The man who brought the British Touring Car Championship to its highest-ever peak in the1990s has been appointed as chairman of the MSA. British motorsport's governing body. Australian Gow takes…

"As in the case of real cars supremacy . . . has now passed to the Japanese".—A strong Oriental bias expressed in Motor recently by Mike McCarthy, writing of plastic…

We hear Jarvis & Sons, of Wimbledon, have a new telephone number—Liberty 8221. Congratulations to Robert Baird on the birth of his second son. Baird hopes to drive Ferraris again this season…

Throughout motorsport's history, amateur competitors have taken on the world with self-built specials. Such a story is that of South African Tony Kotze, who failed to qualify his Assegai for…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them—ED. No Dinos Sir, I enjoyed your excellent Road Test article on the Fiat…

Clark relayed DSJ Sir, Thanks to all for a superb May issue of Motor Sport and especially for the reprint of Jenks's story of the Mille Miglia. This really is…

Keith Norman won the Peter Hanson Trophy for 1-litre F3 cars at the Oulton Park Gold Cup, having rebuilt the only Chevron B15C ever produced. Norman competed in F3 in…

Sir, As an avid reader of your magazine, I was more than a little deterred, not to say hurt, by a certain closing comment in your article on the UK…

Lionel Martin looks back Soon the war will be over and we must look forward. Meanwhile it is pleasant to look back, and in this interesting contribution Lionel Martin describes some…

Sir, After reading such a glowing review of my book-which means a lot to me knowing your vast experience and knowledge of motoring matters and your critical approach to published…

• 75 years of the RAC.—To celebrate its 75th Anniversary the Royal Automobile Club has been holding a series of exhibitions round the country. We went to the one staged…

Sir, I have no wish either to cross swords with my old friend Dennis Flather or to set myself up as the poor man's Dennis Field, but I really cannot…