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The tail shot of Poncin's 1929 Lancia Lambda, left, on the descent from the Col Saint Bernard, illustrates some of the arduous terrain faced by competitors on this Paris-Montreux-Turin rally…

The stars, or rather the full moon, shone for "Digger" Pugh when he organised the first Stock-Car Meeting at New Cross Stadium on Good Friday evening. Every available inch of…

When Audi reunited Walter Röhrl with a Quattro to celebrate the car’s 30th anniversary, the rally legend was never going to treat his blast along the Col de Turini as…

The first woman to win a world championship rally, Audi's Michelle Mouton caught the publics imagination. Liz Turner talks to her. Living legends were thick on the ground at last…

Points as of July 20, 2009 1. Colin Turkington BTCC 176pts 2. Matt Neal BTCC 136pts 3. Jason Plato BTCC 131pts 4=. James Thompson BTCC 106pts 4=. Aaron Scott BRITISH…

Time was when I tended to overlook American sports-cars as not exactly in keeping with the British vintage scene. The USA seemed a long way away and isolated from happenings…

Sir, I know it's a pipe dream to wish that modern race cars didn't have wings, but wouldn't it be an interesting exercise if a magazine like Motor Sport could…

Sir, Relating to your mention about the possible closure of MG at Abingdon. As long as Leyland continue to produce the marque somewhere does the closure of an old out-dated…

New view of blighted Talbot racing history Doug Nye ONE OF THE FINEST MOTOR RACING BOOKS I HAVE read is 'Georges Roesch and The Invincible Talbots', written by the ate…

The news that Renault is to wind up its F1 team at the end of this season has come no surprise. Indeed, with the State-owned company making massive losses last…

Last month I mentioned how some circuits and organisers seem to give up and abandon motor racing when a difficulty arises, while others fight back and adapt themselves to changing…

Enigmatic Formula One and Champ Car team owner Teddy Yip has died in his 90s. A businessman based in Macau, Yip raced in the 1960s, but it was as the…