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A Date to Remember Among the heat and fury of Grand Prix races counting towards the World Championship club racing…

A Date to Remember Among the heat and fury of Grand Prix races counting towards the World Championship club racing…
A Well-Earned Victory – Knittelfeld, August 14th In spite of the Osterreichring being in the middle of the country and…
(By means of which our European reporter occasionally keeps in touch with the Editor.) Dear W.B., For a change I…
Heavy rain on August 14th did its best to wash away the Prescott hill-climb course on the occasion of the…
Racing with silencers The era of silenced racing cars returneth! As mentioned in the July issue (and see Letters from…
Tourist Trophy, Silverstone September 18th is the chosen date for Britain’s only qualifying round in the European Touring Car Championship…
Described to the Editor in a recent interview Before the war Jack Bartlett was well known in the sporting motoring…
"The Fabulous Porsche 917" by Peter Hinsdale. 104 pp. 8 1/2in. x 11 in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Cambridge,…
"Aston Martin 1914-1940—A Pictorial Review" by Imnan Hunter. 192 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 6 in. (Transport Bookman Publications, Syon…
Although there is but slender material for this long-established column in the recently-published autobiography of Dennis Wheatley ("The Time Has…
"Victorian and Edwardian Cycling and Motoring from Old Photographs" by A. B. Demaus. 110 pp. 10 in. 7 1/2 in.…
"Hudson—The Post-War Years" by Richard M. Langworth. 136 pp. 7 5/8 in. 10 in. (Motorbooks International, PO Box 2, 729,…
The organising body of the German Grand Prix were split down the middle; the businessmen wanted to run the race…
As a further Silver Jubilee tribute, Meccano of Liverpool have produced a Dinky miniature of the Austin London taxicab, finished…
"...I would remind you that remembering Brooklands is a major task of the Brooklands Society . . .; I do…
A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Hawthorn Trophy Meeting (July 30) By the time this issue is published the…
Sir, Though I have read your excellent magazine for many years, I cannot recall any mention ever being made of…
Sir, I was interested to read, in the V-E-V column of the July Motor Sport, that one of the cars…
Sir, A copy of your May issue has reached me, with a reference to the Cowey car. I went to…
Sir, We were most interested to read the letter of Mr. De Lacroix concerning the Crossley owned by a relation…
The life of Britain’s first Formula 1 world champion is to be celebrated at next month's Race Retro Race Retro, powered by Motor Sport, will mark 60 years since Britain’s first Formula…
Pack of American stock cars to take on Goodwood Motor Circuit in April The 77th Goodwood Members' Meeting will hold a NASCAR stock car demonstration on April 6-7 with more than…
The second round of the World Championship saw Ferrari take a dominant victory, with Raikkonen crossing the line some 20 seconds ahead of BMW’s Kubica. Massa, who took pole yesterday,…
It's the fearsome Pikes Peak this weekend, where Dickie Meaden fulfilled a life-long dream not long ago I’m not sure exactly when I first became aware of Pikes Peak’s legendary…