A 'Festival of Motorsport' will mark 100 years of racing in Dublin's Phoenix Park on August 16/17. This will form part of the annual meeting within the grounds of this…

THE COACHWORK COMPETITION THE cars this year were divided into six categories, based on the prices of the complete cars, including accessories. Each category was further divided into three classes,…

THE SPORTS CAR "HO UR " The R.A.C. is not anxious to observe any further hour runs by sports-type cars, on the grounds that there is no official hour record…

WE MADE a hash of describing the late Air Chief Marshal Sir Alec Coryton's veteran Panhard-Levassor, last month. The car was actually borrowed by Sir Alec for VCC events from…

Proud farewell to a legend This day was inevitable. We knew WB couldn't go on forever. Still, when the message came through on the morning of July 7 the sense…

THE GRAND P RIX DE PARIS. Bentley wins the second French 24-hour Race. AFTER their victory in the Grand Prix d'Endurance at le Maus, Bentley succeeded in repeating the performance…

Sir, Whilst looking through that absorbing book "The Motor Industry," by Maxey and Silberston*, I noticed a calculation which struck me as being of interest to your readers. This is…

John Surtees gave the Lola Mk4 F1 car its only win in the International 2000 Guineas race at Mallory on June 11 1962. In a processional race, Surtees led home…

RUMBLINGS It will be recalled that D. K. M. Marendaz once toyed with the idea of renovating" 30/98 " Vauxhalls ; his plan never got under way, but, New subsequently,…

The Campbell Circuit Lap Record AT the time of the Campbell Trophy Race, the opening event over the new Brooklands Campbell road-course, there was confusion as to who held the…

Nigel Roebuck It would be a strict minimalist who binned all his tickets, programmes, passes and notebooks after each race he'd attended. Luckily Nigel has always had a historian's mind,…

Motor Sport is supporting the 2003 Mount Stuart Motorsport Classic, the two-day automotive festival staged at the ancestral home of the Marquis of Bute in Scotland. The magazine is to…