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The demand for the new Castrol films "European Motor Racing" and "Motor Cycling World Championships,“ has been so great that every one of the large number of copies is now fully booked to the end of July. We understand…

Reims, France, July 3rd/4th. COMING rather soon after the Le Mans 24-hour race neither Ford nor Ferrari were interested in taking part in the 12 hour race at Reims; so…

THE THINGS THEY SAY " We revert to a much earlier topic . .. the immeasurable debt that the whole vintage and veteran movement Owes to . . Dunlops. On…

A.C.U. One Day Trial. The Auto-Cycle Union has now issued the regulations for the second annual One-Day Sporting Trial to be held on Saturday, iith August, 1928, in the neighbourhood…

"Corvette" by Karl Ludvigsen. 324 pp. 8 1/4 in. 9 1/2 in. (Automobile Quarterly Publications, Princetaten, New Jersey, USA. 20.95 dollars.) Here is the full story of what the sub-title…

B.O.C. PRESCOTT The Bugatti Owners' Club's 22nd National Open Hill-Climb at Prescott on September loth saw Marsh again breaking records, this time with his Et Lotus in a time of…

Sir, As a reader of MOTOR SPORT. for many years may I express my sincere thanks for the fact that you are carrying on publishing. There must be many enthusiasts…

Sir, It was fascinating to read Mark Hughes' piece about Renault's early Fl aspirations in the late 1970s and early '80s. For the sake of accuracy, however, I should point…

The editor takes in the Humber Register Thame Rally, the Veteran Car Club Replica of the 1908 Manchester MC Trial and the Ford Model-T Rally from London to Daventry There…

Sir, The reference to the 1931 German Grand Prix in VEV in the May 1978 issue was of great interest to Me. At that time I was 15 and living with a…

R. Oakes' Volkswagen made best performance in last month's Shenstone & District C.C. V. T. Fellows National Production-Car Trial, and another VW, driven by A. W. Clift, took the Shenstone…

At the VSCC Goodwood DTs that great enthusiast Monica Whincop, arriving as a Passenger in an Aston Martin instead of driving her 1100 HRG as she usually does, gave me…