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Alan Mertens' first Glamer Indycar design won the worlds biggest race at its first attempt. Set up for life then? No, not exactly. Adam Cooper reveals why this was its…

Reports of Recent Events MONZA GRAND PRIX The Grand Prix at Monza on October 17th was a complete walk-over for the AIfette team. Wimille won at 109.98 m.p.h. after a…

Round 3 – Watkins Glen The Can-Am series of races took on a new dimension in the third round which took place at the Watkins Glen circuit on July 13th,…

It is significant that Soviet News has issued in this country a lavish book on "Sport in the U.S.S.R." Motor-racing isn't mentioned, but motor-cycle record-breaking is, divided into men's and…

Forza Amon! A Biography of Chris Amon By Eoin Young ISBN 1 8442 5 016 4 Published by Haynes, £17.99 Mention Chris Amon, and this definition follows like clockwork: the…

Happiness is a pile of old car magazines. So says RICHARD HESELTINE, back from a trip to Portland, Oregon, where in a junk store he found a stash of 1950s…

The Alfa Romeo T33/3 driven to second place in the 1971 Targa Florio by Andrea de Adamich and Gijs van Lennep has returned to racing this season and is due…

Sullivan claims CART Title for Penske Danny Sullivan is the new CART/Indycar Champion. Driving in an Ilmor Chevrolet-engined Penske PC17, he secured the title with a commanding victory from pole…

Spares and Specials A surprise visit inflicted last month on K. Kirton at his vast field full of broken motor-cars at Honiton revealed that even this old-car enthusiast finds less…

“The Ulster Vintage Car Book of The Ards TT" by John S. Moore and Members of the Ulster VCC. 96 pp. 71" x 81". (Blackstaff Press Ltd., 2550, Upper Newtownards…

If head-turning appeal is the seal of approval for the recently released Ford X-series parts, then Ford are sitting on a new success. What the company have done is to…

Sir, Having just read the very interesting article on the Straker Squire racing car in your July 1998 issue, it brought to mind happy memories of my boyhood years at…