Veteran Types CHITTY-CHITTY-13ANG-BANG IMER in recent years has there been a more picturesque figure in the world of auto mobilism than the late Count Louis Zborowski. He was in fact…

MOTORING SPORTSMEN Mr. RAYMOND MAYS THOUGH by no means a bearded ancient—at the time of writing he is 34—we always think of Raymond Mays as one of the few still-active…

THERE are days when one craves a large open sports car capable of something round the hundred mark, while other times and for other journeys, a small, neat and lively…

CHRISTMAS FAIRY STORY We have seldom published fiction in MOTOR SPORT. Readers sometimes ask why. The answer is because it is so very bad. Just how bad you can judge…

Sir. Malaya presents the absolute testing conditions for a car, with it's extreme heat, copious torrential rainfall, long, fast and other extremely rough corrugated dusty roads. In this country, where a three-year-old…

Sir, In his December column, the excellent Simon Taylor hit several nails firmly and squarely on the head. Why should there not be a series of nonchampionship events for Formula…

[A contributor recently suggested that American automobiles and Vintage motors were superior to our small sports cars. V. H. Tuson disagrees and here states the small car's case. How entitled…

COYS FESTIVAL TO CELEBRATE GP 50TH FIFTY YEARS OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP Grand Prix racing is set to be the sensational central theme of next year's BRDC Coys International Historic Festival.…

Monte Carlo Rally "IF YOU DON'T play the game my way, I'll take my ball away," So is it occasionally with youngsters whose immature minds are incapable of -appreciating the…

THE B.R.D.C.'s 500 MILES RACE R. T. HORTON AND J. H. BARTLETT (M.G.) WIN FINEST BROOKLANDS RACE FOR MANY YEARS AT 96.29 m.p.h.: RILEY SECOND AND TALBOT THIRD. RACE MARRED…

[In the "Cars in Books" feature last month I quoted from "Essex Schooldays," by Simon Dewes, which contained references to the Rev. Topham who had a liking for very large,…

Sir, A quick note to say how much I enjoyed 'racing' through your anniversary edition. There is much in it of merit but for me the most evocative article was…