AT LONG last, the national hill climb championship this year acquired an identity to go with its undoubted appeal. Victor Gauntlett's Pace Petroleum stepped in to fill the breach which…

Sir, In the October issue, your editorial observes similarities between Senna and Schumacher; I quite agree. You seem to think that this is a good thing - I do not.…

The European war has left Indianapolis with the only important race in the world this year and international interest will be concentrated upon it. There are certain to be many…

Those readers who scan the advertisements in MOTOR SPORT before they read the editorial matter, and who doesn't, will have seen frequent advertisements for Westover Driving Shoes, but do not…

Its development and racing career By G. N. S. Davis Part 2: The sports cars The Alvis Company had built their last pure racing car in 1927, but this by…

THE Hudson Terraplane and the Railton Terraplane, which is the sports car developed from it, have in the past two years become words to conjure with when the subject of…

Sir, I read with interest your article about the Isle of Man races (Motor Sport, August 1988). There is rather a dramatic story behind Raymond Mays' (ERA R2) retirement in…

Forgotten Makes No. 90: The Calcott WHENEVER the Calcott is mentioned I think of the "Four Cs" — Calcott, Calthorpe, Cluley and Clyno. I have never owned a Calcott but…

BOOK REVIEWS " Jaguar—A Biography," by Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. 273 pp. 81 in. 5 4i. in. (Cassell & Company Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square, London, IV 305.) All the…

Sir, I am amazed at Lord Stokes' attitude concerning the purchase of foreign cars. What is required on his part is the production of vehicles that can compete with foreign…

Mike Wrigley has acquired an ex-Ronnie Peterson March 711 (similar to above) and will race the car at the Monaco Historic GP meeting. The car was previously owned by Martin…

Motoring by the Editor-) Capt. MALCOLM CAMPBELL. IF a whole issue of THE BROOKLANDS GAZETTE were available for this article, and Capt. Campbell could be persuaded to recount a tithe…