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Matters of Moment, August 1979
Renault and the French Grand Prix Since the adage that "today's racing-car is tomorrow's tourer" lost some of its authenticity,…
Renault and the French Grand Prix Since the adage that "today's racing-car is tomorrow's tourer" lost some of its authenticity,…
Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in the…
Williams all the way Silverstone, July 14th It was all sunshine and peace at Silverstone over the period of the…
(July 7th) Thamks to the generosity of the Midland Automobile Club the vintage lads have a meeting of their own…
An Appreciation I find it very hard, and sad, to believe that Capt. G. E. T. Eyston has died. He…
"Mini" by Rob Golding. 208 pp. 9 3/4" x 7 3/4" (Osprey Publishing Ltd., 12-14 Long Acre, London, WC2E 9LP.…
A Section Devoted To Old Car Matters On Welsh Roads in the 1920s I had long been of the opinion…
Held on June 24th, there was a new aspect to the Brooklands Society's Reunion this year, motorcycles and cars being…
By writing-up Bill Lake's splendid 1922 GP Sunbeam in the June issue I have let myself in for some more…
(July 1st) It must have been back in the 1950s, when my wife was running the STD Register, that I…
The Editor Recalls Some Attempts to Get Rid of the Reciprocating Engine With the Turbo-cars very much in the news…
The International Rally of Brazil Although an immense amount of excitement and pleasure is generated by the established classic rallies…
Brian Smith, author of that definitive Daimler history and that great study of the Royal Daimlers, kindly sent me a…
"Those Chronic Straight-Eights" Sir, I must rise to John Oldham's comments on the straight-eight Lanchester. It is true that individual…
The last VSCC race meeting of the year and the final round of the 1979 Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy…
From Lesney comes another of those once-so-popular "Matchbox" miniatures, a tiny model of the Renault 5TS, very appropriate in this…
An Enjoyable Way of Saving Petrol It was fortunate that a Renault 5GTL came up for road-test over the Brooklands…
Exhaust Systems In the early days of racing engines, when most of them were supercharged, the exhaust gases were more…
A career that starts with a Lotus Seven on the 13th of March, 1964 and continues with unabated enthusiasm in…
A great Renault victory Dijon-Prenois, July 1st On alternate years the Grand Prix of France takes on a green and…
Charles Leclerc looked on a different level as he clinched pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix by more than 0.2sec and looked to be on an even faster lap…
Lewis Hamilton, Lando Norris and George Russell all show solidarity with the English Premier League in its social media blackout in response to online racist abuse
An eccentric celebrity backer, a crack racing squad run on a shoestring and six blown engines – Willy T Ribbs recounts his incredible tale of becoming the first black person to qualify for the Indy 500
Displays, parades and memorial trophy races set to celebrate the career of Stirling Moss