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This quiet Texan went from midget racing to Indy, F1 and Le Mans. He talks to Harold Pace Wichita Falls is a small, rustic Texas city just south of the…

Obituary: Richie Ginther One of motor racing's true free spirits, Richie Ginther, died in France of a heart attack, just before the Portuguese GP. He had been frail for some…

ContolneirAta,_ Notes and News By AUSLANDER Miniature Mercs. Well, these Mercedes people have certainly given everybody something to think about. One expected that they would would eventually produce a l.…

"Traction Engines," by Philip Wright. 89 pp., 9-2/5 in. x 6-1/5 in. (Adams and Charles Black, 4-6, Soho Square, London, W.1. 21s.) This summer traction engine rallies seem likely to be more popular…

Even as he comfortably led Michael Schumacher's Benetton, Damon Hill suspected that he had lost the Monaco Grand Prix. The Englishman was running a two-stop strategy, and therefore on a…

Jackie Epstein Sports car veteran, team boss and circuit manager Jackie Epstein died on January 7. He was 74. The son of sculptor Sir Jacob Epstein and his sometime muse,…

HANTS & BERKS M.G. NIGHT NAVIGATION RALLY (October 2Ist/22nd) This annual hilarity attracted 90 entries and they had some very special fun and games in addition to having to do…

The snippers got at last months "Silverstone snippets" making Sweet's MG fourth in the VSCC Pat Lindsay race, whereas it was in fact ninth. For the record, the order should have…

Formula Opel Euroseries This preview rates with the Touring Cars as a difficult one. At the time of writing. the seven rounds held in the 1994 Euroseries had been won…

Successful on the stages, less so on track, the Big Healey nevertheless remains a British classic as it reaches its half-century By Richard Heseltine Its true meaning has been diluted…

Different racing circuits must, I suppose, have character differences, but nowadays they seem all to be lost in ferro-concrete, advertising and protective barriers, a far cry from the days of…

[Although his status is that of an amateur, K. N. Hutchison has a nice list of successes to his credit and has owned a variety of motors many professionals would…