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SCARBOROUGH'S SOCIAL PRESTIGE As most followers of the Sport are aware, the Scarborough and District M.C. have a proposal afloat to establish a very ambit otis 9-fr mile road-course just…

Sir, With reference to David Rocker's forthright condemnation of restrictions on technical development in F1, and his criticism of "fuel efficiency" proposals, I am not a little surprised at his…

Joakim Bonnier drove a Sunbeam Rapier into second place in the Twelve-Hour race run in Stockholm recently, despite a miscalculation which caused him to run out of fuel and lose…

NOMENCLATURE It strikes us that the naming of different types of bodywork is due for some fresh thinking. Open cars are still called "tourers." Isn't a modern closed car, especially…

By Nigel Roebuck For Rosberg, China win could be the first of many Jean-Pierre Beltoise’s only F1 victory, 40 years on During his very irst Grand Prix, at Bahrain in…

Martyn Griffiths, pictured above at Prescott in his Pilbeam MP4O-Hart, took the 1979 RAC HilIclimb Championship title by a whisker from March 79B-Hart campaigner Chris Cramer. Griffiths held a healthy…

Fifteen thousand e-mails in a few hours, expressing happiness, disappointment, predictions, surprise: this was the reaction on December 23 after the announcement that Mercedes had hired Michael Schumacher. It was…

Laycock Engineering Ltd have issued a Centenary brochure, having been making their well-known products for the automobile and engineering industries since 1920, the original Company being founded in 1880. The brochure…

The history of the Formula 5000 category in Britain will be celebrated at the Oulton Park Gold Cup on August 30/31, with event organisers issuing a call for all former…

Former World Rally champion Björn Waldegård will head the entry list for the fourth East African Safari Classic Rally when the 2600-mile event starts in Mombasa on November 22. The…

HONORARY DISTRICT AGENTS. Captain G. Maund, New St. W. A. Singleton, 114, Sutherland St. Percy Watson, i and 2, Winchester Rd. R. Jackson, 24, Cecelia Rd., Feniscliffe. T. Sharpies, Rawcliffe…

AUSTIN A99     Stand 102 Although using the same basic body style as the smaller Farina models the A99 seems to look a better-balanced car. With the Austin Healey…