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THE " LONDON-EXETER " SOME NEW ARRANGEMENTS ONCE again we have come round to the month of the Motor Cycling Club's classic London-toExeter Trial, and this will be the seventeenth…

TH 4 SOUTHPORT 50-MILES RACE A CLOSE FINISH RESULTS IN A GOOD WIN FOR W. L. THOMSON (AUSTIN). AVARIED entry was received for the 50 Mile Race, which took place…

Return to the Odyssey In October I spent a few days at our editor-in-chief Nigel Roebuck's place in Surrey. As any regular Motor Sport reader knows, Nigel's interests in motor…

This, it should be said, was one of the bigger gambles. When this Jaguar XJR-9LM, chassis number 488, won Le Mans in 1988, it was the greatest triumph in sportscar…

Sir, Further to Doug Nye's mention of Alfa Romeoengined boats, I recently discovered a book about the wartime bomband mine-defusing exploits of my uncle, Commander Edward Woolley, GM and Bar.…

I THINK we can fairly safely assume that war is a novel experience tor the great majority of present-day motoring enthusiasts. Although I was of this world during the 1914-18…

Reg. Parnell's 4 CLT/48 Maserati, which won the Chichester Cup Race, the Richmond Trophy Race and the Third Easter Handicap at Goodwood on Easter Monday, caught at speed by Motor…

S. SMITH & SONS (ENGLAND) LTD MOTOR: Smiths Motor Accessories Ltd., K.L.G. Sparking Plugs Ltd., British Jaeger Instruments Ltd., Smiths Jacking Systems Ltd. CLOCKS & WATCHES: Smiths English Clocks Ltd.,…

Work will be starting soon, if it hasn't already commenced, on the Cadillaes which Briggs Cunningham intends to race at Le Mans this year, having qualified last year. Some further…

The East African Safari Rally No emphasis can be too great when it comes to the severity and car-testing make-up of the East African Safari Rally, success in which has an enormous…

Sir, No doubt the interview with Max Mosley and his views on historic motor sport will raise hackles. The question of 'replicas', facsimiles in Max's more correct terminology, has been…

A Sports Car for the Eighties The Toyota MR-2 has been a tantalising prospect for some time. First we heard news from markets where it had been launched, and the…