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Sir, I get myself 48 hours' leave from the 'burg in which I find myself stationed and figure the big city station bookstall may have reading matter more suitable to…

Cooper Beats Lotus at OuIton Park with Stirling Moss Victorious at over 83 m.p.h. Heat Winners: Lotus, Aston Martin and Maserati The British Empire Trophy Race, now for sports cars…

Over the years since 1953 when the European Rally Championship was first inaugurated many different makes have figured in the winning stakes; back in the late 'fifties it was Alfa-Romeo…

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…