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Sir, Your article in Motor Sport concerning the racing cars housed by T. & T.s was of particular interest in these days of "work only" motoring. I was intrigued by,…

How green is my Napier? Sir, I was very interested to read last December's article on the Brighton Napier. There is a part which I would query at the bottom…

by Pierre Fisson (188 pp, 12s 6d, Putnam and Co Ltd, 42, Great Putnam Street, WC). We wrote some time ago, when reviewing another book, that perhaps a great motor racing novel…

Jenks on 1992 San Marino GP It would be an understatement to say Williams-Renault dominated the San Marino Grand Prix. It was the grand prix, playing to a hushed audience…

There are quick routes to the top... and then there's the Méthode Ogier. Simon Arron chats to the World Rally Championship leader Namesake Loeb might have broken most World Rally…

THE EX-ELWES M.G. IT was a satisfactory day for me when I 'decided to visit a tiny village in the heart of Warwickshire to have a " look-see " at…

Sir, I have news for your correspondent Mr. Jack Marshall. The only "magic device" fitted to that Stage Austin 7 was the great George Clarke himself. His son, Jack, was…

by Derek Bell It has got to be Stirling Moss. I remember being at prep school when I was 12 and listening to the BBC Radio coverage of the Le…

There are times, rather too many of them, when what should be a good motor race settles down to become processional, so that the less-avid onlookers tend to become bored…

THE NEW VSCC PRESIDENT IS Peter Glover, following Julian Ghosh who has served his term of office. Ghosh has taken on the position of Commercial Director, intending to expand the…

I've always held Mike Hailwood partly responsible for my incredibly poor tally of O levels. It was an unfortunate piece of timing that while Goodwin was meant to be spending late May…

The 1100cc Alta two-seater which was raced at Le Mans and in the Ulster IT by J L Ford and M H Baumer in 1932 turned up at a recent…