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Matters of moment, March 1977
Outlook tepid As the year advances the general and motoring outlook can he described as tepid, improving in some quarters…
Outlook tepid As the year advances the general and motoring outlook can he described as tepid, improving in some quarters…
Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft has had to postpone the opening of the racing track from March to May. Discussing…
To commemorate the successful Land Speed Record achievement of J. G. Parry Thomas on Pendine Sands, the 27-litre Thomas Special…
Fribourg and Treyer inform us that results their Challenge in the January issue of Motor Sport, expected to be published…
The STD and Humber Registers' combined dinner and dance will be held at the Manor Hotel, Banbury, on Saturday, March…
Spring sporting new car fever Better news from both Aston Martin and Lotus has been evident recently. Aston Martin seem…
Some drivers like Phil Hill and Denny Hulme hardly seemed to realise they had become World Champion Racing Drivers, according…
In which the Assistant Editor looks back on a varied, exciting and sometimes dramatic year
In honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee the RAC British Grand Prix at Silverstone has been given the title of…
Following discussions between the Council of the Bugatti Owners Club and the Ferrari Affairs Committee regarding the future of the…
Torsten Lundberg of Stockholm informs us that Sweden has a thriving Triumph TR Club, which boasts 200 members from a…
The Assistant Editor reports from Japan on the first Japanese car designed specifically for the European Market The four main…
According to the Carmarthen journal the 27-litre Thomas Special "Babs" rnay be brought back to Pendine on the 50th Anniversary…
Superb engineering, styling and handling, reasonable performance, too expensive When Mercedes-Benz introduced their nine-model W123 series last year they made…
Now that the Formula One season of racing is under way we are once more hearing explanations of why drivers…
A section devoted to old-car matters A Royal Accident Some time ago I questioned whether the accident which befell HM…
A Wolseley Hornet Special, JJ 87, with Corsica body, but with a Standard Flying 12 power-unit, has come to light.…
The Vintage Sports Car Club held driving tests, in today's parlance Autotests, at Brooklands, or what is left of it,…
Sir, My name is David and I am 14 years old, and all my friends all like motor racing, like…
[Although we devoted considerable space to the MCC Exeter Trial in last month's Motor Sport, this was nothing to the…
A blue plaque in commemoration of Sir Stirling Moss has been unveiled at Shelsley Walsh as a permanent memorial to 'Mr Motor Racing', paying tribute to the numerous achievements from…
A series taken from the 162-page Motor Sport special 100 Greatest Grands Prix (other specials are available here). The Nordschleife’s reputation was forged through its hazardous essence and improbable length – but it lies…
The Portuguese Grand Prix at Portimao has been confirmed on the 2021 F1 calendar. With Australia and China both postponing their grands prix due to Covid-19 restrictions, slots were left…
Saturday is the anniversary of the death of Gilles Villeneuve at Zolder in 1982. I still recall Gilles’s four years in Formula Atlantic, and his 1976 season in particular when…