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Motor agent, promoter, early racing reported and journalist, Henry Osbaldeston Duncan was a central figure in establishing the car as a practicable means of transport, as Bill Boddy recall. Those…

The doubters who believe Donington Park has little hope of hosting the British Grand Prix in 2010 look likely to be proved right. But why has the race’s future been…

OKV 1 (a 3 1/2 litre D-type Jaguar) and J. Duncan Hamilton (a native of Berkshire and an engineer with a 10-year record high speed in the Fleet Air Arm…

USED SPORTS CARS FOR SALE. ALFA-ROMEO. Qri Alfa Romeo 1 tf -litre supercharged sports -1-1.)t-n, 2-seater, black and chromium, small mileage. £500. Alfa Romeo British Sales Ltd., 3, Baker Street,…

The fourth International Historic Motorsport Show, now titled Race Retro, enjoyed a record attendance as almost 25,000 people visited the three-day event. With a new date at the end of…

by Doug Baird and Gordon Kniveton. 80pp. 113/4 x 81/4. (The Manx Experience Publishers, 10 Tromode Close, Douglas, Isle of Man. £4). A Private publication, this is the work of…

Crystal Palace, site of motoring exhibitions, trials and races since the very early days, will, on May 18th., be the rendezvous of Alvis owners, all of whom are welcome to…

Grand Prix in the North Oulton Park, August 17th. All motor-racing enthusiasts in the north of England must feel a debt of gratitude to Oulton Park and the Mid-Cheshire Motor…

Historics Sir, (from the Lord Raglan) DSJ's article in your March issue on the making or faking of historic cars raises issues which deserve to be aired, yet I feel…

BSR-Volkswagen 389 Hockenheim, 1989 German Formula Three Championship The bare facts of the 1989 German F3 opener at Hockenheim hinted that a new constructor was about to supplant Ralt and…

London-based property developer and ardent motor racing enthusiast Martin Birrane has saved the troubled manufacturer Lola Cars from extinction, and aims to re-establish it in the Indycar arena in 1998,…

Sir, Having recently returned to UK from active duties overseas, and whilst still recovering from the "shock" of finding myself a humble and much-restricted civilian again, I am deriving considerable enjoyment…