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From blazing cars to victory by inches, the Motor Speedway’s official historian talks us through the most dramatic race climaxes There has long been a saying in the United States,…

History takes a lot of notice of Formula 1, and not enough notice of the rest. Here's a great British driver remembered by F1 only because he turned down an…

With four weeks between the British GP and the German GP, due to the latter event being moved from August 3rd to August 10th so that it did not clash with…

Tribute to fallen GP ace at Shelsley Ferrari and Aston Martin racer to be honoured at hillclimb The life of Peter Collins will be celebrated at Shelsley Walsh in August…

AUTO UNION WINS ITS FIRST RACE VON STUCK VANQUISHES THE FERRARI ALFA ROMEOS IN THE GERMAN GRAND PRIXFAGIOLI (MERCEDES-BENZ) SECOND AND CHIRON (ALFA ROMEO) THIRD. EVERY year of motor-racing produces…

Vintage 'Buses Sir, Your correspondent N. P. Tucker cannot recall the make of the "Comfy Cars" 'buses operating in St. Albans in the 1920s. May I help by reminding him…

Ferrari Defeated by Tyre Trouble After the cancellation of the Belgian Grand Prix, the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium realised what a waste of a good circuit this cancellation was…

Sir, With reference to "Matters of Moment", January, specifically the paragraph mentioning the Tamworth monopoly. In this paragraph you bemoan the lack of a "sporting three-wheeler" of the Morgan ilk,…

Cars in Books Sir, Mr Vic Butler writes of the intriguing story of the invention of a gas turbine racing car recorded in "Sicilian Circuit" in 1933 and wonders if…

Sir, Although we have two Morgan 4/4s and one Morgan Plus Four the family here, including the very first Series V made, and I enjoy very much watching my children…

One of NASCAR's first stars has died at the age of 83. Buck Baker competed in the very first NASCAR race in a Kaiser, gradually became a true front runner,…

April 23 was a memorable clay at Colerne, where the VSCC assembled all manner of interesting devices, for demos and timed kilometre runs. From conventional bicycles to penny-farthings. fast motorcycles,…