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Matters of moment, February 1953
Branded petrol returns Coronation Year will be a happy time for those owners of high-compression sports and high-performance cars which…
Branded petrol returns Coronation Year will be a happy time for those owners of high-compression sports and high-performance cars which…
Last month, at the time when anticipation over branded petrol was at its pre-realisation height, we were present at the…
Johnnie Claes has purchased a Connaught, and will be racing it a in Belgian colours, and Rob Walker has bought…
For obvious reasons the new Road Fund licence rates which came into force this year are the cause of considerable…
M.G.C.C. Kimber Trophy Trial (Dec. 26th) Cecil Kimber Trophy -- J. Buncombe (Dellow). Spencer Trophy -- P. G. Cooper (Hillman Minx).…
By the Motor Sport Continental Correspondent Travelling around the Continent during the racing season one naturally sees many interesting things and,…
By "Carrozzino" Although it is only the second month of 1953, the new season of road racing is fast approaching and…
Formula racing We have recently received a growing number of enquiries about the regulations governing Formula racing -- not 2-litre…
We hear... The R.A.C. issued a news-paragraph on January 1st headed " Please Do Not Feed the Ponies ! "…
R. = Restricted Event. C. = Closed Event. C.I. = Closed Invitation. N. = National Event. I. = International Event …
The new address of W. A. Martin, Hon. Secretary of the Berwick, Lothian & Hawick Motor Clubs, is Bleachfield, Ayton,…
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1952 The year 1952 opened with the 10,000th mile coming up…
Introduction From February 1st onwards the lot of sports-car and high-performance car users will be a happier one, for branded petrol will…
THE Northern Section of the V.S.C.C. received 90 entries for its annual Measham Rally. A Lancia Lambda driven by H. M.…
Sir, I was pleased to read the letter from Mr. Montgomery as for some time now I have been hearing…
Sports Cars of the World by Ralph Stein. (Charles Scribner's Sons, Ltd., 23, Bedford Square, W.C.1; 174 pp.; 8-1/2 in.…
Appleyard (Jaguar) 2nd -- Marion (Citroën) 3rd The Monte Carlo Rally attracted enormous interest again this year, the excellent coverage by Raymond…
When James Watt first postulated what he considered to be the average power of that four-footed beast of labour that…
Noticing a reference in our road-test report on the Bristol 401 to the pleasant enamelled badge found on that car's…
Practically the whole existing range of Exide car batteries has been withdrawn in favour of a new series known as…
Ferrari has confirmed it will be returning to Le Mans in the top level of the World Endurance Championship in 2023 with its own hypercar. The Prancing Horse confirmed its…
Everything happened at Aragon: Sunday’s MotoGp race was the metronome versus the magician, Enea Bastianini ending Pecco Bagnaia’s winning streak, while title leader Fabio Quartararo crashed out in a collision that also ended Marc Márquez’s comeback
As the teams headed away from Budapest to begin the five-week break before the next race, at Spa, the standings in the Constructors’ Championship looked liked this: Red Bull 246,…
By Lee McKenzie For the first time in 11 years the hills were alive with the sound of F1. The race in Austria might not have thrown up a classic…