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Otia THE RILEY M.C. THE Regulations are now available for the third annual 24-hour rally and reliability trial. There are thirteen English and two Scottish starting controls, all located in…

Sir, Motor Sport is eagerly awaited each month by me (and, I expect, others in Malta). Your article on the Leyland straight-eight brought back memories of many conversations I had…

COACHWORK FOR THE "HORNET SPECIAL" AS the new Hornet chassis is produced specially for coachbuilders, no standard body being supplied for it by the makers, ample opportunity is given for…

This was won for 1995 by M A Gillies (Riley) with 83 points. The runners-up were A J Seber (Wolseley) and J Bronson (Riley) with 57 points each, and T…

45 ENT IES FOR LE MAINS ALREADY THE popularity of the 24 HOW'S Grand Prix d'Endurance at Le Mans continues unabated and 45 entries have already been received by the…

Pete Lovely A long-time fixture at Laguna Seca, having won the first race there in a Testa Rossa in 1957, Pete Lovely died in May at the age of 85.…

Journalists are told not to reveal their news sources, which in politics has led to tragic results. I wonder who in motor racing got it wrong in 1921. Before WWI, Georges…

One of the reasons I no longer stay in Monaco for the GP is that these days I find the place intensely claustrophobic. So many beautiful buildings have been swept…

Clubs battle to maintain dates at Silverstone The future of historic and vintage race meetings at Silverstone has been thrown into doubt by recent changes to the circuit hire charges.…

"Supermarine Aircraft since 1914" by C. F. Andrews & E. B. Morgan. 400 pp. 8 1/4," x 5 1/2" (Putnam & Co. Ltd., 9, Bow Street, London, WC2E 7AL. £15.00)…

SOUND AND SPEED IN MOTOR RACING SOME OBSERVATIONS ON A LITTLE-DISCUSSED ASPECT OF THE SPORT NOW that motor racing is suspended it is only natural that enthusiasts should turn occasionally…

Motor Sport's Impressions of the Ford Falcon LAST Motor Show time a considerable stir was caused by the knowledge that in America Ford, Chrysler and General Motors had had enough…