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From a modest grid, John Harper claimed another BRDC Historic Sportscar victory at Snetterton in his well-sorted Cooper Monaco; a week before the high-profile Oulton Park Gold Cup race, not too…

This is the 90th anniversary of the prototype Morgan threewheeler, to be celebrated with Morgan's Challenger Contest, involving a VSCC race, three VMCC races, a hill-climb at Oliver's Mount, and…

Malcolm Campbell (London), Ltd., of 27, Albemarle Street, London, W. I, has a very fine sports chassis in the 17-30 Itala, this being the type on which he has twice…

HERE AND THERE. News Items from all parts of the World. A New 172 c.c. Sports Lightweight. It is of interest to note that Laxton's Garage and Engineers Ltd., of…

If you drive for Williams you are expected to win races and challenge for championships. So when it was announced that this famous Formula One team would run the Renault…

Sir, When I visited the Motor Show last week I was pleased to see the enthusiasm the representatives of Some of our smaller producers showed for their cars. In particular…

by Adriano Cimarosti. 432 pp. 11 1/2" x 9". MRP, Unit 6, The PiIton Estate, 46, Pitlake, Croydon, CRO 3RY £29.95 What an ambitious idea! The full history of GP…

A number of famous names from Austin Healey history will attend the 50th anniversary of the launch of the Healey 100 this August. Centred around a special race meeting at…

At present I'm working on a book, and a self-indulgent one at that, for my publisher has left the choice of content to me. So long as I keep to…

A strange situation has arisen in the Grand Prix world, for after winning the 1969 World Championship with a Cosworth V8-powered Matra, Stewart now finds himself facing the 1970 season…

Just before the Spanish Grand Prix, word went round that FIA President Max Mosley and F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone had summoned team bosses to a secret 24-hour brain-storming session. The…

On June 25 a representative turn-out of VSCC racing members presented themselves at the 1.456-mile circuit on the South Wales coast for a nine-race Parry Thomas Memorial confrontation. Many vintage…