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The competition aligned against him was the toughest our hero had yet faced, but he gave a performance to crystallise his outstanding season and enable his legendary step into Formula…

WHAT THEY COST Car Dellow Mk. II ... M.G. TD Midget Triumph Sports Morgan Plu s Four Jowett Jupiter Mk. IA Allard Palm Beach Consul H.R.G. 1,100 ... Austin-Healey Hundred…

Following closely on Brian Demaus' picture book of motor vehicles in rural England comes Bob Montgomery's The Irish Roadside Camera: The Years of Growth, 1907-1918, illustrating 165 such scenes in…

"RACE DECLARED VOID." THE SECOND STORY TO BE SELECTED IN OUR JOHNSON MOTOR COMPETITION. THE droning snarl of a racing outboard echoed across the lagoon, through the palmtrees, and across…

The six, outstanding cars for 1966 are the Oldsmobile Toronado, Plymouth Satellite, Chevrolet Caprice, Mercury Comet GT, Buick Riviera and Pontiac Tempest Sprint, says Car Life. The Toronado, to which…

In 1969 four-wheel drive was supposed to be the next big thing in F1. But the theory proved hard to put into practice By Paul Fearnley Silverstone shimmered under a…

The GP that never was THE ANNIVERSARY OF ME 1939 DONINGTON Grand Prix that was never held, because war had intervened, was remembered by a news item from the Donington…

Avon Racing Tyres When Goodyear pulled out of Formula One at the end of last year, and Michelin only guaranteed to supply racing tyres to everyone until the European season started, the…

The Fiat Suspension. Following the appeal lodged by the Italian R.A.C. against the suspension of all Fiat cars all over the world in competitions, it now transpired that the cause…

SHELSLEY AGAIN ON MAY 28th! Once again, on May 28th, we shall all trek to Shelsley Walsh for the first 1938 Shelsley Walsh open organised by Leslie Wilson and the…

A challenge to Formula One? HERALDED as having the same spectator appeal as Formula One motor racing, Formula One circuit power boat racing is a sport which has catapulted from…

The 30th anniversary of the revived Circuit des Remparts at Angoulême will run on Sunday September 21 with a day of racing on the tight street circuit in the historic…