A sunnier date added to the experience of an event with a growing reputation. as some ex-F1 stars joined a quality entry. By Paul Lawrence photography by Juan Miguel and Tour of Spain
The sixth running of the Tour of Spain delivered a demanding five day mix of special stages on closed roads and races at Jerez and Guadix. Spanish-based Brit John Sheldon took his Lotus Elan to pre-1965 spoils while...
Brief encounters
Dear AH,
There is something about Italy. On the way to Imola I was creeping round the Bologna ring road in solid traffic, and not enjoying myself, so I turned off to use the old Via Emilia, rather than the Autostrada.
At least there is something to see when creeping along on the ordinary roads, whereas on an Autostrada it is merely tin boxes and lorries, with the occasional...
Palermo, April 8th.
The racing season opened on the Continent of Europe with the Giro di Sicilia, organised by the Automobile Club of Palermo, and after all the rumours of no more racing in Sicily and limitations to events in Italy, the scene in Palermo showed no signs of any such rumours being true. Enthusiasm throughout the island was as great as ever and all along the 1,080 kilometres of the...
Quite an experience
Saab's turbocharged production version of their familiar 99 provoked almost unprecedented eulogistic descriptions in some of the weekly journals earlier in the year, their writers reacting like cats discovering cream for the first time. My own cream was a trifle sour, alas, the Turbo presented for road test by Motor Sport at around the same time lacking some of the performance...