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Though initially caring little for Motorsport, Woolf Barnato went on to become a multiple Le Mans winner. Bill Boddy recalls the successes of a respected member of the 'Bentley Boys'…

That was the enigmatic title given to a forum held the night before the Northern Guild of Motoring Writers annual test day at the Mintex proving ground, Sherburn in EImet,…

Sir, So Motor Sport has after 25 years decided to expand on its pathetically inadequate comment at the time of Jim Clark's death. "What more can we say?", was all…

A READER VIEWS THE "BUYERS' MARKET" Sir, The motor industry claims to be crippled by purchase tax and unable to survive just because their waiting lists have been reduced from…

Sir, I enclose a photograph of my father in his 6 h.p. single-cylinder De Dion Bouton. I don't know the date of the photo, but I remember riding in the…

Results : XVI SPANISH GRAND PRIX—Formula One—90 laps-306.388 km.—Very hot 1st : J. Stewart (March 701/2) .. 2 hr. 10 min. 58.2 sec.-140.362 k.p.h. 2nd : B. McLaren (McLaren M14A/1)…

"Indianapolis 500-Mile Race History," by Floyd Clymer. (3.50 dollars.) Clymer has done it again, this time with a huge, square-backed 320-page history of the 500-Mile Race held annually since 1911…

Only misfortune prevented a privateer Bentley from winning the inaugural Le Mans 24 hours - and the lessons learned yielded success, as Andrew Frankel relates May 21, 1923: a lone…

Alain Prost had his first car races on asphalt since his 1993 World Championship-winning season when he contested the French GT round at Nogaro over the Easter weekend. Following his…

The nine-day Police National Motorway Safety Campaign (sponsored by General Accident, which has a vested interest) ended on July 29. Any accident is tragic and deplorable, whether it involves road…

LETTERS from READERS BEADNISCENCES Sir, I am very interested in the letters appearing in Almon. Sismer, wherein veterao motorists relate stories of bygone days. I have been driving for 41…

Reports of Recent Events ... 29 R.A.C. British Hill-Climb Championship ... 30 The 3-Litre Bentley ... 31 Personality Parade — No. 12 ... 35 The Edwardian Rolls-Royce ... 36 B.R.D.C.…