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tr. 'Axe^ 3r. dt7r...• A New Racing Class ? CLASS I—cars up to 500 c.c.—has formerly existed only in the sphere of record-breaking. Kenneth Neve visualises its introduction in sprint…

1975 -- Jody scoops GP win at Kyalami Tyrrell ace secures home victory but loses out in snow-hit Race of Champions It didn't look too promising. Desperate for success at…

When winning wasn’t everything Sir, I beg to ask the question "Who won Le Mans in 1927?" In July you credit Dr Benjafield and Sammy Davis, and this misconception is…

Sir, On Good Friday morning my husband and I attempted to make the journey between Sr Albans and Oulton Park circuit. This straightforward journey involved some 160 miles of M1,…

MOTOR SPORT PICTORIAL REVIEW Italian Grand Prix Goodwood National Meeting B.D.C. Fine Hill-Climb B.O.C. Prescott Top left : CONGRATULATIONS, STIRLING.—Moss immediately after his touch-and-go victory at Monza, with hysterical Italian…

Thousands of spectators lined the route to cheer on participants in this year’s Brighton Veteran Car Run on the first Sunday in November. A healthy 420 of the 483 pre-1905…

What Had The Hispano ? IN his masterful survey of sports-car evolution in the -June Mifroa SPORT Cecil Clutton pointed to the 6-cylinder Hispano-Suiza as the outstanding car of the…

NEW TWO-LITRE SPORTS MODEL SCORES BRILLIANT SUCCESS AT N URBU RG RING (See Stop Press) Extraordinarily Good Power-to-Weight Ratio: Powerful 2-Litre Engine in Same Chassis as the 11-Litre Model The…

"My Sprint has completed 42,000 miles. Its life history has been erratic, causing no trouble at all for long periods, then causing chaos in a week." A. G. Morison, London…

SUPPORT POR BIG CHANGES IN THE PERSONNEL: TRUSTEES CANNOT ACCEPT H. W. COOK'S OFFER AT PRESENT THE fate of the new E.R.A. still hangs in the balance, for the initial…

Would it ever have been massaged into a dominant racing car, if Rubery Owen had made the necessary budget available? Or was it really just another 16-cylinder disaster for BRM…

The writing was on the wall. You either had a turbo engine or were desperately searching for one. And yet a 15-year-old engine design took the 1982 title, its reliability…