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The fifth round of the Sports/Prototype Championship at Spa on 22nd May was won easily by Mike Parkes and Ludovico Scarflotti in a 330P3 coupe Ferrari from Sir John Whitmore…

* The works-backed Jaguar XKR GT2 built by the RSR squad has completed 2000 test miles, team boss Paul Gentilozzi has revealed. Marc Goossens, who drove the car on its…

One of the best-known Lotus 10s is now in the ownership of seasoned racer Malcolm Paul after he acquired it from the family of the late historic racer Adrian Hall.…

• Showtime Soliloquy Less than a week ago the Earls Court Motor Show ended, marking the end of another year. It has been a year marred by riots, floods and…

There is a good deal about T. E. Lawrence's love of speed and his Brough Superior motor cycles in "T. E. Lawrence—Letters to his Biographers" by Robert Graves and Liddell…

Soft tops in April? A bit previous perhaps, but knowing how the first sunny days of spring turn every sane and spirited person's thoughts to wind in the hair speed,…

by Des Hammill & Brian Jenkins ISBN 0954639111 published by Asson, £19.99 Considering Cyril Kieft was in the racing car business a mere six years, it might seem surprising that…

Sir, A motorist bought a new car. He had a great deal of trouble with it and eventually took it back to the manufacturer. A lad in the office checked…

Mr. J. Stoton, 23, Millais, Horsham, Sussex, is the new secretary of the Riley Register, succeeding Mrs. E. M. Hudson who has retired, and Mr. Roger Richmond, 15, Penn Hill…

EARLS COURT, October 18th. TRADITIONALLY the day opened with the B.M.C. Press Luncheon it Grosvenor House, during which Sir George Harriman, C.B.E., expressed the opinion that it is a pity the…

Sir, Having just received the December and January editions of "Motor Sport", I feel I must put pen to paper and rally to the cause and defend the MG Octagon.…

Andrew Frankel witnesses a bold attempt by Mother Gun to reach 130mph once again Thirty years ago Vaughan Davis bought a slice of history. He discovered, in a Sussex barn,…