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The winner of this year's Motor Sport Brooklands Memorial Contest, decided on points at BARC Members' Meetings at Goodwood, is PJS Lumsden (Lotus-Climax), who receives £75. Second place is a tie between Miss H Dunham…

THE INTER-'VARSITY TRIAL AN EASY WIN FOR OXFORD ON A RAIN-SOAKED COURSE. K. D. EVANS WINS OXFORD VETERANS CUP., YARBURGH-BATESON (A.C.) DOES DITTO IN THE “TABS." Rain seems to make…

"My dream of a Ferrari drive in 1992 turned into a nightmare," says Ivan Capelli (above). "The twin-floor car was meant to generate more airflow to the rear and increase downforce,…

F/O A.M.R. Mallock, R,A.F., supplies some useful Austin Seven conversion hints Much informiition has beenpublished in the past on the subject of Austin Seven tuning and conversions – some of it good,…

Sir, I have recently taken out a subscription to Motor Sport after a long absence, because of your current emphasis on historic racing and motorsport's glorious past. Modern-day F1 leaves…

On February 6th the Vintage S.C.C. reverted to its former venue for driving-tests, in the arctic wastes of Slough, flanked by gas-works, railways, and wire-mesh pens most tantalisingly full of…

Sir, I saw on the inside cover of January's MOTOR SPORT the Motor Insurers' Bureau announcement about the Green Card. While I do not wish to detract from what the…

Lotus Evora S How different the story of the slow-selling Lotus Evora might have been had it come to market as it is now. When sales started in the summer…

At the end of November, when the Lombard RAC Rally signs were taken down in Chester, it marked the end of an era. Lombard North Central has been the primary…

Having mentioned, in last month's MOTOR SPORT, a few of the competitive machines at the TT races, it seemed appropriate to road test one or two of the road-going versions…

AIR The articles in MOTOR SPORT last year on early light 'planes and on veteran aeroplanes in the Shuttleworth and Nash collections have prompted Peter Hull, who is with Airwork,…

July 1 was going to be a very black day for historic motor racing in Britain, the day on which the RACMSA's iniquitous silencing regulations came into force. But, for…