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THE GRAND PRIX D'ENDURANCE. VICTORY FOR EARL HOWE AND SIR HENRY BIRKIN ON THE ALFA-ROMEO, BEATING RECORD FOR THE RACE. AFTERNOON at le Mans on Saturday, 13th June, 1931. The…

It is sad to have to bid goodbye to the The Aeroplane, the final issue of which was published last October. This lively, controversial, and respected weekly first appeared in…

by "Baladeur" I was reading some time ago a review by Mr. Charles Morgan in the Sunday Times of a book by Lewis Einstein called "Historical Change," and in it…

As for the past two years since 1976, Vintage SCC wound-up its racing season at 'hi twisty but accommodating circuit in Lincoln shire, where the Club is given a warm…

A celebration of the racing career of Mark Donohue will be held at the Road America circuit in Wisconsin on July 15-18 in conjunction with a classic race meeting. The…

Sir, As no doubt you are well aware, the old 2-seater Jowetts, pre-7926, had the following excellent features :— High geared steering and line lock ; most surprising cornering (they…

BROOKLANDS AGAIN! AN INTERESTING MEETING, I N SPITE OF LIMITED FACILITIES FOR RACING. GOOD PERFORMANCES BY R. L. BOWES (BUGATTI) AND OLIVER BERTRAM (DELAGE). AS if to compensate the Brooklands…

On the vintage commercial vehicle front we hear that a Burford lorry, circa 1922, is preserved in fine condition by a firm in Cardiff, where the Park Coal Co, still…

Sir, The photograph of an early Arrol-Johnston, said to be the first car in the Sudan, accompanying R. H. Seracey's letter in the September number, stirs a memory, and the…

Formula One's ban on all testing until January has given the off-season a different look. No race this year to be the first team to clock up a hesitant handful…

Anyone who follows the Wendy Wools Modified Saloon Car Championship will be aware that the Imp is still the basis for many successful racers. The Imp Club exists to prove that they…

A pitlane fire and a telegram to Hitler When the unlucky von Brauchitsch retired from the 1938 German GP, letting Briton Dick Seaman through to win, the official report to…