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Matters of Moment, May 1981
Budget Blues Car-users always pay very dearly in taxation and the last "blue" Budget ran to form, with 20p a…
Budget Blues Car-users always pay very dearly in taxation and the last "blue" Budget ran to form, with 20p a…
* Only clubs whose secretaries furnished the necessary information prior to the 14th of the preceding month are included in…
When a racing man dies in action, in a race or while testing, it is sad. When a racing man…
Cooper Car Club Plans are afoot to form a Club or Register for owners and enthusiasts for Cooper cars and…
The second Vintage SCC race meeting of 1981, counting towards the Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy Contest, will be held…
The Vintage SCC had excellent weather and a fine entry of 150 cars for its first Silverstone race meeting (Club…
Wiscombe Park The first of 16 rounds of the 1981 British Hill Climb Championship took place on Sunday, April 12th…
Piquet makes up for his Brazilian mistake! Buenos Aires, April 12th From the start of practice for the Argentine Grand…
Dear D.S.J. When I arrived in Argentina I began thinking about the old saying which goes "the Good Lord smiles…
Third time was very lucky for Swedish Toleman-Hart driver Stefan Johansson at Hockenheim on April 5. Johansson, won his third…
News of a remarkable model aeroplane engine appeared last year in The Chartered Mechanical Engineer, whose Editor has given us…
Aerodynamics It seems that every time we reach the threshold of a new and fascinating development in Formula One somebody…
VW's 200 m.p.h. diesel 47 m.p.g. at a constant 155 m.p.h. The object at my damp feet looked more like…
The Renault 18 Turbo A Splendid Family Car, with Racing Connotations The Renault Group, France's biggest car manufacturer, having decided…
Some personal landmarks I do not remember when I became obsessed with speed, but it must have been at a…
Sports and Racing Cars Fifty years ago, in 1931, the Alta Car and Engineering Company Ltd. was formed by Geoffrey…
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Light Car Weekend This year's Welsh Weekend run by the Light Car…
No. 40: The Zephyr Your reference in a recent issue to car component manufacturers in Lowestoft mentions the Brooke car…
Firestone Vintage and Classic tyres and tubes are now available from Lambrook Tyres of Colyton, Devon, following an agreement with…
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, it is an interesting speculation to consider which racing-car design has been…
How a chance meeting with Kurt Ahrens Jr revealed a remarkable photo of Jim Clark There's a small but very special photograph in this month’s issue of Motor Sport, showing…
And then there were four: Sebastian Vettel has won his fourth Formula 1 World Championship and his name now sits alongside Alain Prost, Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher. As…
Spa had become divisive. Jackie Stewart despised its naked dangers – and said so. If it rained, he told Ken Tyrrell, he would not race. And his team boss couldn’t…
Stéphane Peterhansel made history by claiming victory in the 2017 Dakar, a record 13th win for the Frenchman. He denied Sébastien Loeb by just five minutes, with Cyril Despres taking third…