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Ferrari fast and strong Mont Tremblant—St. Jovite, Sept. 20th. A large section of the Formula One entourage were taken en masse to Canada for the first part of a combined…

Sir, I have been an interested and well satisfied reader of your "Pull no Punches" magazine for very many years, but this is my first letter. Your feature "Cars in…

By "Baladeur" The efforts of the F.I.A. to be helpful to builders of Grand Prix racing cars have not met lately with signal success. In the bad old days, the…

It is War The Editorial of the October 1939 MOTOR SPORT carried the same heading as the one above. Great Britain had gone to war with Nazi Germany. The outlook…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -- Ed. Justice? Sir, In one of your recent editorials you warned motorists of…

Arising from our article on Champion Racing Drivers, a reader, Barry Peters of Bere Regis, has sent us nice little cameo relating to the great pioneer British racing driver, Charles Jarrott. He tells…

Sir, The comments by Mr. C. W. G. Russell concerning the Daimler SP250 cannot go by without a reply for it seems that all too many people have the impression…

Sir, Just a point of clarification in the auto racing history magazine of record. When Parnelli Jones won the Mission Bell 200 Trans-Am race at Riverside in 1970, his victory…

LSR Explanations The fastest-ever car speed record is very much in the news again, thanks to the magnificent achievement, after nine years of disappointment and frustration, by Richard Noble with…

Passion versus profit Sir, What great news – yet another passionless manufacturer is leaving Formula 1. They’re all the same. They want a slice of the global advertising exposure and…

In 1956 a 1,000-kilometre race was held at Montlhéry, for sports cars, and was won by Behra and Rosier driving a works Maserati 300S; this year the race was repeated, but…

Interest in vintage, or pre-1931, motorcycles increases apace, and the Vintage Motor Cycle Club now has well over 100 members. Consequently, a year ago we asked C. E. Allen, founder…