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CONTINENTAL NOTES by T. G. MOORE Afterthoughts on the French Grand Prix APART from the actual racing, one of the great joys of going to a Continental car-race is the…

Sir, With reference to the letter from Mr. Classey concerning Lt-Cmdr. Kidston and the Meopham air crash, perhaps I may be able to clarify things a little. The Junkers G-AAZK…

The Lola Cars company went into administration with debts of around £3 million shortly before we closed for press, dragged down by the collapse of its ill-starred attempt to re-enter…

"The Riley Manual," by J. A. Robson (Motor Racing Publications, 81a, Grays Inn Road, W.C.1. 92 pp., 8s. 6d.) This manual should fill a long-awaited need amongst Riley Nine connoisseurs.…

The French PM Organisation, promoter of the Grand Prix Historique at Dijon-Prenois, has announced two additional historic race meetings for 2004. A second event will be held at Dijon in…

WHITSUN AT WEYBRIDGE Kaye Don again Lowers the Lap Record with 137 1 37.58 m.p.h. for a lap ! That was certainly the event of Whit-Monday at the track, when…

Tazio at BrooklandsTazio Nuvolari is thought by many to be the greatest racing driver of his era, perhaps the greatest ever. So when in 1933 it was announced that he…

Sir, I was most interested in the letter from B. L. McGrath on the Citroen Light Fifteen. I owned a 1916 model for nearly three years during which period I…

The D'Yrsan Cyclecar from France, already Victorious in some Important Continental Events, coming to Brooklands. The D'Vrsan three-wheeled cyclecar which will be at the Motor Cycle Show next month, cannot…

"Apow0-1••••••?rwa-Nrike-votv."Ap"lpowNpowdo•v-PApivve*Nroulvl PROMINENT SPEEDMEN : I. P. Riddoch. By THE EDITOR. I N early post war days, the writer, being then in the first flush of youthful motor enthusiasm, actually pedalled…

Thanks to Simon Taylor for a wonderful interview with Tyler Alexander in the September issue. So many modern motor sport fans have no idea not only who Tyler and his…

Sir, May I express to you, and particularly Bill Boddy, the sorrow I felt on reading of the death of Denis Jenkinson. As a reader of MOTOR SPORT for over…