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A Ride to Remember in Renault's Yellow 2-seater Turbo Three days spent in the cold but sunny South of France tend to be more memorable than the same period in…

It is now just one whole year since the present Grand Prix Formula really got under way, for this time last year the Monaco Grand Prix saw the first big…

"Land Speed Record — From 39.24 to 600+ mph" by Cyril Posthumus and David Tremayne. 303 pp, 10 in x 8 1/4 in (Osprey Publishing Ltd, 12-14 Long Acre. London…

Empire Trophy disappointments This year's B.R.D.C. British Empire Trophy Meeting suffered various set-backs that rendered it disappointing. Some explanations seem desirable (although we cannot attempt to explain the title our reporter has…

Ferraris Force the Pace and Vanquish Alfa-Romeo THE Italian G.P. run over 80 laps of the 3.9 mile Monza track on September 16th saw Ferraris set the hottest pace yet, witnessed…

Rauno Aaltonen: 1965 Alpine Rally To lose a rally is bad enough, but when you also lose one of the most coveted prizes in the sport, then it's indeed a bad…

r) k.umh.9s. The Mountain Championship. IT was a pity to see such a poor race for the Mountain Championship. Sir Malcolm Campbell had the race in his pocket the whole…

Emphasis On Sports Cars On the Road with the T.T. Chrysler-Allard 1 T 1,

RB Lakin points out that it was he, then Sub Lt Lakin, RN, who owned the IFS Bugatti which Dick Seaman drove at Brooklands in 1936; Leslie Ballamy had entered…

The British Racing Drivers Club is seventy years old this year. Gordon Cruickshank examines its future and, with the help of its unique archive, looks back to the earliest days…

When staying in Clacton-on-Sea recently I left my car overnight on the street in front of the hotel without lights, having been told in the hotel that this is permissible…

Last month we referred to the vee-twin Hotchkiss engine, in association with some comments about air-cooling. It was an engine destined to give good service in BSA cars made by…