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Sir, Where is Mike Hawthorn in your all-rounder list? Starting with his world championship, one must include his sportscar victories at Le Mans, Sebring, the Supercortemaggiore (twice) and in the…

VINTAGE POSTBAG "The American Invasion" Sir; The " Cat-cycle " (i.e., The Cyclecar) surely dates it somewhere between November 19 t 2 and October 1913, at which date The Crciecar…

I was reminded of the Lancia Lambda by a letter in the VSCC Bulletin debating whether this landmark vintage car was made in production form with very narrow rear doors…

• CLUB AFFAIRS The Thames Estuary A.C. is tiiuv well under way and has held several events. Its club nights will be held twice a month as from Oetober 8th,…

THE SIX-CYLINDER MATHIS—continued. by the intended alteration from km.p.h. to m.p.h. for the instrument. A further improvement would be some simple form of clamp to secure the wheel jack, pump…

HIGH SPEEDS ON THE SANDS. SOUTHPORT CLUB'S LAST MEETING. TN spite of the rather wet surface of the sand and the showery weather, the championship meeting held at Southport on…

For Ayrton Senna fans, and there are a lot of them among the paying public, in spite of the anti-Senna lobby among the English press, the 48th Monaco Grand Prix…

We have received the following from Mr. A. F. Atterbury: I started working for Rolls-Royce at Derby as an errand boy at the age of 14 in February 1935 for…

An argument over the Resource Restriction Agreement is threatening the future of FOTA, the F1 teams' organisation. Some teams are convinced that Red Bull Racing is spending more than it…

Bill Boddy In 1956, wanting a more sporting vintage car than my worn-down light examples (a writer's pay!) I went with Jenks to see a £90 Sunbeam advertised by a young RAF chap. But it…

Sir, I notice that there has been some correspondence about Kipling's cars. He must have been something of a Rolls addict, as two or three years ago I recall having…

Silverstone, April 8 1950s Sports Racing Cars 1 Tony Bianchi (Farrellac Allard); 2 Barry Cannel! (Willment-Climax); 3 Jamie McIntyre (Rejo Mk4); 4 Mark Gillies (Maserati Tipo 61); 5 Stephen Gibson…