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RALLY REVIEW The Sanremo Rally Another Stratos victory IN FOOTBALL CIRCLES it is an accepted fact that teams playing on home ground have a distinct advantage over their opponents who…

" Dfivers Wildest," by Red Daniells. 67 pp. 7 1/8 in. x 4 1/2, in. Soft covers. (Scorpion Press, Manor House, Pakefield Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk. 7s. 6d.) Red Daniells needs…

Stanley Mann made an impressive attack on long-standing British class records at the Lotus-owned Millbrook Proving Ground on May 30. Using his Speed Six Bentley, reputed to be standard except…

In 1904 the Hereford Small Car Trials were held, to demonstrate the practicality of the less-expensive cars. They occupied twelve days and 614 miles, and only four of the 33…

"The Secondhand Car Owner," by Noel D Green and R Barnard Way (Wells Gardner, Dorton & Co Ltd, Redhill, Surrey. 144 pages, 6s.) At first you will, as an experienced motorist, turn up…

Ferrari Beats Ford-Engined Opposition in Prototype Class A.C. Cobra-Fords 1-2-3 in GT category, beating the 250 GTO Ferraris The T.T. has never been certain what sort of race it is…

No. 31—The Gordon According to "Doyle," the Gordon came into being in 1912. It may have gone into production in that year, but Mr. Gordon Armstrong, whose prodigy it was,…

Citroen have decided not to develop and market the proposed right-hand-drive version of the 142 m.p.h. Citroen SM. The left-hand-drive version will continue to be available in this country.

From "Old Maids Remember", by Angela Du Maurier (Peter Davies, 1966), we are reminded of the time when it was possible to drive to Oxford Street in a pony cart,…

More Citroëns. The Victoria Hotel at Slap Roake, Cambodia is using an 11.4 tourer and (below) a pre-war saloon. The Brooklands Society's Reunion is on June 25. Among Brooklands' one-make…

There was no mistaking the aggregate winner of the 37th Tourist Trophy Race. This BMWI Alpina 3.0 CSL won both two-hour heats. Austrian journalist Harald Ertl driving in the first…

Dear AH, I see reader R J Dawson from Weymouth, (Letters, MOTOR SPORT, October 1987) fell into the trap of believing that the BBC Television Grand Prix coverage shows you…