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On June 2, 1970, international motor sport lost one of its biggest stars and of its finest gentlemen, when Bruce McLaren perished in a testing accident at Goodwood. Mark Hughes talked…

Sir, Your "fragment" on the Beverley-Barnes was of immense interest, as I did some research into the story of this make some years ago. Technical development was primarily the work…

CERTIFIED "SECOND-HANDERS." ADEVELOPMENT that was, perhaps, long overdue in the motor trade has been adopted by the firm of F. G. Smith (Motors), Ltd., Goodmayes, Essex. They have now embarked…

Stars out for Revival races The debuts of former Indy 500 winner Kenny Brack and triple World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx will top the Goodwood Revival race meeting on…

A section devoted to old-car matters A Straker Squire Relic Earlier this year, when they were clearing out an attic at their former premises in Angel Road, Edmonton, Control Dataset…

Jaguar by Philip Porter. 224pp. 9.1/4"x 13". (Sidgwick & Jackson, Tavistock Chambers, Bloomsbury Way, London WC1A 2SG. £19.95.) The word "lavish" barely describes this thick arid heavy volume, with its…

THE CUBAN GRAND PRIX (February 28th) Stirling Moss drove a Type 61 Maserati, with 2.8-litre four-cylinder engine and " birdcage " chassis, belonging to the Camoradi Racing 'ream, and had…

Two former world rally champions were the star attractions at the Eifel Historic Rallyeparty held in celebration of 30 years of the world rally championship. Bjorn Waldegard (Porsche 911) and…

ATTRACTIVE MOTORING LITERATURE Two Interesting Booklets from Alms and M.G. ABEAUTIFULLY produced catalogue or instruction book can never fail to please the eye of motoring enthusiasts, and we have recently…

Killarney Historic Rally December 2/3 Gareth Lloyd and Ryland James backed up their HRCR Classic Stage Rally Championship crown with victory on the Killarney Historic Rally in early December. Running…

Sir, I have just finished reading your March, 1971 issue and was somewhat disturbed by Mr. Graham Whitehead's (President, British Leyland Motors Inc. of America) comment that all is well…

Steve Hrrchins' sensational last-gasp victory over Martin Stretton at the Czech Republic's Autodrom Most on 11 June finally broke the Tyrrell P34 pilot's stranglehold on the FIA Thoroughbred Grand Prix…