have not noticed a reference to an Oakland in your columns and I think you might be interested…