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Matters of moment, April 1977
Tom Pryce What can one say about young Tom Pryce, the Welsh driver who was killed so unnecessarily during the…
Tom Pryce What can one say about young Tom Pryce, the Welsh driver who was killed so unnecessarily during the…
THE VSCC will open its 1977 racing season with the customary Silverstone Meeting on April 16th. Racing over the 1.6-mile…
Hollow victory for Hunt Brands Hatch, March 20th. Due to the magnanimous and benevolent attitude of the Formula One Constructors…
My wife and I were honoured to receive invitations to the 1977 Opening Rally and Prize-giving of the Bugatti OC.…
The Fribourg & Troyer New Year Challenge competition, which appeared in the January edition of Motor Sport, was won by…
The very many nourishing Clubs endorse the healthy state of the motoring pastime in this country. The Riley RM Club…
A tribute to the owners of Silverstone Circuit in their Golden Jubilee Year This year marks the Golden Jubilee of…
Revised models The interior of the TR7 is given the tartan look in a package of improvements which also include…
Tom Pryce went motor racing because he loved driving racing cars, not to get rich, famous or admired, and he…
Anything new from Rolls-Royce is significant, even if it is of little consequence to the man-in-the-street. However, the latest comprehensive…
From Mini 850 to Porsche Turbo via the pen Since W.B. has now realised where many of the high performance…
Everybody's doing it—comparing the new Ford Fiesta with other little cars, the VW Polo in particular. I admit that driving…
So much has been written about the clever new Fiesta that only brief notes are required from me, to endorse…
"The British Grand Prix-1926-1976" by Doug Nye. 144 pp, 10 in. x 7 1/2 in. (B.T. Batsford Ltd., 4 Fitzhardinge…
edited by Douglas Armstrong. 236 pp. 12 1/2 in x 9 1/2 in. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill,Cambridge, CB3 8EL.…
Some interesting references to cars appear in "Augustus John—Vol. 2" by Michael Holroyd (Heinemann, 1975), although they seem to be…
A section devoted to old-car matters "Babs" returns to Pendine In conjunction with the opening of their new Community Hall,…
Silverstone—February 26th The auguries were good for this year's Pomeroy Trophy contest when February 26th turned out to be a…
Sir, I think I can identify the mystery forecar (picture number 3, page 32, January issue) as a Century Tandem.…
Sir, The photograph is of what is, almost certainly, the original RR "Silver Lady" Mascot with which Charles Sykes won…
The big stories from the past week on the Motor Sport Archive. Gilles Villeneuve and Pedro Rodriguez, two greats with natural speed, flair, skill and fearlessness, would have shared a birthday…
You'll have heard about the Ferrari fuss with 'Mission Winnow'. Yet Formula 1's relationship with tobacco sponsorship was difficult from the very start... Winnow, verb: blow air through (grain) in order…
The subject of winglets, or strakes, or whatever you want to call the infernal contraptions, was a big talking point in the Qatari desert. Several riders including Valentino Rossi, Dani…
Sebastian Vettel has been assaulting the record book since his very first F1 start back in 2007, and in Austin he hit another target by logging his eighth consecutive victory.…