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LONG-DISTANCE RACES Although some race organisers maintain that a meeting devoted to a series of short races is a better spectator attraction than a long-distance race, the fact remains that…

The following is one of many letters received; they were expected. We were 100 per cent. keen on the B.R.M. project in 1949 and criticised only when we saw the wrong…

Once upon a time British journalists who wished to remain au fait with the latest Peugeot products without taking a trip across the Channel were wont to work with Mr.…

From November 10th-12th, 221 competitors, starting from London, Kenilworth, Taunton, Cardiff, Norwich, Glasgow and Manchester, drove round the rally route to converge on Hastings for the final driving tests and festivities.…

And so the 77th running of the Indianapolis 500, the self-proclaimed 'Greatest Spectacle in Racing', is history. It was a remarkable race for any number of reasons, ranging from Emerson…

When the British Drag Racing Association in conjunction with Drag Festivals Ltd. brought American-type Drag Racing to the public notice with their Festival in 1964 it seemed that there might…

Storm Warning ANDREW FRANKEL RECKONS THIS BMW MS IS THE FINEST SALOON HE HAS DRIVEN. HE ALSO CANNOT RECALL ANOTHER MORE LIKELY TO CHALLENGE YOUR GRASP ON YOUR LICENCE A…

etti4 /lewd w„„,„,•?•?11111111111r KENTISH BORDER C.C. The third annual Sporting Trial started from Charing, Kent, with sixty-three runners out of an entry of seventy-seven. R. M. Andrews (blown M.G. Midget)…

Having heard that Ralph Stokes accompanied Bill Bengry on the recent Pirelli Classic Marathon at the age of 81, in Bill's Ford Cortina which was second in the 1968 London-Sydney…

Sir, Matthew Franey's article on the ex-Protheree E-type, CUT 7 was another MOTOR SPORT masterpiece which I read with extra interest as Dick was, in this area, our local hero…

American James King will realise a life ambition by racing a Lotus 72 in a selection of classic events in Europe this summer, including the Monaco Historic GP. King raced…

Sir, With reference to Amy Mollison and her Mercedes. Enclosed is a photo taken in September 1934 at Manor Weald Service Station, Milford, Surrey. It shows her driving, with Jim…