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An incredible field of 14 ERAs assembled at the VSCC Wiscombe Park hillclimb in May as a tribute to the late Martin Morris. Renowned as an ERA expert, Morris competed…

DONINGTON AFTERTHOUGHTS That great Grand Prix at Donington is still the foremost topic Of discussion in motor-racing circles, and the arrival of November fog cannot dim memories of that great…

Everything changed for Clay Regazzoni on March 30 1980. The accident at Long Beach that left him in a wheelchair ended a grand prix career that had lasted for 10…

Sir, Crikey! That's our old Tiga in the Tiga Economy' article in your April issue. But for the absence of our sponsors' stickers (and the addition of a fluorescent jewel…

Sir, I seem to remember that after the last war the Labour Government replaced the existing scheme of different rates of motor tax depending on the engine size with a…

A photo in a recent issue of the Alvis 12/50 Register’s magazine reminded me of the unfortunate accident to C M Harvey’s car in the 1926 JCC 200-mile race at Brooklands. Alvis…

Bugatti's vaunted return to post-war front line racing lasted just 18 laps. But, says Doug Nye, this ill-conceived project contained ideas that were truly ahead of its time Prologue Sporting…

Last year the championship was won by Bill Gubelmann, from New York driving a March 722, and he just pipped Britain's Cyd Williams in a similar car to the post…

GREAT RACING MARQUES. VIII.—BALLOT. By E. K. H. KARSLAKE. ALTHOUGH Ballot engines had been well-known for many years, it was not until after the war that the Ballot came into…

By now the great British public must be quite familiar with the Autogiro, since it is to be seen at every aviation function of note. Sometimes I have thought that…

With regret, we record the passing of Cliff Davis at his London home, aged 68. Generally described as the 'flamboyant Cliff Davis', he was a motor trader specialising in American…

Overheard a journalist at Le Mans talking about the reaction he got when he phoned a prominent British national newspaper to ask them what they needed from this year's 24…