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THE story of the AC Ace really began in 1919 when John Weller produced his first AC "light six" engine. This was a wet linered six cylinder unit of 1991…

THE 1927 J.C.C. "200" at Brooklands was a smoky race. R. F. Oats' O.M. was flagged in for emitting a smoke-screen so dense it endangered other drivers and just before…

With the exception of Stewart and HuIme all the regular Formula Two runners took part in the race on the South Circuit of the Nurburgring, which is similar in character…

Sir, Your magazine has always been a stalwart defender of the general motoring public, and in view of this I think you will be interested in the following which occurred…

OUR EXPORT TRADE Sir, I note that the imports of foreign cars drop off in the United States; the one exception being the VW. As an owner of this machine and, quietly, previously the…

News that a state-of-the-art banked oval circuit is to be built in Britain, 60 years after the closure of Brooklands, is welcome indeed, not least because promoters at the Rockingham…

The Formula 1 driver market remains in a state of flux after Ferrari’s confirmation of Fernando Alonso’s arrival in 2010 failed to trigger the expected rush of announcements. Renault acted…

Sir, A recent operation has forced me to part with my much loved, but heavy clutch and steering, 2.5 PI Triumph and your remarks on the test of the 2500S,…

It’s been a long-running and heroic story, but the ‘Williams of IndyCar’ has taken its last bow, leaving a gap in US pitlanes The sad news came on December 1,…

ONE FOR THE " SPECIALS" Sir, In "Club News" in the September issue of MOTOR SPORT, I notice a certain amount of jubilation is caused by the location of an…

It has taken an ex-Formula 1 driver with a hard business head to turn four well-loved British race tracks back to profit, as Simon Taylor finds out Photography: James Mitchell…

A demanding extra circuit of the High Alps and the incentive of a splendid gala prizegiving dinner amid Prince Rainier's car collection are just two of the reasons why this…