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The MCC, one of the longestestablished of all our motor clubs, continues to obtain marvellous entry lists for its classic trials. This year's Exeter Trial, the 65th of a series…

In the second of our occasional series, we remember how Aston Martin blazed a trail to sports car world title glory By Doug Nye We will soon see the 50th…

The 40th anniversary of the original London-Sydney Marathon (above) will be marked by a commemorative event in October 2008. Endurance Rally Association chief Philip Young is planning a 24-day enduro…

The End of "Basic" Motor Sport is not a political paper, so we must content ourselves with announcing that the "basic" petrol ration has ended and that after November all…

Editorial Notes. The action of the Royal Automobile Club in refusing to sanction further hill climbs and speed trials on public roads cannot be said to create much astonishment, in…

The Editor Investigates a Big Edwardian in an Appropriate Setting The Daimler Motor Company, founded in January 1896, with premises in a disused mill in Coventry, was one of the…

The Bright Side Dear Reader, As we plough our way into the 1990s, and for many it is not proving too easy, there should be a simple goal, to reach…

The Welsh event, which dates back to 1939 as a main VSCC fixture, had 80 entries this year, fewer than in 1989, and consisted of a 200-mile run-in to Presteigne…

Mardi Gras in Oxfordshire! Enstone DTs Driving to Enstone Airfield, I pondered on why anyone should have started this form of contest. Given that maximum satisfaction is obtained by extending…

CONT ENTS Pag, Pag, MATTERS OF MOMENT ... 109 SPORTS-CAR RACING IN AMERICA ... 110 REPORTS OF RECENT EV ENTS ... 113 EMPHASIS ON SPORTS C ARS ... 114 CHAIN…

THE GLASS FIBRE PEERLESS A party was held at the. Distillers' Sports Club, East Moesley, on June 19th, for the purpose of displaying the latest Peerless Gran Turismo, this Triumph…

The outright hill record at Shelsley Walsh was smashed when the British Hillclimb Championship contenders tackled the newly resurfaced hill in early June. The record was broken five times in…