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etia. /lewd ThE annual dinner and dance of the Motor Cycling Club was held at the Connaught Rooms, Great Queen Street, London, on 29th November last. The function, which attracted…

Still waters run deep In motor racing, some lessons are never learned. After Roger Williamson's death in 1973, for example, marshalling still continued to be slack in some countries. After…

Ole! Fresh from success at Le Mans, the Sauber Mercedes team went to the Jarama track outside Madrid with another winning performance on June 25. Jochen Mass, the German who…

Formula Two was its finest when established Grand Prix stars like Jochen Rindt happily stepped down to put their reputations on the line against the young hotshots. Paul Fearnley drives…

Two huge names in American racing were among F1's teams in 1976. David Malsher charts their roller-coaster ride A vigorous battle between the Parnelli of Mario Andretti and John Watson's…

BOOKS. AUSTIN TWELVE, The Book of the, A guide for ownerdrivers. By Burgess Garbutt, with special articles by Richard Twelvetrees, and sketches by H. M. Bateman. Fully illustrated, cloth gilt…

A Section Devoted to Old-Car Matters V.S.C.C. CASTLE COMBE RACE MEETING (Sept. 17th) THE Vintage S.C.C. held another excellent and exciting meeting at Castle Combe last month, rendered pleasant by…

FOR SALE and !AMMAN Spares and Repair Specialists. Re1 conditioned engines and chassis components. Large stocks of new and secondhand spares for " Minx " and " Fourteens." illanchflowess, "…

There’s nothing slick about Donington Park. Jonathan Palmer would blanch at the potholes and the peeling paintwork, and it’s difficult to imagine Silverstone having to employ extra security to keep…

"Working on the long-established premise that there is no substitute for sheer horse-power, Rover have in many respects transformed the hithertosomewhat underpowered 2000 by giving it the all-aluminium 3½-litre V8…

Sir, I was touring the East Coast in my 1961 VW when an ominous rattle developed, seemingly emanating from the engine and sounding suspiciously like big-end failure. Aware that this…

The Lancia Stratos brought rallying out of the Dark Ages. John Davenport talks to those who helped make the legend. What is the sound sweetest to your ears? The call…