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It's not unusual for drag racers to contest several classes a year, as American ace Melanie Troxel explains It’s a shame that modern Formula 1 drivers don’t regularly race in…

Buying British I read Mr. Dorman's letter just before I took off for Brighton for a week's holiday and am writing this immediately on my return having covered 1,440 miles…

The London-to-Cowes Race Six Finishers in B.M.B.C's Event. THERE were eight starters for the British Motor Boat Club's London-to-Cowes Race which took place on Sunday, 13th July. The start was…

CLASS RESULTS 8,001-5,000 0,0. 1. Bugatti (J. P. Wimille ; R. I3enoist). "". Delahaye (J. Paul; Mongin). S. Delahaye (R. Dreyfus; H. Stoffel). 2,001-8,000 c.c. 1. Pelage (de Valence ;…

Italian rally legend Sandro Munari’s love affair with the Targa Florio road race began in 1967 with a Lancia, culminating in a dramatic win for Ferrari in 1972 By Anthony…

by Chris Nixon ISBN: 85184 066 3 Published by Transport Bookman Publications, £39.95 Painstakingy edited by acknowledged pre-war grand prix expert Chris Nixon, The Robert Fellowes Collection is a wonderful…

The sale of Jaguar Racing and Cosworth closes the book on Blue Oval's GP glories Ford management's decision to pull the plug on its involvement with the beleaguered Jaguar Racing…

In Autocar recently Steve Cropley, whose page I always read first, in establishing which was the first car to win Le Mans on its initial appearance there, called Lord Selsdon…

There is no doubt that on the quieter, less-congested roads that existed in this country in the 1920s many unusual cars were still in use, cars which would raise the…

Printed by W1GHTMAN & CO., LTD., Regency Street, London, S.W.1, and Published by the Proprietors, MOTOR S.Poicr (1929) LTD., 39, Victoria Street, London, S.W.1. Agents for Australasia : GoaDoN &…

During February 1944, that wartime-formed body, the Midland Motoring Enthusiasts' Club, published, in the motoring Press, an invitation to the secretaries of the various motoring clubs to attend a meeting at which it…

WHY NOT RACE AT PARIS? READERS who have shunned the idea of racing abroad on the score of expense, will be interested to know that G. T. Symons and Co.,…