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Some Drastic Proposals for T.T. and Stock Machine Trials. There can be few whose opinions of the T.T. races, past, present, and future—particularly the future—are likely to carry greater weight…

THE IRISH GRAND PRIX. The Second Day's Race. THE second day's race, for cars over 1,500 c.c., will long be remembered as one of the most thrilling and closest struggles…

• • • 'TALES OF WOK Sir, May J add comment to Mr. M. Coshist Ross' letter published in your February issue? I ant the owner of a Ford New…

Electrical failures, more than any other trouble, are still responsible for the majority of roadside stoppages. Even though alternators put much more into a tired battery than dynamos ever did…

Sir In his reply to my review of his book, "The Story of Brooklands", Mr. Boddy raises an interesting point with regard to the dimensions of the engine of the 1913 Grand…

When, in our reviews of last year's Paris and London Motor Shows, we attempted to classify the high-performance cars and out the Sunbeam Alpine down as a "roadster," eyebrows were…

Jenks: a passion for motorsport. MRP £19.95 ISBN: 1-899870-22-9 I worked with DSJ for many years, and it was not the unalloyed delight outsiders imagined. Helpful and amusing when it…

The first cars to start from Swansea were started by the Deputy Mayor. No. 1. R.H.G Rumble (M.G.-A), was followed by the 1957 and 1958 winner W.G. Cawsey, trying to…

Robert Kubica’s slow road to recovery suffered a further setback when he injured his right leg after he slipped on an icy road near his home in Italy. The Pole…

WHAT WE'D BLOW THE BUDGET ON THIS MONTH DREAV GARAG ANDY GILBERG ROYALE RP20 There's only one of these. With its 2-litre Cosworth BDG ifs eligible for F2 and Atlantic…

Piston failure in a test session on the eve of last month's Coys International Historic Festival sadly precluded Martin Stretton from racing Nick Harley's Ferrari 555 Super Squalo (tested in…

The VCC'S most ambitious event this year must be the replay of the 1900 Thousand Miles Trial. I could not follow it as no map of the route was sent…