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Pentti Airikkala Pentti Airikkala, the bespectacled, mischievous Finnish rally driver who lived in England, finally lost his battle with cancer in September. Like so many of his contemporaries, Pentti started…

Enjoyed an hour or so with Jake Hill (no relation to Damon) at Goodwood. Jake is an 18-year-old whose success racing Ginettas has resulted in him being named a BRDC…

"'Autocar' Road Tests, Spring 1963." 146 pp., 11 1/5 in. x 8 1/10 in., soft covers. (Iliffe Books Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. 7s. 6d.) It is, I…

What a provocative journalist you are! Your piece on Vintage Racing Philosophy way a masterpiece of provocation and I am not utterly convinced that you believe a word of it!…

Stirling Moss versus Jim Clark - just one of the great battles denied us by fate. Mark Hughes tackles three of formula one's biggest "What ifs" and picks winners The…

Sir, I was very interested to read, in the May issue of Motor Sport, the interview with Max Mosley. and in particular his comments about enthusiasts and Formula One I…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. POMEROY TROPHY CONTEST (March 26th) Pomeroy Trophy : A. Doggett (1956 Aston Martin). Silver Bowl : I. Smith (1960.T.V.R.). First-Class Awards : A.…

Sir, Your interesting article on the Freiburg-Schauinsland hillclimb stirred the memory. In 1957 I stayed in Freiburg on a school trip (my mother phoned our hotel to tell me that…

Marlboro Safari Rally With the possible exception of sun-hungry tourists, the coming of Kenya's Long Rains is always welcomed, even celebrated, by both people and animals, but one large section…

THE V-TWIN FOR SPRINT WORK Continued from page 125 So there is some basis for considering the air-cooled V-twin as a sprint job and for believing in its continued development…

Six hours round Silverstone in a 62,000-mile-old Datsun 240Z It is said that International motor racing has become the preserve of millionaires. If that is so, the impecunious Spike Anderson…

We regret to learn of the death of Denis Evans, who with his brother Kenneth and sister Doreen before the war formed the very well known Belleview garage racing team,…