Articles from the archive

• Places for Races A faint cloud of ominous colour is drifting about on the motor-racing horizon. The rumour is abroad that Silverstone circuit may be engulfed by a Government…

John Gordon, widely-read columnist of the Sunday Express, wrote in his "Current Events" feature of September 2nd that 120 m.p.h. on the Mt may not be illegal but by any…

Indianapolis 500-Mile Race (May 31st) 1st: R. Ward (Leader Card Special) 135.857 m.p.h. 2nd: J. Rathmann (Hopkins Special) 3rd: T. Thompson (Racing Ass. Spec.) 4th: T. Bettenhausen (Hoover Spec.) 5th:…

SALMSON gf6Q Finest unblou n San Sebastian outside France. Act ually raced Lasarte, entirely rebuilt modernised. Touring and racing equipments. Box 1:119 go MOTOR SPORT.

Goodwood. It's still a name that means something to the British racing public, even though it's 27 years since a pukka race meeting was held at the West Sussex airfield…

Sir, I enjoyed 'Lunch with...' Tony Southgate in the June issue and was amused by his quoting of the American phrase 'balls on the hood'. On the same page, your…

Ferrari Club racers have thrown down the gauntlet to Maserati owners with the invitation to compete in the high-profile Shell Historical Challenge series for the first time. Pre-War Scuderia Ferrari…

The Surtees TS9 which Rhodesian John Love raced in South African Formula One events in 1971-2 under the Team Gunston banner returned to the tracks at Donington on September 2/3…

Around and About Silverstone sidelines SATURDAY, the day before the Doily Express International Trophy at Silverstone, was entertaining for one of our number who was able to take a ride…

• • • Henceforth, intending competitors in the Sunbeam Motor-cycle Club's annual Pioneer Run, from Epsom to Brighton, will only be eligible for entry on machines the details of which…

The Classic Racing Motorcycle Club, recently formed to cater for post-WW2 racing and sports machines, is willing to organise track parades and displays of members' machines at car events. Details from club…

Sir, The Windsor was produced in the early 1920s by James Bartle & Co, Ltd, of Lancaster Road, Notting Hill, London, W, and was so named after the managing director of…