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The 1998 Penrite Oil Award for outstanding achievement in the historic vehicle world has been awarded to Brooklands Museum for its recent developments, including the acquisition of the lap-record Napier…

Are historic racing cars quicker today than they were in period? Goodwood could provide the answer. Tim Scott pores through its data in a bid to discover the answer The…

The first race on Brooklands’ new Campbell Circuit in 1937 proved to be a tough test of man and machinery To modernise Brooklands Track, in 1937 the Campbell Road Circuit…

An appreciation  The Fiesta, Ford's World small-car, was announced in the summer of 1976 and to date over 1½-million have been sold. We have referred to it on many occasions,…

The Sportscar World Championship was confirmed by FISA on January 20, but it was a touch-and-go matter. President Mosley asked the World Council to vote by telex on a proposal…

Sir, "Setting the record straight" is how Mr. Mackenzie-Wintle, of the Renault Club, describes his letter on the autocross Gordini, which, Motor Sport reported, "narrowly beat" the Manifold VW in 1965.…

If you were told that a car designer had built his own house, had used carefully stressed wood extensively in its construction, and had designed it to be aerodynamically sound,…

At Treviso (855 miles), Trossi gained second place, in which order they reached the finish at Brescia, the winners' average speed of 67.7 m.p.h. beating all previous records by a…

A New Maserati for £186 What! Yes it's true. At last year's Motor Cycle Show at Earls Court the same Maserati firm famous for its Grand Prix racing cars exhibited…

RILEY NINE BROOKLANDS SPEED MODEL A FEW DETAILS ABOUT A VERY FASCINATING SUPER SPORTS CAR. E1NG interested in discovering whether the modern super sports car which is being de veloped…

ON THE ROAD WITH A 5-LITRE BUGATTI By CECIL CLUTTON BUGATTI type numbers are a perpetual stumbling block, even to the most enthusiastic and elect. Some pin their faith in…

New Zealand's Super-fast Wigram Airfield Circuit, scene of great Tasman Cup victories for Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Jochen Rindt and local ace Bruce McLaren in the early 1960s, will be…