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VIII Gran Premio Siracusa

Walk-over for Ferrari Siracusa, Sicily, April 13th. Although the Italians may be trying to suppress real motor racing and confining it to tracks, the Sicilians think otherwise, and the Grand…

May 1958 Issue

ON MEETING THE M.O.T.

ON MEETING THE M.O.T. SOME VIEWS BY WELL KNOWN EXPONENTS OF TRIALS SIJ1ESTORMING, even if it proves nothing and has a bad influence on the design of certain sorts of…

March 1938 Issue

ENTHUSIASM FOR AMERICAN CARS

ENTI1USIASAI FOB AMERICAN CARS Sir, One wonders why Suety surprise is shown when a motoring enthusiast (i.e., Peter Clark. ref. Ntivember issue) drives a Studebaker for tireferenee. This year's Motor…

January 1956 Issue

O.A.P. goes ape

Vittorio Brambilla drove a racing car for the first time since 1981 when he demonstrated former Formula Atlantic team boss Doug Shierson and James King's Beta Utensili March 761 at…

July 1999 Issue

By Andrew Frankel

In brief, December 2009

The Monaco organisers have taken the unprecedented step of moving the date of the Grand Prix from May 23 to the 16th next year. Usually the race weekend is tied…

December 2009 Issue

HOTELS FOR MOTOR CYCLISTS

HOTELS FOR MOTOR CYCLISTS. Many motor-cyclists are unable to afford the somewhat expensive tariff charged by the larger hotels, and in order to meet this difficulty the R.A.C. is considering…

November 1925 Issue

News in brief, September 2005

(See also page 10) The Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sportscar Series will have an additional race at Silverstone on September 10 in support of the inaugural Silverstone 24 Hours. The…

September 2005 Issue

Mark Lovell and Roger Freeman

This accomplished British rally duo were killed in a violent accident on the Oregon Trails Rally in America. Both died when their Subaru Impreza crashed into a tree within a…

September 2003 Issue

Pleasant surprise

Sir, With some trepidation I filled up my 1988 Volkswagen Golf GTi with lead-free fuel, fearing the sort of performance-loss that I experienced with detoxed American cars a decade ago.…

April 1989 Issue

"The Story of Triumph Sports Cars"

By Graham Robson. 189 pp. 91/2 in. x 74 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 56, Fitzjames Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CRO 5DD £3.60). This is the long-awaited history of Triumph cars,…

March 1974 Issue

By Bill Boddy

Rossi four wheel start

Nine-time motorbike world champion Valentino Rossi made his second international race start on four wheels at the opening round of the Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza in April. The Italian,…

June 2012 Issue