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131LACIFIDOWN SCIVAMIALE Unattempted Event Abandoned with Four Sections out of Six The slime was so plentiful in Sir Elliot Philipson-Stow's estate that the competitors in the J.C.C. Scramble on March…

Sir, As you infer in your editorial, an editor's life is not one heady, garlanded gallop around the glade of the Muses... However, reading The Good, the Mad, and the…

The Ulster car races this year were rather a fiasco, through no fault of the energetic and enthusiastic Ulster A.C. During practice "Bira" ran a big-end and his Zoller-E.R.A. had…

Sir, Regarding the Pokora mystery, one of these cars (probably the one in your picture) was at the country garage at Thringstone near Coalville from 1946 onwards, alongside the alleged…

24 Heures du Mans -- Le Mans 1991The Automobile Club de L'Ouest has dragged the 24 Hours right into the 1990s this year, with a completely new complex that replaces…

Matt Kenseth’s victory in this year’s Daytona 500 was very fulfilling for both the driver and Jack Roush’s Roush Fenway Ford team. It was the first win at Daytona for…

New Italian Cars. I AM writing this before the G.P. de l'A.C.F., when it is still a matter of doubt as to whether the new Alfas and Maseratis will be…

Sir, I was very interested to read the letter from Dan Gurney in last month's Motor Sport. It did not surprise me at all to read the self-effacing manner in…

When Rob Collinge climbed as high as fifth on the 1980 Safari Rally in a Range Rover, it was treated as light relief. The general view was that Collinge must…

NORMAN SMITH'S HOPES. THE DRIVER'S OWN VIEWS. T TR representative in New Zealand was able to have a few words with " Wizard " Smith on his arrival in New…

A 1VOLSELEY HORNET REGISTER? Sir, Having read with interest the "One Make Club" portion of Club News in this month's MOTOR SPORT, I feel that it is time a Register…

COUNT TR011i WIN! AT MONTREUX ETANCELIN GIVES THE FERRARI TEAM A SHOCK BY LEADING FOR MOST OF THE RACE WHITNEY STRAIGHT FINISHES FOURTH, AND HAMILTON FIFTH. THE Grand Prix of…