(March 21st/22nd) FERRARI'S DRAMATIC VICTORY AS SPRING follows winter so the Sebring 12-hour race follows the Daytona 24-hour race and the field at the 12 hours is often a reflection…

As part of the celebrations for the Canadian Centennial Year, the FIA sanctioned a Formula One race to take place on the 3.956km. Mosport circuit just outside Toronto. The Canadian…

The 50th Indianapolis 500-mile race will be remembered for two major upheavals, other than the lap one crash. Firstly, it is the end of an era, the era of the…

The pleasant, unruffled atmosphere which prevails at Goodwood normally was upset on September 22nd, when the final races counting towards the MOTOR SPORT Trophy were run off. At the commencement…

D.S.J. STARTED me on the downward slope towards becoming a Porsche fanatic and an appreciator of sophisticated fun motoring. In the late '50s, while I used a Jowett Jupiter and…

The energies of the majority of speed-shop proprietors are directed towards extracting high bhp figures from small displacement engines, with the idea of turning Britain's small saloons into "Q" cars capable of…

At the vast Estoril Autodrome in Portugal, little Rene Arnoux finally clinched the 1977 European Formula Two title in his Martini-Renault Mk. 22. He finished second in the October 1st…

Ford's long-awaited and much-rumoured new model at last made its debut on May 19th. Named the "Consul Classic" 315, the new car is a trifle disappointing on first acquaintance as it…

Ford-Ten-Engined Specials Supreme The Gloucester Trial run by the North West London M.C. was the 31st in a series run by this 45-year-old club. The "Gloucester" is one of the…

After three rounds in what looks like being a tough year of Formula Two, there have been three different winners, in three different makes of car and using three different…

Driving one of the Tour de France Ford Mustang 289s The Ford Mustang can be regarded as the first fruit of the American Ford Motor Company's lavish competition programme, which…

The year of the new young hopefuls Over the years the lesser FIA formulae, like the European Formula Two championship and the various national and international Formula Three championships, have often…