Articles from the archive

Sir, Congratulations to Nigel Roebuck and the Motor Sport team on your truly worthy tribute to Gilles Villeneuve in the May issue, 30 years after the tragedy at Zolder. Poring…

FINE RACING AT THE LAST B.A.R.C. MEETING OF THE YEAR. MOUNTAIN CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN WON BY WHITNEY STRAIGHT. MOUNTAIN CIRCUIT LAP-RECORDS RAISED BY STRAIGHT, RAYMOND, MAYS AND L. P. DRISCOLL. THE…

Most of the last eight weeks have been spent following the Canadian-American Challenge Cup and a number of the United States Auto Club's championship events, so since this is my…

Over the last few weeks there has been a flood of publicity for the proposed road race on a section of the new Birmingham inner ring road, including the section…

Well, Owen John went off on his European tour in the latest Crossley in 1929, but he had little to say about it in his diaries, apart from calling the…

For the first time ever British spectators at this year's Le Mans 24 Hour Race will be able to follow the event on radio. Sponsored by Jaguar, Radio Le Mans…

Another restoration.—At a Surrey garage a circa 1911 I5:9-11.p. S.C.A.R. tourer is in process of restoration by a VX:.C. member. A start was made around 1919 to modernise it, by…

Sir, In your article, "The Motor Tricycle" you refer to the banked track at New Brighton, and query whether it survives. Not only does it survive, it flourishes fortnightly to…

Of course it is futile to compare the Volvo 144S with the Rover 2000TC. How can you possibly ,compare a car having dual braking systems, ducted ventilation to the rear…

With Lotus' uncertain future, it could not have justified the development of the new V8 engine if it were to be used only in the low volume (around 500 per…

The famous rear wing was the Chaparral's most obvious aerodynamic appendage, and one which Formula One would embrace wholeheartedly the following year on the basis of the 2F's performances, but…

The huge popularity of the sporting Golf and Scirocco models has resulted in the formation of an owners club. A news and information service is proposed, and to find further details…