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By withdrawing their entries shortly before the Le Mans race and announcing their intention of withdrawing from European sports car races Austin-Healey called forth considerable criticism. The French sporting paper…

Motoring art has captured the imagination of collectors since the first automobile took to the road. It is a fascinating subject covering many areas of collecting including literature, printed ephemera…

New Records for Eldridge. On his return from Indianopolis, B. A. D. Eldridge brought with him a two-litre straight-eight miller racing car, a special crankshaft to transform the engine to…

PRACTISE day at Shelsley Walsh for the National Speed Hill-Climb, organised by the Midland A. C. promised well for conditions were dry and A. E. Marsh recorded 35.5 sec., well…

A lasting memory of the 1986 VSCC Cadwell meeting on August 24th was an incident which took place just after the Williams Trophy race when the winner, Martin Morris in…

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Photographs All MOTOR SPORT copyright photographs from this and past issues are available at the following prices :— 12" X 8" x 15" 10" .. 12/each 6/„ 64" x 84"…

CONTRIBUTORS In the racing world there are certain watering holes which have a particular significance: Rosie's Bar at Monaco, the Green Man at Silverstone, The Phoenix at Hartley Wintney for…

A Race of Incidents Adenau, May 19th What the 1,000-kilometre race entry lacked in quality this year it made up in quantity, for 92 cars were entered and 67 actually…

September 19-21 Magny-Cours (F) TGP pack descends on home of French Grand Prix. Tel: 01621 892814 20/21 Angouleme (F) Annual Circuit des Remparts is an overlooked gem with glorious street…

Readers continue to feed this feature. I have been told that in Younger Brother, Younger Son - A Memoir, by Colin Clark, whose father Lord Clark was known for the…

Having been so favourably impressed by the Wankel-engined Mazda 110S (Motor Sport, April 1968), I was anxious to discover whether the Mazda 1500 saloon was equally advanced in the field…