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August 5/6 For the second time in seven weeks, James Baxter pipped Mac Hulbert to win a VSCC hillclimb. It was the final run of the weekend that proved the…

Terrible luck struck the ex-Reinhold Joest Porsche 962C of Aaron Hsu at last month's Historic Sportscar Racing Thundersports Enduro series opener at Daytona International Speedway. Leading by more than a…

By Cecil Clutton For the first part of this article, see Motor Sport for January 1941. At that time, the cars I had owned were as follows. Like all properly…

Every year, due to the exigencies of flat-beds and the Motor Sport print-run, I am given the unenviable task of reporting the London Motor Show before it opens, which means…

New Goodwood meeting promises even wider range – as long as you’re in the GRRC We’ve become used to the double highlight each year of the Festival of Speed and…

Peter Gamier, Editor of Autocar from 1968 to 1975 has died, aged 81. After joining The Autocar in 1950, he became its Sports Editor in 1955. As well as heading…

France's Classic Grand Tourers by William Stobbs. 183pp. GT Foulis and Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset, BA22 7JJ.£24.95. This is a coffee table sort of book that contains some fine colour…

Crowd trouble at some football matches seems to be on the increase, but this unhappy trend is not, thank goodness, seen at motor races,where far larger and equally partisan crowds…

RACE HELD ON MARCH 26TH, 1933. PauvrouS WINNERS. 1928 Lehoux (B ugatti), 120 k.p.h. 1929 Brilli-Peri (Alfa Romeo), 134 k.p.h. 1931 Varzi (Bugatti), 138 k.p.h. 1932 Varzi (Bugatti), 145 k.p.h.…

The last Formula One race to he held was the United States GP at Watkins Glen, and that was on October 5th, almost three months ago; during that time an…

THE EASTER MEETING OF THE B.A.R.C. The Car Racing Season Opens with an Exciting Meeting. EXCELLENT racing was witnessed at Brooklands by a crowd estimated at between 20,000 and 25,000…

Although I suppose the Audi 100GLS with a mere four cylinders is now overshadowed by the latest Audi models with five cylinders apiece, I rate it as a very good…