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THE ENGLAND-AUSTRALIA TEN-DAYS' FLIGHT KINGSFORD -SMITH'S ACHIEVEMENT WHEN it became known that Wing-Commander Kingsford-Smith intended to fly back to Australia it was generally anticipated that he would set up a…

Spectators engrossed in the enthralling Frank Sytner vs Nick Faure battle at the head of the GT field in the Coys' Silverstone Historic meeting might have been forgiven for overlooking…

In California vehicles such as racing cars, dragsters, go-karts, competition motorcycles and so on, which are not used on the public highway, have to be registered, which costs 15 dollars,…

Need a car for the Mojave? This could be it Factfile Price: £167,900 Engine: 6.0 litres, 12 cylinders, twin turbochargers Power: 616bhp @6000rpm Torque: 590lb ft @2000rpm Transmission: eight-speed automatic,…

"When he joined the factory Porsche team it was funny. All the other drivers were... not old, but about the age that seemed to be correct for factory drivers. Then…

CONTENTS. ditorial Notes ... ••• ••• ••• The Internation.11 Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy ••• • •• Races PAGE 3 4-6 The Lightweight Race ••• ••• ••• ••• 7-8 The Senior Race…

Regulations for the Brighton Speed Trials, to be run off on Monday, September 1st, are now available from N. R. Wilkinson, 238, Preston Road, Brighton. Entries close July 31st. "Motor…

Sir, I must disagree with Simon Yates' letter in last month's Motor Sport. As he states, Grand Prix racing is a highly exciting sport, but it is also an extremely…

" 'Motor Cycling' Road Tests - 4th Series." 60 pp. 10 1/2 in. by 8 1/4 in. (Temple Press Ltd., Bowling Green Lane, London, E.C.1. 5s.) This annual reprint of…

Riccardo Patrese is an enigma. He was once seen as the Bad Boy of Formula 1, arrogant and wild, and so disliked by some of his fellow drivers that they…

Sir, To follow up on the Melhalla circuit and whatever happened to it, contact your friends at Automobile Quarterly. In the late 1970s or early `80s, they did a superb…

Kids can be so greedy. Surely the spectacle of Gilles Villeneuve dragging half his Ferrari around Zandvoort and Alan Jones notching up a third straight win in the new-fangled Williams…