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A decade after Dundrod was closed to cars on safety grounds, this Irish circuit was flourishing and claiming lives. Damien Smith reportsNine o'clock in the morning and, just like anywhere…

THE 241ITRE LEA-FRANCIS /5.7 H.P. 6-CYLINDER FOR HIGH-SPEED TOURING AS might be expected from a firm which has taken such ail active part in. racing and competition work in recent…

Tobacco race in South Africa South African motor racing centres around the annual Formula One Championship which comprises about eight keenly-contested races held mainly in South Africa itself but others…

Interest in pre-1931 cars continues at a high level and so it is not surprising that this feature has attracted some correspondence of its own:—   Sir, Further to your…

"Bodies Beautiful" by John Mclellan. 192 pp. 10 in. x 6 1/2 in. (David & Charles Ltd., South Devon House, Newton, Devon. £5.25). This book is far from the pot-boiler…

A SELECTION OF MOTOR SPORT ROAD TESTS i THAT HAVE APPEARED IN PAST ISSUES I. i i .Make of 1 'a I. Issue 1).p. 2-04_ 2-seater... . . Feb. 1926…

Sir, I have been an avid spectator of motor racing for some 16 years and never, until now, could I accuse the sport of being processional, verging on boring! We…

Sir, At 10,000 and 15,000 miles on Dunlops, Mr. K. Ward should boast, not complain. On my Midget one Dunlop blistered at 6,000 miles and they did sweet damn all,…

...or how the schedule might look if it were driven by sport rather than commerce By Nigel Roebuck Many years ago I asked Frank Williams if he still considered Formula…

His cars won Monaco, Le Mans and Indy. He recalls that Colin Chapman enjoyed acting up to an audience, and that John Surtees was paid well to drive a flexible…

Perhaps I just don't eat enough seafood, but I've never quite been able to picture how the Brabham BT34 earned the soubriquet 'lobster claw' — although its unusual disposition of twin…

"Action Stations— 1: Wartime military airfields of East Anglia 1939-1945" 232 pp, 9" x 6" by Michael JF Bowyer. (Patrick Stephens Ltd., Bar Hill, Ccmtbridge, CB3 8EL £7.95). This is a book…