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Ferrari - Alfa-Romeo Duel at Record Speed BOLOGNA, APRIL 26TH. From Our Continental Correspondent. I have just seen all hell let loose upon the roads of Italy for 21 solid…

Le Mans (France), April 2nd/3rd. The provision of a week-end of use of the Sarthe circuit in early April is now well established and apart from allowing entrants to do…

Sir, I was very interested in Mr. Corner's letter in your November issue about the 1914 G.P. Opels, in which he raises a query about the maximum speed of Mr.…

Jackie Stewart, the former owner of what is now the Red Bull Formula One team, has predicted that famed racecar designer Adrian Newey will revitalise the squad's fortunes. Red Bull…

THE 500-MILES RACE AUSTIN SEVEN WINS AT 83.41 M.P.H. BENTLEY AVERAGES 112.12 M.P.H. ON its introduction last year, the British Racing Drivers' Club 500 Miles Race proved that we could…

Sixty years of the British Hillclimb Championship will be celebrated at Shelsley Walsh on August 19, when up to eight former champions and cars from the 60-year history of the…

By Heinz Pruller. 207 pp. 8 3/4 in. x 5 5/8 in. (William Kimber & Co. Ltd., 22a, Queen Anne's Gate, London, SW1. £2.25.) Racing driver biographies form a staple…

The Editor Discourses on the Subject of Distances Covered in Sixty Minutes by Production-style Cars Once upon a time, long, long ago, no motor car had covered a distance of one…

DOG-LOVER The following appeared in the Eastern Daily Press recently : "Recently I was able to save a lone straying poodle dog from doubtless destruction by placing my car across…

Sir, Re-reading your fascinating article "The Last Leyland Eight" (July 1977), reminds me that this car ran in the Manchester to Blackpool Veteran and Vintage Car Run in (I think) 1965.…

A sunnier date added to the experience of an event with a growing reputation. as some ex-F1 stars joined a quality entry. By Paul Lawrence photography by Juan Miguel and…

Sir, Attached herewith, you will find my expression of apology to Mr. W. O. Bentley, which applies to my two (2) articles; one printed in 1964 and the other one…