Sir, In 1966, I was a 15-year-old schoolboy who hitchhiked or cycled to race meetings in the south-east of England. I could afford the entry fee but not a paddock…

Sir, With reference to the starting methods for Rolls-Royce armoured cars. My credentials are that I was a driver of them, as a member of the RAF Armoured Car Wing…

Sir,  We are not certain whether we should adopt a note of stuffy indignation or one of ribald hilarity — we are sure, however, that we have been shocked out of our…

Today it's news, tomorrow it's history. Formula One sensation Jenson Button is too young to have much of a history, but he has made plenty of news over the past…

Gerald Ashmore: A member of a well-known motor-racing family, Gerry Ashmore started racing only last season, with an immaculate D-type Jaguar, but immediately made his mark with spectators by his spectacular but…

101 cars entered this years VSCC Welsh Weekend Trial, all of proper pre-1931 vintage; they included 31 A7s, 12 Ford Model-As, five 30/98s and five 4.5-litre Bentleys, which made a…

Jim Hall, creator of the Chaparral cars, will be the honorary chairman for the eighth Annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, held over the weekend of March 7-9 in Florida. "We…

Sir, I very much enjoyed Alan Henry's article on that most enduring of racing cars (Lotus 72:The Most Sumessful GP Car Ever, May) but would take issue with the claim…

Opinions ... Sir, Your leader article on the prosperity of the British Motor Industry was of interest, but lukewarm—or alkaline—in tone. One reason for the ascendancy of Germany—as quoted by…

"Cape Cold to Cape Hot," by Richard Pape. 256 pp. 9 in by 53/4 in. (Oldhams Press Ltd., 96 Long Acre, London, WC2. 18s.) This is a book by a journalist rather than…

John Buffum's second place to Hannu Mikkola on the Carson City Rally was enough to collar his eighth SCCA PRO Rally title. British duo Trevor Hadley/Phil Birt won the Group…

The Schumacher era Dieter Streve-Mühlens/Rainer W Schlegelmilch Schlegelmilch's stunning photography is the heart and soul of this beautiful coffee-table tome covering Formula 1 in the years when Michael Schumacher was on…