Archive Bill Boddy Did stealth tactics bring Segrave a '200' victory? Motor racing has produced many curious happenings. But none more so than how Segrave won the 1921 200 Mile Race at Brooklands.… February 2003 Issue By Bill Boddy
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Archive BROOKS AND CONNAUGHT BROOKS AND CONNAUGHT " The June issue of " What's New" contains an article entitled "Dentist in a Hurry," by W. Boddy, Editor of MOTOR SPORT, about Tony Brooks, and… July 1961 Issue By admin
Archive "As it is, our chances at Le Mans are very, very small" Toyota had high hopes of Le Mans success when it launched the latest version of its hybrid sports-prototype. But now after the Spa 6 Hours it has grave doubts that… July 2013 Issue By Gary Watkins
Archive Feedback What's in a name? Sir, I very much enjoyed reading the article about the Honda RA300 (July issue). I was just 12 years old at the time of the Italian… September 2005 Issue By Motor Sport
Archive Daimler Century Daimler Century, by Lord Montagu and David BurgessWise. Patrick Stevens, £19.99. Daimler is our first manufacturer to score a century, and this heavy volume ties in with the company's current… March 1996 Issue By Gordon Cruickshank
Archive 1994 Portuguese Grand Prix Hill on target Despite a practice inversion, Damon Hill duly took the 10 points he needed in Portugal to draw all but level with the absent Michael Schumacher’s World Championship… November 1994 Issue By admin
Archive WORLD SALES WORLD SALES Sir, Recalling the advent of the Ford New Anglia, introduced by the childish and unprecedented method of biased comparison with the Volkswagen, I feel that the time has… October 1961 Issue By admin
Archive For a Change - An Air Display Just as a change from motor-racing, and because crowded roads may induce people to combine motoring with flying, we went to the grass aerodrome at Elstree on May 25th, for… July 1957 Issue By Bill Boddy
Archive Lotus's Colin Chapman: 'You see? It designs itself...' No story on Colin Chapman could omit the word 'innovation'. But his remarkable talent lay not so much in inventing devices as solving problems, and, more crucially, in identifying that… April 1998 Issue By Gordon Cruickshank
Archive Tuning topics WHEN the Escort range was announced, many of the engine specialists offered to fit the 1600 GT Cortina unit as a replacement for the 70 (gross) b.h.p. 1300 GT installation.… January 1970 Issue By Denis Jenkinson
Archive Last line of defence Sadly but inevitably Land Rover has finally called time on the Defender, which will be put out to pasture at the end of 2015, the company either unable or unwilling… December 2013 Issue By Andrew Frankel