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Sir, With regard to Moss versus Clark in your 'Uncrowned Duels' feature (August issue), the most telling comparison was at the 1961 German GP at the Niirburgring: Moss in the…

Surveying those who watch . . . Publimotoring of Geneva have released more figures showing the kind of people they found watching 1979 Grands Prix. They asked just over a…

Dijon Historic Grand Prix Jon Minshaw and Martin Stretton bagged another endurance success at a former French GP track when Dijon hosted its annual historic event in mid-July. They guided…

When the Bira/Chula "White Mouse Racing Stable" was reformed in 1946 Prince Birabongse raced again with his 1936 ERA "Romulus" and the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM, but once racing really got…

Sir, I greatly enjoyed reading your interview with Ron Tauranac in the December issue — surely he must rank as one of the most prolific and versatile racing car designers…

B h ,g .1, h, V 2 n'e 7AICHAEL CONLON H.el Park, MI, USA

Sir, Enclosed is a photograph of the Rhode I used in the summer of 1972. This was a 1922, 9.5 h.p., o.h.c. It only had a single brake drum on…

On April 13th the VSCC has its first 1984 Silverstone Race Meeting, with a High-Speed Trial preceding the eight or nine races, which include the 10-lap Pre-War Racing, Vintage Racing,…

Sir, It was with the greatest interest that I read in your admirable "Chauffeur's Corner" series of Reg Smith and the splendid stable of cars belonging to the Perrins family…

Makinen becomes second man to score RAC hat-trick It's odd how a point made by Motor Sport will often be repeated much later by a more general news medium, written…

The mixture as before was the order of the day at Goodwood with the leading contenders in the Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Trophy looking for more points in this penultimate meeting counting…

Sir As your Le Mans preview article (June issue) aptly pointed out, the fight between the ACO and FISA/FIA was all about control, particularly lucrative television rights. A funny thing…