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Welsh Rally IN what was akin to Acropolis weather conditiorts, Ari Vatancn and co-driver Dave Richards took their immaculate Rothmans Escort to its first victory in this year's Sedan Open…

SAN SEBASTIAN RACES. Bugatti scored yet another success by winning the recent San Sebastian Grand Prix. In this event, run under conditions of grilling heat, their only rivals were the…

The South African Grand Prix, which takes place at the end of this month, should have seen the end of the present Formula for Grand Prix racing, for the 1…

John Plant writes to say that those readers interested in coachwork may like to know that he has a 1936 12/4 Riley with a body built by lmperia of Belgium…

The roads of the 1920's We left Owen John driving various cars in the short-lived General Strike of 1926. 1 have a personal recollection of this emergency, as a boy…

28 GERHARD BERGER (A) Lives: Kundl & Monte Carlo GPs: 153 Wins: 8 Poles: 8 Barnard's chassis, with revised aerodynamics aimed at taming edgy handling. If IB's work bears the…

For the first time since 1948, the British Grand Prix did not take place among the green fields of Buckinghamshire but instead was organised in the industrial north-west of England,…

Apropos our remarks in June about economical vintage motoring, J. W. Moon, tells us he has bought a 1924 "8/18" Humber two-seater. It was used by its first owner for…

For F1 stars, rally heroes and the odd DJ, the Tour of Britain was a break from the day job. Then James Hunt, in a Camaro just like this, got…

Sir, Why is it I always read the 'safety man' in motor racing is always Jackie Stewart; as much as I admire him, he did not start making circuits safe,…

Leonce Girardot had a habit of coming second. Did he lack the ultimate talent or was it just all bad luck? By Bill Boddy When the great sport of motor…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters LONG AGO.—In view of the prevailing dislike by drivers of the high windscreen specified for this year's sports-car races by the F.I.A., there is…