Rover's beloved Mini will be around to celebrate its 40th birthday in August 1999, and that's official. Even more remarkably, the A-series engine will pass its 50th anniversary in 1998…

A proposal for a ‘world engine’ to be used across a range of categories has been put forward by the FIA. Motor sport’s governing body has distributed a working document…

Sir, I have just received my July copy of Motor Sport and would like to thank you for sending it so regularly and also for maintaining your high standard. The…

E. Lyons (498-c.c. Triumph) clocks 39.44 sec.; Raymond Mays (E.R.A.) 39.57 sec. A very instructive invitation meeting. John Bolster makes fastest "unblown" time. For the first time since 1912 both…

N.B. -Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and MOTOR SPORT does not necessarily associate itself with them. -Ed. Bring Back the E-type Sir, I have enjoyed the outpourings of…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them—ED.

There was a most interesting "find" in the recently-published "Being Geniuses Together, 1920-1930" by Robert McAlmon, revised by Kay Boyle (Michael Joseph, 1970). The opening chapter refers to Robert McAlmon's…

— a cliff-hanger Maybe Jochen Mass made the most prophetic remark after winning at Vallelunga, when he commented that the cars would get better, and the drivers would get used to…

"Rolls-Royce — The History of the Car" by Martin Bennett. 184 pp. 111/2 in x 83/4 in (Haynes Publishing Group, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ. £8.95) The past month has seen…

One of the best-loved and universally well-regarded managers on the rally scene, Peter Ashcroft was born in Preston, Lancashire and, after a spell at Gilbey Engineering, joined Ford’s motor sport…

Two Fiat 850s, a saloon and a coupe, recently undertook a 24-hour run at Snetterton. Driven by a team of six, the cars completed the run without attention, apart from…

Snow wonder While most circuit activity comes to halt for the closed season, the sport of ice-racing thrives in winter, and the most glamorous of these Continental events is the…