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Bob Chamberlain, who brought his meticulously-rebuilt Napier "Samson" here from Australia in 1983, and demonstrated it at Brooklands, Shelsley Walsh and other venues, is anxious to learn more about the…

Speedometer and Rev. Co nters WE have recently inspected the range of S.S. speedometers and revolution counters for sports cars marketed by the Speedometer Sup ply Co., Ltd., of 12,…

D. Howard shines brightest at 40th B.A.R.C. Members Meeting The Cup Final at Wembley and celebrations following the Royal Wedding reduced spectators at the B.A.R.C. Member,' Meeting on May 7th to a handful…

Sir, Recently I was looking through some archives and found this picture (above) of DSJ which I felt summed up his style of life. Goodness knows when it was taken,…

This mountain course in the Colorado Rockies has been testing drivers for almost a century. But this year’s competition was perhaps the last before it is changed forever By Keith…

As this column closed for press, Jimmie Johnson was homing in on wrapping up his fourth consecutive NASCAR Sprint Cup championship, an unprecedented achievement. Johnson scored his sixth win of…

Sir, I read with interest your article "Out of the Past" in January's Motor Sport and noted that you are always interested to see old photographs. I have actually been…

"Thunder at Shelsley Walsh" - that might well be the title of this review of the first post-war Shelsley, the first International event on the British Calendar since hostilities ceased.…

The 2012 season is far from over and yet attention is already turning to 2014 and the return of the turbo to Grand Prix racing. And for most teams in…

Sunday, August 3rd In contrast to the last three years, the VSCC's annual pilgrimage to the Cotswolds for their Prescott Hillclimb was blessed with good weather, resulting in some fine climbs and…

ANOTHER BIG VICTORY FOR " BIRA " INTERNATIONAL TROPHY RACE WON AT 77+ m.p:h. ITALIAN CARS FIRST, THIRD AND FOURTH. THE BROOKE-SPECIAL SECOND. E.R.A.'s OUTCLASSED THE J.C.C. International Trophy Race,…

Hannu Mikkola will contest New Zealand's Dunlop International Otago Classic Rally in a Mk2 Ford Escort BDA. The May event is based at Dunedin and will cover 14 gravel stages.…