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Sir, I entirely agree with Mr. Joseph Bayley that an organisation should be formed to co-ordinate sprinting and hill-climbing in the car world. I am thinking principally about dates. I…

Memorable wins for Chris Ball (Brabham BT28) and Neil Fowler (Lola T200) were among the highlights of another first-class Historic Sports Car Club meeting. Ball's Classic Racing Car victory was…

Sir, A few years ago at Goodwood I found myself at lunch in the same sponsor's box as Alan Jones; being rather above his fighting weight, he apparently hadn't squeezed…

Sir, The Nottingham Sports Car Club, greatly impressed by the efforts of the Midland A.C., in raising funds for the B.R.M. machinery lorry, has been considering ways and means of…

5,000,000 Minis There was a party at Longbridge the other day, to celebrate the five-millionth Mini, which we were unable to attend. No regrets, as we do not like champagne…

Letters from Readers. Invicta Driving Methods. I would like to make a few comments in regard to a statement on page 21 2 of the March issue of "MOTOR SPORT,"…

Sir, I have seen many cut-away drawings of motor cars in the twenty years I have been a reader of the motoring Press, but never one so magnificent as that…

Sir, I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Blydenstein's article in the October issue on racing his Borgward saloon in the '50s and early '60s. Around that time I was running Borgwards as…

It was during his spell as a McLaren works driver, first with the Church Farm Racing M10A in Formula 5000 and later as a member of the Grand Prix team,…

A new breed of low-cost tin-top racer will form the basis of the British Touring Car Championship from 2011. ‘Next Generation Touring Car’ rules have been devised to slash build…

Vintage Winners At its AGM the VSCC's 18 main trophies and the MOTOR SPORT Brooklands Memorial Trophy and cash prizes were presented. Limitations of space preclude the full list of…

Sir, I much enjoyed "How Did the Leyland Eight Rate?". The only one I ever saw was in a hay-barn belonging to a country-house hotel at West Wickham in, I…