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Last May we published a news-letter from R. A. D. Hood, of the Royal Australian Air Force. Below we print a similar letter from his friend R. Beal Pritchett, of…

Sir, I am anxious to trace the history of my "Works" Riley 9 Brooklands. I wonder if any of your readers could assist? The car ran at Le Mans in…

Edited by John Blunsden. 128 pp. 9.1/2 in. x 7 in. (Motor Racing Publications Ltd., 56, Fitzjames Avenue, Croydon, Surrey, CRO 5DD. £1.80). This annual of racing results, with race…

The week-end of the Veteran Car Run necessitates a spacious vehicle able to transport the driver to Hyde Park and then make the pilgrimage to Brighton, preferably avoiding the veterans'…

Those who enjoy a visit to Beaulieu, where Lord Montagu is extending the attractions beyond the original conception of a Motor Museum at a Stately Home by introducing go-karting, whippet-racing,…

NEWS FROM THE U.S.A. BILLY WINN, BOB SAIL AND REX MAYS WIN IMPORTANT EARLY FALL CONTESTS. JOHNNY HANNON BADLY INJURED. NO A.A.A. Championship races were held during the early Autumn…

This famed Ford GT40 and McLaren sportscar racer has died, aged 85. As a team owner, he ran the short-lived Jordan-BRM F1 project and owned a Lola T332 F5000 car,…

CINDER-SHIFTING AT WEMBLEY.

Sir, My brother Ted Dexter's letter about his continental trip last spring in an R-type Bentley Continental has provoked correspondence in your columns describing similar feats of reliability and economy.…

Le Mans, April 10/11th. In order to give entrants a chance to prepare new cars for the 24-hour race at Le Mans, the circuit of the Sarthe was made available, for two days,…

Armed with a Tipo 61, Frank Stippler made up almost a minute on his main rivals to be a Le Mans Classic winner Former DTM and GT racer Frank Stippler’s…

The Earl of March has instructed the architects of the special tribute to MOTOR SPORT's legendary correspondent Denis Jenkinson to alter its focus at his Goodwood Festival of Speed in…