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VINTAGENTS AT PRESCOTT VAUGHAN IN THE BECKE POWERPLUS MAKES FASTEST TIME. ALLARD (ALLARD) PUTS UP BEST SPORTS-CAR TIME A1:f .11( )17( II it rained heavily at Prescott on the occasion…

BMW’s shock decision to withdraw from Formula 1 at the end of this season has left Peter Sauber fighting to secure a future for the team he founded, and which…

Sir, My son takes your publication monthly, and I take an interest in it, particularly in the correspondence columns concerning the reliability or otherwise of British cars. We see only…

ROAD NEGLECT MENACE FOR. some time MOTOR SPORT has drawn attention to the increased danger to drivers of fast cars from road surfaces which, for reasons of socalled econotny have…

This year marks the 60th anniversary of not only the Formula 1 World Championship – introduced in 1950 – but also of 500cc “poor man’s motor racing” receiving full recognition…

Brooklands enthusiasts would do well to flock to the Fairfield Halls, Croydon, at 7.30 p.m. on Bank Holiday Monday, May 27th, when the feature film "Death Drives Through", made at…

Since its introduction to Britain two years ago, the Peugeot 205 GTI has taken on the mantle of a 'cult' car. Other hot hatches may out-perform if and may offer…

A nine-year partnership of pride and prolific engine building Contrast is the key to the two characters who left John Willment's bulging competition team nine years ago to form what…

From 1921-1938 the BARC introduced a 120mph badge, the first of which was won by K Lee Guinness in a Sunbeam. Then in 1928 a pendant was added to the…

The people of Basildon had never seen anything like it. For two all-too short hours on July 5, the dual-carriageways of the Essex new town reverberated to the sounds of…

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• The Hampton Downs track in New Zealand will host two Bruce McLaren Festivals on back-to-back weekends in January. The MSC Formula 5000 Tasman Cup Revival Series starts at Ruapuna…