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Editorial, September 1999
You may by now have detected a mild Goodwood flavour to the magazine this month. I won't bang on about…
September 1999
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Blistering racing thrills crowds at Coys Festival
Unsurprisingly, given the nature of the beasts, BRM's Golden Jubilee centrepiece did not follow the script, but 66,000 paying spectators…
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TGP rivals entertain truck crowds
FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix title rivals Bob Berridge and Martin Stretton enthralled 250,000 spectators at the Nurburgring on July 18…
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Rob Walker British GP winner to stay in Britain
The most original surviving Lotus 49, Rob Walker Racing's chassis R7 in which Jo Siffert won the 1968 British Grand…
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Grand Prix hopes for Zandvoort
Zandvoort, the seaside venue which hosted the Dutch GP from 1952-85, has regained an F1 testing licence, raising hopes that…
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Auction highs
A Ferrari 250 California Spyder supplied to James Cagney in 1959 eclipsed the competition cars at Coys' Silverstone sale, the…
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Competition returns to Curragh
The International motor races which took place in Eire at The Curragh, from 1949-'54, will be celebrated with a sprint…
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Drive the classics at Goodwood
You will know the Goodwood Revival Revival Meeting is the finest gathering of historic cars and drivers in the world…
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F1 goes Goodwood
David Coulthard, Rubens Barrichello and Johnny Herbert will compete in the Tourist Trophy Celebration, at Goodwood's Revival in September. Damon…
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Pit control
By Prince Chula of Thailand We are very pleased to be able the present this article on a most important…
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Modern times
When, back in July, Michael Schumacher telescoped his Ferrari into the tyre wall at Stowe, we knew at once that…
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Recapturing the past
Since the launch of the digital revolution, Olympus has led the way with a pioneering range of award-winning cameras, setting…
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Goodwood
Of all the British tracks which blossomed in the postwar period it is only Goodwood which retains it's mystique and…
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Sorry BRM
Sir, This year's Coys Festival at Silverstone was as good as ever and I particularly enjoyed seeing the enormous gathering…
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Dolly mixtures
Sir, With reference to the ongoing debate on how to make F1 races more interesting, my father and I have…
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Don't avoid the damp patch
Sir, Following Michael Schumacher's accident at the British Grand Prix, I wonder if a progressively deeper gravel trap, used to…
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Bira remembered
Sir, Your August issue of MOTOR SPORT exceeded all of my expectations by including articles on two significant drivers in…
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Gilles Appeal
Sir, I just wanted to say how good I thought was the article on Gilles Villeneuve in the last issue.…
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Cart, not fart
Sir, No, Mr Whittle (Letters, August 1999) is not a boring old fart. Anyone born in the '40s or earlier…
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Historic Ibiza
Sir, During a recent holiday on the lovely island of Ibiza my wife and I were introduced to a small…
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