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Sir, I have recently been looking through some ten-year-old copies of Motor Sport. One particular change which I notice,! was that the 1950s "Sports" contained a much better list of events.…

MR. LAURENCE POMEROY Technical Editor of "The Motor," frequently and very rightly puts forward the advantages of the streamline form of fast car. A recent article of his on this…

"If we stick to the things at which we excel, whether it be producing Tommy Coopers, Mini Coopers, whisky, children's toys, wheat or beef ... or mini skirts that are…

A fire and an airport strike hampered Dan Gurney’s bid to race at Monaco ’68, as Jo Ramirez tells Rob Widdows Jo Ramirez is best known for his long stint…

A RECORD INDIANAPOLIS SOME DETAILS OF AMERICA'S CLASSIC " 500 " There is something unusually attractive about a ,race which carries on, year after year, with the same track and…

BODY/CHASSIS Sills behind stainless steel sill trim. Jacking points and outriggers. Rear radius arm pick-up points. Rear cross member above differential. Fuel cover underneath offside rear footwell. All footwells especially…

It is easy to forget that the San Marino Grand Prix is a relative newcomer to the World Champion Formula One season, and a lot of readers have probably forgotten…

Liverpool has claimed the 2009 Superleague Formula title after its driver Adrian Valles finished both the final two races of the season in the points. The one-time GP2 driver arrived…

Introduction In post-war years the general motoring public has become much more performance-minded, from owners of the ever popular two-seater sports cars down to those with 8-h.p. family saloons. This…

An Afternoon Amongst the Gerard Rileys by Sir Anthony Stamer, Bt. IT was one of those afternoons when the clouds were very nearly sitting on the vast pools of mud…

Nothing much has come in this time on which to build this feature. A reader kindly contributed an amusing relic from the dim and distant past in the form of…

Sir, I greatly enjoyed Paul Fearnley’s article on McLaren after Bruce, and the fascinating memories from insiders therein. The only problem was that I was left wanting more. Thus I…