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The lights blinked yellow before the day-glo car hit the wall. The puff of dust as it dived into Turn 1 had told USAC chief observer Walt Myers all he…

Although record breaking is by no means so frequent as was the case when devoted disciples could live quite nicely on the bonus payments connected with this aspect of competition…

Star Letter Fangio and the coup Sir, It was with a great deal of pride and pleasure that I read the article 6000 Miles to Caracas' by Tony Watson in…

IH IE IR IE and11 IH IE IR 1E #an-ishaft" Riley's Racing Plans. AT a time when certain well known firms have decided to refrain from motorcar racing during 1931,…

ROAD IMPRESSIONS The Toyota Crown 2.8 Super Saloon MANY years an Ineone in Australia who had close anion rinse with Rolls-Royce aeronautical products, and therefore knew good engineering when he…

Brundle's day Martin Brundle took a sabbatical from Formula One racing in order to win the World Sports-Prototype Championship for Drivers, and the ambition was realised at Fuji on October…

CAR FASHIONS AND FANCIES FOR 1929. A FEW NOTES ON THE PREVAILING TENDENCIES AT OLYMPIA. THE most lasting impression left on the mind after a visit to this year's Show…

Jaguar's new V12 At a time when new British cars lack glamour or mechanical ingenuity, the advent of the long-awaited V12 Jaguar engine in a revised Series-3 version of the…

I enjoy your photo comparisons of long forgotten racing tracks, but I hadn't realised until I read your profile of Hermann Lang that I used to live on the infield…

Were you there? Sir, I am writing in the hope that you may help me in my quest to make contact with drivers, officials, marshals, mechanics and others who may…

BY winning this year's Belgian G.P. Jim Clark now has his name in the record book four times, on each occasion finishing first and in consecutive years, so that by…

OUR contention that the roads of Europe are becoming faster has aroused considerable interest. After we had mentioned Stanley Sedgwick's 1,000 miles in less than 24 hours in his 1931…