Articles tagged David Price

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Page 57, November 1978

National Racing Review

It has been a year of development, controversy and near-peak excitement, rather than a season of out-and-out classic motor racing on the national club scene. On the whole grids have been full - in the majority of cases near to over-flowing - and competition has been keen and fierce. It is, perhaps, a sign of the slightly easier times in which we live that there appears to have been no dire...

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Page 105, October 1982

TUNING TEST VW-Brabham's Lighter Formula 3

TUNING TEST VW-Brabham's Lighter Formula 3 JOHN JUDD, business associate of Sir Jack Brabham since 1966 and whose Rugby-based Cosworth DFV Formula I engine building activities were the subject of a MOTOR SPORT profile in 1978, enjoyed August 1982 heartily. On the 15th of that month Brands Hatch witnessed an extraordinary reversal in the fortunes of the Formula 3-dominant Toyota d.o.h.c. engine....

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Page 34, December 1996

Price Hockey

GT racing has developed to the point of controversy. Michael Cotton explains why the Porsche v McLaren battle goes deeper than the racetrack On the eve of its third anniversary, contemporary Grand Touring racing stands at a crossroads. Will it follow the usual path of progress and become more professional, ever more expensive and, ultimately, like Group C? Or will it remain a sport for wealthy...

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Page 10, December 2004

Wraps off Aston's GT racer

Iconic British marque to fight Ferrari and not just at Le Mans Aston Martin and its motorsport partner Prodrive Engineering plan to build 32 DBR9 racers in a bid to recreate the marque's golden era of 1950s sportscar success. They want the V12 machine — which next year will take Aston back to the Le Mans 24 Hours — to race in all the major sportscar series around the world. As well as supplying...

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Page 100, December 1978

Letters from Readers

N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -- Ed. *** Customs Duty Sir, Readers of Motor Sport may be interested to learn that HM Customs now actively discourages the return to the UK of UK manufactured Historic vehicles. Customs Duty is normally assessed on certain foreign goods to protect the home market...

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Page 78, November 2003

Bites as good as it barks

It was not an obvious choice, but the big 3500 put Rover on the tin-top map. British Leyland's then motorsport boss, John Davenport, retraces its steps To its designers, David Bache and Spen King, it was known as Specialist Division Number One: SD1 for short. It was known to the journalists who voted it Car of the Year in 1976 as the Rover 3500. Comedians called it the 'Bionic Dog'. But at the...