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Indianapolis track announcer Tom Carnegie was whipping the crowd up. "It's a new track record!" he called as Tom Sneva, driving the Penske-run McLaren-Cosworth, completed the first of four laps…

It has long been my ambition to produce a car which would be equally suitable to drive or to be driven in, offer great comfort, large luggage carrying capacity yet…

A reader has lent us "The Leaf and The Tree," which is the story of Boulton and Paul Ltd. from 1797-1947. In it we read of Dawson Paul, then in…

As in previous years, the Brooklands Re-union, devised by Bill Boddy and Dudley Gahagan with the blessing of Motor Sport, will take place this month, but as the traditional last…

Britain’s first World Rally Champion, Colin McRae, was killed in a helicopter crash in September. The machine came down near his home in Lanarkshire, where he had a helipad, and…

P4 Rovers Sir, With reference to recent correspondence and editorial comment, may I put forward my own solution to the problem of securing satisfying motoring in these dismal times? I…

Magnificent Mercedes 1.1 11:11) becii a vat long time indeed. for various reasons. since I had driven a Mercedes-Benz. To rectify this, Erik Johnson of Mercedes-Benz (UR) Ltd. lent me,…

SILVERSTONE, NORTHANTS, May 15th. THIS annual festival of racing, sponsored by the Daily Express, enjoyed glorious weather for practice and race day, which a claimed 85,000 people attended. Indianapolis had…

Continental hill-climbs usually offer a much longer climb than their British counterparts, so the chance to enter such an event in Switzerland should be of interest. The AC Suisse are…

The cover of a recent issue of the Nascar Newsletter—official organ of South America's National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing—carries a picture captioned "Another Speedway Queen." It depicts 22-year-old…

* * * Sir, Your correspondent Mr. Alan .Clerk spoils his ease by over-statement, the Frazer-Nash being, from the point of view of sheer performance, the finest out-andout sports car…

The light car & Edwardian Section of the VSCC held its Driving Tests and Trial in April. The results are as follows: Llwynbarried Trophy: Peter Gledhill (1928 A7); Winifred Boddy…