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The life and racing career of Denny Hulme will be celebrated during the New Zealand Festival of Motor Racing, which will run over two weekends in January at the Hampton…

Mar 16: The Lola T92/50 F3000 car proves quick in testing. DAMS confirms a two-car order on the strength of Jean-Marc Gounon's lap times at Le Mans, the first time…

Seats of learning Now in its 15th year, Formula Student gives aspiring engineers a helping hand – and F1 teams are quick to take notice Imagine for a moment what…

To most people a Porsche is the peak of attainment, and being seen in a convertible Porsche the acme of delight. As a driver's car it rates highly, too. To…

On New Year's day we set off in the 1929 Sunbeam in torrential rain for the VSCC Verzons meet. Over 100 other vintage cars braved the weather. We saw first…

The VSCC used the quarter-mile Stratford County Raceway for its October speed trials. Paul Richardson's 1959 5.3-litre Lister-Chevrolet made FTD in 12.24sec. Best time by a pre-war car was that…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters THE "BOXING NIGHT EXETER" Once again, at the close of last year, the Editor decided to combat senile decay by motoring to Exeter through…

Mike Fountain, who has owned an ex-Victor Gillow Riley Special since 1984, and races it at VSCC meetings (right), wants to fill in its history. Gillow built the car with…

Now that the racing season is well under-way and following the various events around the Continent entails motoring something like 5,000 kilometres per month, it is not surprising that a great deal…

World Champion Constructors At a casual glance one might be forgiven for thinking that the Frank Williams Formula 1 team had a pretty disastrous year in 1981, compared with their 1980…

It should have been Porsche’s day but when Stuttgart foundered, John Wyer’s team was ready. Adam Cooper recalls what happened next The 1969 24 hours is remembered as the closest…

NOTES ON THE A.C.U. INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS' TRIAL. ALTHOUGH not a "sporting event" in the strict interpretation of the term, the International Six Days' Trial calls for more than passing…