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COMPETITIONS MANAGERS INTRODUCTION The Competitions Manager of a racing team carries a load of responsibility. His is the task of organising all the hundredand-one details that accompany the entry of…

Sir, I felt considerable sympathy oil reading your report on the Dolomite Sprint. I too bought one of the original mimosa cars and have had very mixed feelings ever since.…

Sir, Congratulations on the great Frank Lockhart article in a recent issue of Motor Sport (Genius versus Destiny, January 2004). It is worth recording that the 3-litre V16 engine from…

THE season of night trials is with us again. Perhaps it is not strictly correct to speak of a season, since the "Exeter," the "Gloucester," and one or two others…

A MARSHALL SUPERCHARGED FORD For ten years or more hopeful writers in the motor and lay press have proclaimed the coining of the supercharger. Its manifold advantages in the direction…

Sir, Chris Nixon is not quite right (Letters, December) in stating that there were only two versions of the Reims circuit. The alterations to the original layout took place in…

1970 Trophee des Ardennes The script would be rejected as implausible, yet it happened. Gordon Cruickshank reports If your race career spanned 36 years, you might expect choosing your greatest…

Ford won't rule out return to wold rallying Ford's departure from the WRC might not be forever. Having ended its 16-year sponsorship agreement with preparation firm M-Sport recently, Ford's European…

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One family – the Unsers – has enjoyed more success at the Indianapolis 500 than any other in its 100-year history By Gordon Kirby Without doubt they are the first…

And you though race drivers from the early 20th century were brave! As Bill Boddy points out riding mechanics worked just as hard for far less glory Gilbert and Sullivan…

Sir, My 1926 "12/25" Humber, after nearly 20 years in a cart shed near Retford is still very fit, having covered barely 21,000 miles since new. Apart from the 600 by 20…