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At the Heart Engine Developments Limited is the racing engine manufacturing company of John Judd, and, like many first generation firms, the imprint of the founder is very much present…

We "Miss the Bus" THERE is a certain phrase which has obtained considerable prominence recently concerning "missing the bus," and, as I well know, it can have more than one…

Motor sport programmes scheduled to appear on Sky Channel during late July and August are as follows: Monday July 25, 10pm Toronto CART race Thursday July 28, 9pm Meadowlands CART…

RACING AND THE PUBLIC A BRISTOL CIRCUIT? SOME reference has been made recently In the weekly motoring Press to a possible post-war racing circuit near Bristol. The original suggestion came…

Ferrari’s Dino-badged ‘F2 sports car’ fired Col Ronnie Hoare’s enthusiasm, but this battle was lost before it began Nissan has one. Toyota has one. Mercedes has one. Sub-brands, we call…

When Ford (England) go racing this season with competition versions of the new Escort and a Cosworth V8-powered Group 6 coupé, the cars will be run by Alan Mann from…

NEWS FROM THE U.S.A. BY Our American Correspondent T. MERIWETHER-SMITH BILLY WINN, intrepid Kansas City driver, was the winner of the late July race over the dirt track at Harrington,…

Sir, I was very interested to read Mr. Burnell's experiences with multi-grade oil and his conclusions regarding the price of oil generally. My experiences may serve to substantiate his own.…

Britain's ChampCar race at Rockingham will move forward from September to May next year. The move to the May 3/4 Bank Holiday weekend is a major fillip for the track, whose inaugural ChampCar event nearly didn't…

Sir, When I received the August issue the first words I saw were 'A tribute to Roy Salvadori' on the front cover. In disbelief, I referred to page 20 and…

The Maserati 300S Walter Bäumer Two huge monographs on rare cars in one month! Along with Simon Moore’s Alfa 2.9 work (see over) comes this comprehensive history of the sports-racing…

The title of this article is not referring to Lotus Elans, Morgan Plus Eights, Triumph Spitfires or MG-Bs, but to the International racing category known as Group 5; cars which…