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Sir, I wonder if you could do anything to persuade the TV people to televise a Grand Prix for a change. In July we had a situation where two British…

ROYAL SCOTTISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB MOTOR CAR EVENTS IN SCOTLAND FOR 1936 RACING IN AUSTRALIA SOME DETAILS OF THE NEW PHILLIP ISLAND COURSE Racing in Australia has become familiar to English…

Ford’s famous Blue Oval badge will return to the British Touring Car Championship in 2009 after an absence of seven seasons. Veteran entrant Mike Earle’s Arena Motorsport International team has…

Sir, I was greatly intrigued by the article in Motor Sport for April, "Motoring in Fiction." But, sir, what about motoring songs? There have been some quite famous ones, and…

Sir, Having been weaned on the MCC classic trials I personally have as much sympathy as does your January editorial with the problems facing these events in the world today.…

The future of the British Grand Prix was expected to be decided as Motor Sport closed for press as Donington Park reached its deadline to secure the £80 million it…

THE RESULTS OF THE MONTE CARLO RALLY General Classification. ... T. denotes starting from Tallinn; Ti. from limes; S. from Stavanger ; R. from Riga ; J.G. from John o'Groats.…

Sir, Mr Kemp is under a misapprehension. The habitat of the MG is Abingdon. Someone has put the wrong badge and an extra carburetter on his Oxford. I am, Yours, etc,…

A unique trio of the most important Jim Clark Lotuses will feature at the Classic Team Lotus Festival at Snetterton on June 20. Clark’s 1963 title-winning 25, newly restored 1965…

With new cars and engines for the first time in six years, the IndyCar Series is hoping for a fresh start in 2012. This follows the dispiriting era of the…

It was the last weekend of January, 1964. Bruce Forsyth and Tommy Cooper flanked Joan Regan on the revolving stage that marked the finale of Britain's most popular televised show,…

Video; Produced by Videovision Broadcast, 52 minutes. (Duke Marketing, PO Box 46, Douglas, Isle of Man. £19.95:) It is a very welcome sign of the times that the story-in-pictures of…