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If ever there was an example of the perfect tribute paid to a hero it was Vancouver's Champ Car round of 2000. Giant TV screens ran clips of the city's…

A 93 m.p.h. British small sports car with all-round independent suspension, disc front brakes and wind-up glass windows, Taxi-beating turning circle and a s.s. quarter-mile in 19.5 seconds In vintage…

Sir, I am preparing a biography of A. V. ("Ebby") Ebblewhite, Brooklands famous handicapper, and would be most grateful if any of your readers who either knew "Ebby" or have…

Home fire burning The Sportscar World Championship has been a one-sided contest this year, and the result of the sixth round at Magny-Cours, in central France on September 15 put…

Three drivers went to hospital after two major accidents in the Historic Formula Ford 1600 Championship round at Mallory Park. Title contenders Westie Mitchell and Amanda Whittaker were both detained…

Mediocrity Although we have used the example before, January's Monte Carlo Rally now makes it even more appropriate to compare a poorly supported world-class rally to a rugby match between…

THIS year the Grand Prix of Luxembourg, held on May 3rd, was limited to 500-c.c. cars, and naturally a strong force of English competitors was present, there being 15 in…

THAT DIRTY JAGUAR E-TYPE Sir, I read today that an unmarked red E-type Jaguar driven by Bucks police officers trapped no fewer than 132 motorists on the MI during a…

Lease deal safeguards future of British GP’s home The British Racing Drivers' Club is set to hand over the running of Silverstone circuit on a long-term lease to an unspecified…

Britain No "basic" petrol since September 30th. Isle of Man Each "basic" unit is still worth one gallon.

The son of Clive Hulme, who had won a VC in Crete during World War 2, Denis Clive Hulme was an imposing man who inherited his father's flintiness and disdain…

"Santos-Dumont - A Study in Obsession" by Peter Wykeham. 278 pp. 8 3/4in. x 5 5/8in. (Putnam and Co., 42, Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1. 30s.) This biography of the…