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Letters from readers, November 2003
Champagne moment in time Sir, I have been fortunate enough to visit Goodwood and Reims recently, and I am sure…
Champagne moment in time Sir, I have been fortunate enough to visit Goodwood and Reims recently, and I am sure…
Motor racing 'threads' fascinate me. For instance, most research seems to lead to Len Terry at the moment. Over the past couple…
Jenks on Mexico '64 I have never been a great enthusiast of the drivers' world championship's system of points-chasing for many…
Our second showcase of readers' photographs takes us from Aintree and Brands to Dundrod and Monza via three lensmen Michael Pitts…
What caused you and Mike Parkes to come to a dead stop in the 1967 Le Mans 24 Hours? Ross…
Hillclimbs will play an increasingly significant role in the 2004 VSCC schedule, with events planned at five of the top…
The VSCC's 70th anniversary season will be kicked off in the manner that the club started out — with a…
The Vintage Sports Car Club will mark its 70th anniversary in 2004 with a season-long programme of special events. The…
The classic era of the RAC Rally will be re-created in November 2004 with a three-day forest rally aimed at crews…
Former Le Mans winner Andy Wallace returned to the wheel of a Jaguar sports-prototype for the Group C race at Monza…
Former grand prix driver Eric Comas has branched into the historic arena. For a flat fee, Comas Historic Racing will enter…
This talented and innovative engineer — in racing and industry circles for both bikes and cars — passed away last month.…
The third running of the Ollon-Villars hillclimb retro attracted a magnificent entry of over 200 cars and bikes headed by…
Despite ending the Spa race with a hand injury after a tangle with the Lotus 69 of Sandy Watson, Peter…
The head of the famous Novamotor tuning company has died. For almost two decades the Novara-based firm that Gianni set up…
An international field will tackle the 2003 East African Safari Rally over 10 days in December. This historic event for cars…
Four drivers will go into the final round of the FIA Cup for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars at Estoril still in with…
The event surrounding the Historic Six Hours at Spa is now one of the busiest classic race meetings of the season.…
Though best known for Formula Ford chassis, the Dulon marque also ventured into sportscars, and its 1969 GT coupe has…
The return of F1 cars to Scottish soil was the highlight of the Mount Stuart Motorsport Classic. Test drivers Takuma…
Chris Craft, who has died at the age of 81, was one of the great characters of British motor sport. A big player on the domestic scene, notably in Ford…
This I will never understand. A car manufacturer goes to an international motor show and in advance invites members of the world’s press to interview its senior management. In short,…
This week’s classified spotlight both is, and is not, a GT40. Technically the car’s full title reads ’Superformance GT40 Mk1 Continuation’. However, two thirds of its components are interchangeable with…
Most of the way through Sunday’s 500-mile NASCAR race at Phoenix it looked like Denny Hamlin was going to put himself in an almost unbeatable position to win this year’s…