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The British Motor Corporation will take a team of drivers, composed of Stirling Moss, T. H. Wisdom, Phil Hill, Carroll Shelby and Ed. Leavens, to Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, in…

I see that Brands Hatch is to be butchered to realise Nicola Foulston's ambition to hold the British Grand Prix. Graham Hill bend, that once glorious and not quite flat…

Sir, I noted with interest the inquiry made by Mr. E. D. Woolley for information in respect of the French Bedelia, an example of which he is in the process…

Brooklands Again on the 16th! No surer sign of Spring can be found than the first yellow sheet Of Supplementary Regulations for the B.A.R.C. opening meeting at Brooklands. The date…

Sporting Rileys—The Forgotten Champions by David G Styles. 288pp. 91/2" x 8". (Dalton Watson plc, Russell Chambers, The Piazza, Covent Garden, London WC2E 8AA, £24.95) A very welcome follow-up to…

Morgan 4/4 Club Night Rally (December 3rd/4th) There were only three competitors to lose no marks on the road section—H. E. Rumsey, B. E. Phipps and J. Shove. John Shove…

At the VSCC's Exmoor Trial, which took place in late January, First Class Awards were picked up by B Clarke, T Wheelock and A Harper. Second Class Awards by M Tomlinson,…

TUE 1311Q1DOIKLANIDS VAILLY BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE DAY BY DON ALDINGTON (FRAZER-NASH-B.M.W.) W. M. COUPER (TALBOT 110) DOES 91.86 M.P.H. OVER THE HALF-MILE. Although we hold no brief for the…

A7s at Attingham Park One-make rallies are legion these days, and not all are for large motorcars. The "Severn Sevens" Group of the A7CA had an entry of 43 A7s…

Sir, In the "Veteran to Classic" article on the Jowett Jupiter (Motor Sport, February 1989) a mention is made on page 157 of the first Jowett sports-car, made about 1928.…

Hawthorn should have been very grateful to the modified A30 gearbox on his Lotus. Had it not broken before the race he would not have driven for Ferrari, and he…

Charles Frederick William Grover was virtually unknown outside historic motor racing circles — until very recently. To prewar racing buffs, he was best known as the mysterious British winner of…