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What better way to build up for the classic 12 Hours than a festival of old-car action at America's most famous airfield track? Bob Harrington reports Historic Sportscar Racing's forte…

The new Bentley Brooklands offers a superb ride for its weight – just expect to join a long waiting list for one. By Andrew Frankel One of the things that…

It may no longer play host to the top international and British stars, but Mallory Park is still going strong. Marcus Simmons pays his respects Mallory Park — the only…

Arguments over its nationality swing back and forth, but 50 years on, the Cobra, with its Yankee muscle and British breeding, is still too big for one passport Even now,…

No 70: The Vortex The Vortex is indeed a "forgotten make." which I had not heard of until a reader sent us a copy of Police Boo, magazine of the…

I n 1903 the Hon Charles Rolls, driving an 80hp Mors, won the Ballyfinnane hill-climb in County Kerry, taking home a silver cup. Ninety years later a retired Police Chief…

After a gap of more than 20 years, Frank Bradley returned to racing in an Historic Formula 1 car when he fielded the ex-Jean-Pierre Jarier Tyrrell 009 usually raced by…

There are few more pleasant places for VSCC driving tests than the drive of Madresfield Court on a hot September afternoon and at the annual frolics there, this year on September…

READERS' SPARE PARTS FOR SALE AND WANTED FOR SALE Anzani engine, s.v., one rod and piston missing, cheap Austin Seven, Zenith vertical carburetter, cylinder head gasket, new swivel pin bushes,…

• The FIA is considering a licensing system for team members, which will allow it to hand out direct sanctions. That has not been possible previously, which is why in…

For many years now it has been a popular misconception that the top Grand Prix drivers handle their cars in impeccable fashion, always placing the wheels to within fractions of inches…

THE CRAIGANTLET HILL CLIMB. THE "TERROR" COMES TO GRIEF. W. SULLIVAN (LEA-FRANC(S) MAKES FASTEST TIME. WHAT might have developed into a very bad accident was narrowly averted at the Craigantlet…