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Sir, I adore watching and reading about grand prix racing of the 1970s and '80s including the turbo era but I am not ignorant of the pre and post-war eras.…

Thousands of Britons will cross the English Channel in June to celebrate the 50th anniversary of D-Day. How many of their descendants, though, will make the longer journey to Le…

Pipercross, the Northampton company which produces air filters for competition cars, have launched a range of their polyurethane reticulated foam filters for road cars. They claim that the filters not…

ALFA ROMEO VIEWS FROM BELGIUM Sir, I, for one, eagerly await the next instalment of your long-term assessment of the Alfa Romeo 1750 saloon. For once, however, maybe we readers…

quielyv confide:I MOTOR SPORT is delighted to welcome Paul Radisich as a regular columnist. Winner of last year's FM Touring Car Challenge (saloon car racing's unof ficial World Championship), Paul…

Sir, We were interested to read a letter in your last issue criticising that great British sportsman, Rob Walker, for allowing his name to be used to promote Ford of…

On January 30th, just before the snow came, some of the more active, and hardy, members of the VSCC assembled at Brooklands for driving-tests. It was rather early in the…

By Graham Robson ISBN 085429 926 2 Published by Haynes, £19.99 It was 50 years ago that Standard revitalised the ailing Triumph name and began to enter TR2s in motorsport,…

This year's Motor Sport Clubs Trophy, contested at Club Silverstone Race Meetings, has been won jointly by A. J. Nurse and J. Venn. Consequently, the first and second prizes (£50…

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John Willment, the man whose JW Automotive team played a massive part in Ford's famous hat-trick of Le Mans 24 Hour victories between 1967-69, died in May. He was aged…

A SPECIAL GWYNNE EIGHT Smuch interest has been aroused by recent references in these pages to the Gwynne Eight, which shares with the " 808 " Talbot the distinction of…