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Years ago, in a paddock somewhere, I fell into conversation with Murray Walker on Bernd Rosemeyer. Though he was long the other side of the grass before I was born,…

Eye Opener Following the reference last month of a development of Rover's K series engine by a Warrior Automotive Research Ltd of Uckfield, we received a number of enquiries at…

The 75th anniversary of the BRDC 500 RACE will be celebrated this summer at Silverstone. An hour-long race for pre-war sportscars is planned for July 31 to mark the BRDC's…

The Daytona 24 Hours has produced another thrilling finish. The Brumos-run Action Express Riley-Porsche driven by Ryan Dalziel, Mike Rockenfeller, João Barbosa and Terry Borcheller triumphed by just 52 seconds…

We left Owen John, the motoring diarist whose recollections we have been recalling, enthusing over a 1925 20/60 hp Sunbeam and pondering on the new road numbering that was then…

Reading the unpublished mss of a book written just after the last war by the late Ronnie Malcolm, I was reminded of what fun people had, not only in cars,…

September 17th ON September 17th the Snetterton Motor Racing Club organised the first International meeting. Regrettably, through no fault of the organisers, it was International in name only, but nevertheless…

Sir, It is not very often I write to magazines about articles etc., but feel compelled to by your column in the October edition of Motor Sport, about the loss…

by Betty Haig Many people are asking: what has happened to all the women drivers since the war? Where have they all vanished to and why have so few of…

Sir, I am writing to ask if any of your readers can help me to fill in the history of my XK120. It left the works as an open two-seater…

Michael Schumacher's Brazilian Grand Prix commenced, as it would end, with controversy. Prior to this season the FIA's minimum weight limit governed only the car. A heavy driver therefore carried…

edited by Paul Lawrence Classical drama alive in '05Historic and classic motor racing have never been so well served by the British racing calendar. No fewer than seven major festival…