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It's spindly and can be fractious, yet this buzzbomb hasn't stopped competing from the time Ivor Bueb climbed aboard 47 years ago. Gordon Cruickshank explains how this stepping stone to…

Sir, The article under the above heading by "M.G.D." contained two inaccuracies and made one notable omission. The opening race at the Clubman's Championship meeting, variously described by your contributor…

"Steering-column lever has no means for lubrication without dismantling and seems to be slightly stiff now." "Synchromesh inoperative from new - two lots of cones inserted, then renewed free by…

 The World's Racing Cars and Sports Cars  by Douglas Armstrong. 208 pp. 5 in. by 7-5/8 in. (Macdonald & Co. (Publishers), Ltd., 16, Maddox Street, London, W.1.  15s.) This landscape…

The Vintage Sports-Car Club has announced a very full fixture-list for 1993. Its events open to non-members as spectators include two Silverstone race meetings (April 3 and June 12), speed-trials…

A section devoted to old-car matters VSCC Silverstone driving tests (December 2nd) So many cars were seen going towards Silverstone that we thought a race meeting was imminent. Actually, the…

Memorials are erected in memory of statesmen, politicians, Sherlock Holmes and rightly, to deceased racing drivers. I have stood respectfully before a few. In 1922 in the French GP at…

BRITAIN'S FIRST GRAND PRIX VICTORY Some Details of the Sunbeam Success at Tours in 1923 ALL SET FOR BATTLE.—The great French driver Albert Divo and his mechanic Hivernet ready for…

Moments from the life of Keke Rosberg. The 1982 World Champion has always been a fine story-teller — and well able to tell a tale against himself. Rosberg's sense of…

The Leinster Trophy Car Race is to be held again this year, the date fixed being July 2oth. The event will take place at Tallaght, Co. Dublin, and the circuit…

BETTER STREET LIGHTING THE steady increase in night traffic emphasises the necessity for adequate and efficient illumination of roads and streets. The Automobile Association has recently closely investigated street lighting…

The Morgan Three-wheeler Club elected 23 new members recently, three of them via Motor Sport. Les Hommes a l'Hispano have compiled a register of 43 Hispano-Suiza owners in this country. Their…