Articles from the archive

R.A.C.'S 1960 CONTINENTAL HANDBOOK The R.A.C.'s 1960 Continental Handbook is already in great demand by the record number of British motorists and motorcyclists planning holidays abroad this year. This latest…

With road-racing banned in mainland Britain, such events could only be organised offshire. Bill Boddy recalls Jersey's lively but short-lived attempt to turn itself into a car racing haven Jersey,…

The post-Patrick Head era begins. We ask Williams’ new tech chief Mark Gillan how the team plans to recover from the disaster that was 2011 By Rob Widdows Williams Grand…

Two Fiat "Firsts"—and a Fiat Failure And in looking at the conundrum of the 1923 200-Mile Race, uncovers some more unsolved motor-racing mysteries Perhaps it was tactless of me to…

Sweet Sixteen That’s the number of motor racing greats who now belong to our Hall of Fame, with four new inductees welcomed in a star-studded evening at London’s Roundhouse Jake…

While down in remote East Sussex to visit the Bodiam Hill-Climb I took the opportunity of calling on Frank Nichols and the Elva Engineering Co. Ltd. At Bexhill-on-Sea, where Nichols…

Sir, As a club official who missed out on his annual pilgrimage to “The Mount” for the first time in 13 years, (playing tourist on this side of the Equator)…

What Was a Brook's Super Sparker? Sir, I wonder if you can help me. Recently I found in an old tool-box of my late father, a Brook's Super Sparker, bearing…

SUBJECT: Dr Ulrich Bez OCCUPATION: Chairman and CEO, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd What is your greatest achievement? My five kids three girls, a boy and an Aston Marlin! What is…

INSURANCE nEST rates for sports cars and other motor business. All classes of insurance effected. A. G. Adamson, Insurance Broker, Mossfennan, Penshurst, Kent.

SPORTING EVENTS OF THE MONTH. estimate the loss sustained to Brooklands by the untimely deaths of 1` Dick" Howey and Parry Thomas. The most successful competitors at Easter were Kaye…

Having already stated my views on many occasions, having two family members alive today on police evidence ordy because they were not belted-in, I will not bore readers with the…