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Matters of Moment, July 1972
Le Mans Last year, after a Porsche 917 had won the famous 24-hour race over the constantly-improved Simile circuit at…
Le Mans Last year, after a Porsche 917 had won the famous 24-hour race over the constantly-improved Simile circuit at…
Taking a ride in Denny Hulme's new Can-Am McLaren All American motor-racing commentators are alleged to thrust a microphone at…
Porsche Engineering In the first round of the Canadian-American Championship series the all-conquering McLaren-Chevrolet team were stirred up a bit…
-A French Victory Le Mans, France, June 10th/11th The 1972 Le Mans 24-Hour Race, or Grand Prix of Endurance as…
As Motor Sport is a monthly magazine it is unable to keep up the weekly flow of information on race…
According to the official regulations the World Championship qualifying event at Brands Hatch on July 15th is the "John Player…
A small entry of eight Formula One cars attended the non-championship "Grand Premio Repubblica Italiana" at Vallelunga near Rome on…
Acropolis Rally When Fiat, very quietly and without any fuss or publicity-seeking announcements, began entering cars in the major international…
Newcomers included Taylor's smart 1934 British Salmson with neat home-built rounded-tail two-seater body and Rogers' quite standard 1929 Chrysler 77…
Crabbe's 1937 W125 Mercedes-Benz Special provided the drama. Very quick in practice, he was soon in the lead in the…
(Belgian Grand Prix) Nivelles-Baulers, June 4th On paper the Belgian Grand Prix took place on June 4th over 85 laps…
The Tecno Formula One car made its first public appearance at the Belgian race and though it is technically considered…
A Ferrari win The 56th Targa Florio was held on May 21st over the traditional mountain circuit of the Little…
A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters Coventry's Motor Museum At a time when motor-museum news is very much in evidence…
The first owner of a 1937 Packard 120 d.h. coupé, JG 9450, who drove it until 1951 trouble free and…
The Humber Register, which exists to foster all Humber products of the 1900 to 1930 period, held its 21st Anniversary…
The original event organised by the then-new Fraser Nash CC was an ascent of the "impossible" Screw HiII in N.…
This assembly of American vehicles built prior to 1949 (a date limit observed to let in Ford V8 Pilots) was…
This year's Derby (cynical readers who, like the writer, are unacquainted with the niceties of horse-racing, will ask, what is…
—It is hoped that some pre-war parts which are on a Buckinghamshire farm in company with an ancient horse-driven grain…
Lime Rock Park in north-west Connecticut stages its annual Vintage meeting this weekend. This is Labor Day weekend in the United States, the traditional end of the stateside summer season,…
Max Verstappen has been given a 10sec penalty for his latest clash with Lewis Hamilton, after stewards found that he slammed on his brakes ahead of the Mercedes in a…
The fastest championship in the world taking four hours to decide its own grid is poor, and compromise is needed on safety car regs, writes Chris Medland
I gave up the fruitless fight against the relentless advance of my middle years some time ago. I accept I will never again pick up a book without first picking…