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MotorSport Vision has underlined its commitment to classic and historic racing by recruiting Stuart Pringle as motorsport events manager from January '06. After six years as secretary of the Vintage…

Sir, My copy of Motor Sport arrived yesterday and I saw the picture of the two Royal Daimlers and read the letter about them with interest. The cars are the…

While Sébastien Ogier took a little more than four kilometres to become World Rally Champion for the first time, nine-time title winner Sébastien Loeb reckoned it would have taken 400…

A NEW H.R.G. MODEL A new H.R.G. model is announced. It is based on the well known 11-litre Meadows-engined job, but is specially adapted for sports-car racing. The engine has…

FORTY YEARS By " BALADEUR." DURING September, 1934, a procession of motor cars, all at least thirty years old, might have been theca] n tem d traversing the road from…

Barrie ‘Whizzo’ Williams is celebrating 50 years of competition this summer, having held his first competition licence in 1957. His first event was a hillclimb at Prescott in 1957 and…

The Gran Premio de la América del Sur almost forced Fangio to quit racing, as Tony Watson relates. Photography courtesy of the Juan Manuel Fangio museum Monday, November 8 1948:…

—by Sydney Allard My crew consisted of Guy Warburton and Tom Lush, and the crew arrangements were that Guy and I should share the driving and Tom be responsible for navigating and timekeeping. The…

Sir, My reaction to Roger Pouluin's letter on Vintage Values in your August issue is that he understates the case. I agree entirely with the central drift of his argument,…

British Entries for Alpine Trial. LAST year showed that British cars could compete successfully in, this event, the Invicta and Talbot performances being particularly good. The Riley team also gained…

THE LEAGUE OF MOTOR SPORTSMEN THE SPORTING MOTORIST'S NEW LEAGUE OF FELLOWSHIP Membership of the League of Motor Sportsmen is open to all who take an active and enthusiastic interest…

New Caravan Scheme. Many motorists have experienced the urge to go caravanning at some time, but the initial impulse has not been sufficient to get past the idea. Moreover, doubt…