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Talbot to the fore Sir, Congratulations on such an excellent article on BGH 23, the 1934 Talbot Team car. The letter from your correspondent Don Nicholas caught my eye, as…

Type C Jaguars 1, 2, 4. Gerard's Frazer-Nash 3rd. Tony Rolt (Jaguar) Sets Lap Record at 86.4 m.p.h. At Dundrod on September 15th, the Type C Jaguars consolidated the great…

More power means more fun Many an argument has centred around the Lotus Europa, the rear-engined GT car which has until recently been powered by a Renault engine. Motor Sport's…

MAXIMUM SPEEDS REAL AND IMAGINARY Letter writers to the weekly motoring papers have very optimistic and childlike faith in the accuracy of their car's speedometers. If they had reason, as…

Through the thoughtfulness of a Motor Sport reader I have been reading a most interesting book, published in 1932 and inscribed rather optimistically "A Guide for Future Travellers." The reason…

Bill Vukovich lived and died for Indy. Despite his nickname, he was neither mad nor Russian Of late there has been a spate of books about the 1955 racing season,…

Mini returns to world rallying in 2011 facing the same big challenge as it did 50 years ago, but this time with the might of BMW and Prodrive behind it…

Points as of September 21, 2009 1. Jenson Button Formula 1 225pts 2. Ryan Briscoe IRL/Grand-Am 198pts Both Briscoe and Dario Franchitti have one IRL race remaining before the October…

It is of interest to learn that Solex Carburetters, which are made by S. Wolf and Sons, Ltd., "5, Southwark Street, London, S.E. 1, can be supplied specially lightened for…

Sir, Is it true that the Monza banking has not been used for racing since 1961 (MOTOR SPORT, July 1999)? I seem to remember that it was still being used…

It now seems certain that the R.A.C. will introduce a limit on the number of competitions on the public highway which each Club may hold. The proposal is that each…

At £3,370.77 the TR7 typifies the way in which the sports car side of Leyland escaped from the price increases that affected the rest of saloons recently, taking even the…