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NEW RULES FOR R.A.C. "CLOSED" PERMITS WE have received the following Communication from the Royal Auto mobile Club, which we commend to the attention of all trials competitors and officials.…

More than 100,000 people packed the centre of Birmingham on October 8th to watch a mobile museum cum racing car show of magnificent machinery circumnavigate a closed street circuit. Organised…

Ken Tyrrell has made rather a mockery of Benetton's claim that it was merely "resting" Johnny Herbert, to allow his leg injuries to heal without subjecting them to the punishment…

Marcos Mantra Sir, I must bear the dubious responsibility for getting Jean-Louis Marnat and Jem Marsh together (15 Minutes of Fame, December). Marnat was a client of mine in Paris…

"Canadian Aircraft Since 1919"by K. M. Moldon and H. A. Taylor. 530 pp., 8 3/4" x 5 1/2". "Lockheed Aircraft since 1913" by René J. Francillon. 526 pp., 8 1/4"…

The latest 2-litre fuel-injection model from Munich completely captivates the editor Many things in this life are too good to last. I was reminded of this when the time came…

E.R.A.-Javelin The announcement of a new tubular-chassis high-performance version of the well-established Jowett Javelin, to be built by E.R.A. and powered and serviced by Jowett, was one of September's greater…

100 m.p.h. Lea Francis I recall long ago, was it 1929 or around 1930, at the Olympia Motor Show, on the Lea Francis stand, was a car which caused me…

G.F. Lomas of Dundee, who has written for us before, tells of some rather rate makes and others not so rare. – Ed. Many of the articles in this series…

They came in their legions. The cream of international young talent: Carlos Reutemann, Niki Lauda, Ronnie Peterson, Jody Scheckter... But they were all beaten at Mallory Park's opening round of…

General Classification 1st: T. Fall/A. Krauklis (B.M.C. Cooper S) 5,028.07 points 2nd: T. Makinen/P, Easter (B.M.C. Cooper S) 5,102.46 " 3rd: S. Zasada/Mrs. E. Zasada (Steyr-Puch 650TR) 5,140.95 " 4th: R. Clark/B. Melia (Ford Lotus…

Jackie Stewart is in full flow, warming to his theme. The thrice world champion has always been known as an astute businessman in his own right, but he's quite happy…