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Reflections - Champion Vettel is also a winner off the track - IndyCar was an accident waiting to happen As each Formula 1 season evolves, press conferences inevitably take on…

"The History of English Racing Automobiles Limited" by David Weguelin. 288 pp. 10 1/2" x 12 1/2". (White Mouse Editions Ltd., 50 Porchester Terrace, London W2 3TP. £35.00). This quite…

The ex-Kenny Acheson March 793 will return to racing in Classic F3 events in '06 in the hands of Max Samuel-Camps. After a season out of racing. Samuel-Camps has acquired…

An error in dictation over the telephone when preparing the July issue made a nonsense of the praise I tried to bestow on the latest B.M.C. safety-belts—they are, of course,…

Having witnessed in my lifetime the complete domination by the Japanese of industries such as cameras, televisions, radios, and motorcycles, we are on the verge of seeing them repeating the…

By Eoin Young. 176 pp. 9 3/4 in. x 6 3/4 in. (Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd., Astronaut House, Feltham, Middlesex. £3.95.) So another racing-driver biography is off the presses! I…

Michael Bowler's recent letter mentioning turbine cars reminds me that in the mid '60s, I drove a turbine-engined Chrysler Ghia coupe. Chrysler had such faith in it they were flying…

Sir, I have read with interest your January number of Motor Sport but I must draw your attention to certain errors, in particular re M.G. twin-cam heads mentioned on page…

" 'The Autocar ' Road Teets-1958." 127 pp., 11 5/8 in. by 8¾ in. soft covers (Iliffe & Sons, Ltd., Dorset House, Stamford Street, London, S.E.1. 7s. 6d.) After issuing…

"Austin Healey The Story of the Big Healeys" by Geoffrey Healey. 256 pp. 9 3/4 in. X 7 in. (Wilton House Gentry Ltd., 16, Regency Street, London, SW1P 4DD £7.95). If…

Described by Mr. Raymond Mays as "the first occasion of its kind," nearly a score of famous racing car drivers met technical experts of the Lodge Plugs Company at Rugby…

produced by Videovision Broadcast. 60 minutes. (Duke Marketing Ltd, PO Box 46, Douglas, Isle of Man. £29.90). Slowest of the 1988 World Sports-car Championship reviews to reach us, this is…