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On December 7 this fixture again took place at the Westcott Country Club near Waddesdon. The 12 tests were named after cyclecars, to endorse the support given to such oddities…

THE RACING CAR ENGINES OF 1935-1940 THERE ARE, I think, few more interesting subjects to the motoring enthusiast than the progress of racingcar design through the years, and to my…

Sir, Having read Modern Times in December's Motor Sport, I truly believe the late 1960s and early '70s to be the best years for motor racing spectators. I was a…

Sir, I've been a fan of yours for about a year now, but you truly surpassed yourself with the Turbo Years issue (February). I've always regarded this era as the…

When the Le Mans organisers and the C.S.I. brought about the ill-conceived and hurriedly perpetrated limitation of 3-litres engine capacity to the Group 6 Sports-Prototype cars, Enzo Ferrari showed his…

A "Tyreing" Time The photograph which we published in November of Alfred Ellison's 1912 15-litre GP Lorraine-Dietrich Vieux Charles Trois minus all its tyres after a skid in practice for…

THe return of the prodigal son, Nigel Mansell, to July's Coys International Historic Festival will add thousands to the gate at Silverstone, and the 46-year-old plans to reward supporters' unstinting…

The annual general meeting of the Welsh Counties CC was held on February 4th at the Carpenter's Arms, Romney, near Cardiff. A very popular member, John Whitehead, was elected as club…

An Appreciation by The Editor With the death last month of Raymond Mays, in his 81st year, the world of British motor-racing has lost one of its most staunch supporters,…

A section devoted to old car matters Motoring as it was A Look-Back to the Roads of the 1920s (Continued from the lane issue) We left Owen John, whose vintage diary…

Sir, No, Mr Whittle (Letters, August 1999) is not a boring old fart. Anyone born in the '40s or earlier cannot fail to be bored stiff by F1 today. It…

The majority of spectators at the big International race meetings are unaware of the state of tune of the saloon cars which scrabble round the corners on their door handles in…