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"Race Proved by Willment" is a phrase which needs no introduction to readers of this magazine. Since its inception little over three years ago the racing division of the John…

Fl Tyres Sir, May I with due modesty agree with everything you wrote in your September editorial on contemporary n tyres, except when you suggest that it should be permissible…

In January's Motor Sport an advertisement offered for sale a car which had been made ready for the Peking to Paris Challenge but which was no longer required since the…

• ■••••■•• CONTENTS The New Formula .... 452 Southsea Speed 2"ria4s 454 The 2i-litre Opel .... 455 Imperial Trophy Race, The 457 In Gay Paris .... 461 International Motoring Fixtures…

Club News WE HEAR As reported last month, the tditor has gone North—temporarily. Alan Skerman did this journey in a Morris with caravan on tow, and his" 16/80 "Lagonda saloon…

The Editor Looks Back on the Cars He Drove During 1977 Nineteen-seventy-seven was an enjoyable motoring year, even if some of the faster, better motor cars eluded me just as…

THIS MONTH'S CONTINENTAL RACES Formula 1 cars, i.e., op to 14 litres sic, up ta 41 litres son-s/e. P.11 — Formula 11 ears, i.e., up to 2 litres non-sic, up…

Group C Round-up Ralf Kelleners won both races as the Group C season concluded at Monza in October. His Porsche 962 outpaced the field, with runner-up finishes going to David Mercer (Spice SE90C) and Paul Whight (Aston Martin AMR1).…

Porsche dons McLaren mantle Porsche ended the five-year McLaren domination of the Canadian-American Challenge Cup Series of sports car races in America with six victories in nine races during 1972.…

Crayford's 3-Litre Escort Driving to work the other day I spotted, in the opposite lane, a rather hairy-looking Ford Escort with a bulge on the bonnet and the word Eliminator…

Gear-boxes and other matters. NE hundred thousand spectators are said to have witnessed the French Grand Prix this year, and there was a strong contingent of English racing drivers and…

When Morland & Co. decided to build a new public-house in Preston Road, Abingdon-on-Thames, they instituted a ballot amongst the townspeople, which showed that the name preferred for the new…