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Brands Hatch heartache Sir, My family and I are avid followers of most motor sport. Unfortunately most of our spectating is done via the TV but we did attend the…

GREAT RACING MARQUES NAPIER By E. K. H. KARSLAKE. WING to the fact that road racing in England has never been allowed, and that long-distance races anywhere in the British…

WE have always felt that the remarkable enthusiasm of the Southport competitors and spectators deserved some reward. Many will remember what very bleak weather favoured the opening meeting this season,…

The verses and prose of A.P. Herbert are very enjoyable but it is sickening to find, in his book "Look Back and Laugh" (Methuen, 1960), a reprint of a strong…

Sir, Ferrari seems to have stretched the engine capacity limiting rule of Formula 1 with the intermittent external combustion energy supply to the cylinders' intake described in the "The Ferrari…

BILL BODDY Ebby: timing it to perfection I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE HAVE BEEN ANY DEAD-HEAT finishes in grands prix or in other classic long-distance races. But the handicapping…

Volkswagen Golf GTI G60 If ever there was a hardy annual, it was the Golf. The progenitor of the hot hatch, it has survived in basic form for over 14…

BLACKPOOL AND FYLDE MOTOR CLUB. The President, Mr. Jacob Parkinson, presided over a good meeting of the Executive on Monday, and the all important question of the Blackpool autumn season…

Sir, I have no recollection of being consulted by a Mr. Rollo Martin, but I do know that the Bugatti owned by Aldous Huxley was a Type 44, Chassis 44807,…

DRIVE STRAIGHT IN! HOW many times do you wish your garage doors would open automatically, especially when you come home late on a rainy winter night ! Well, this miracle…

Following date clashes with the DTM, the 2009 Jim Clark Revival Meeting will be held at the Lausitz Speedway rather than Hockenheim. The date for the event has changed to…