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THE SPRINT RETURNS TO BERKSHIRE S. Lewis-Evans Breaks Great Auclum Hill-Climb Record in blown Cooper 1,100. Class Records Topple. SPRINTS tend to be overshadowed by races these days, but there…

Porsche plans In 1969 the firm of Porsche were putting as much effort into sportscar racing, both as regards money and materials, as the rest of the racing scene put…

WHITSUN AT BROOKLANDS STAR" WON AT OVER 122 M.P.H. THE LEYLAND-THOMAS GOES UP IN FLAMES. A VARIED PROGRAMME OF MOUNTAIN AND OUTER-CIRCUIT EVENTS. The Whitsun meeting at Brooklands has come…

Sir, As a person of many years association with racing at a far closer range than I, I wonder if you could inform me if an impression I have is…

Jenks on safety, '58 The past two months have been sad ones for grand prix racing, for first Luigi Musso was killed and then Peter Collins, while earlier in the…

I was delighted with the item on Clay Regazzoni. Older readers may recall our Dulon-Porsche twice tangling with the leading Ferrari 312P in 1971 — with Ickx at the Brands…

Stuff! THERE is no doubt that the cult of the sports car was kept alive in the depressing days of 1931-2 largely as the result of the small economical spOrts…

ISLE OF MAN T.T. RACE R. J. B. SEAMAN'S FINE VICTORY ON TEN-YEAR-OLD CAR Seaman won the Douglas race at an average speed of 69.76 m.p.h., winning by 81 seconds.…

A secret hoard on a yankee farm that ended as a blackened ruin On sale at Beaulieu was a Bugatti 57 Galibier saloon. It was described as a ‘barn find’,…

Greg Pajo Car photographers are not known for their patience, but during our epic Highland shoot Greg remained remarkably calm as first the Ferrari, then the Jaguar broke. We suspect…

Sir, My uncle, Captain Harry Pilling, worked for Beverley-Barnes during the period of the Company's existence. I am not sure of his actual position in the Company, but it was…

Heavy rain tried to wash out these annual Vintage Sports Car Club driving tests, but thankfully it failed. Hamish Morton's Bentley did battle against three 30/98s, one of which crawled…