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1955: Redex Trophy, Snetterton History often hinges upon events deemed insignificant at the time. Brabham's drive in this race was praised, but not appraised until much later. Paul Fearnley reflects…

NASCAR racing was only just coming to terms with the loss of reigning champion, Alan Kulwicki, in an light 'plane accident in April, when Davey Allison, one of Kulwicki's main…

Double world rally champion Walter Röhrl, driving a Francis Tuthill-prepared Porsche 911 and co-driven by Beatty Crawford, led the International Rally Britannia from the third stage to the finish. And…

MC12 supercar returns the Trident to top-line sportscar competition Maserati has returned to mainstream sportscar racing after an absence of 40 years. The Modena marque's new MC12 supercar made its…

Mini is on the brink of announcing its return to frontline rallying, with a World Championship assault planned for 2011 based on the new four-wheel-drive Countryman. Prodrive, which oversaw Subaru’s…

Some people look down their noses at this prolific sports racer, but they shouldn’t: the evergreen MGB has always been a useful track tool By Richard Heseltine Oh, how we…

Chevron -- the 'Lotus of the North' -- is 40 this year. Paul Fearnley and Damien Smith sample four of its most important cars and tell the story of Derek…

THE HISTORY British Formula 3 is the world's oldest F3 championship. It started in 1951 and has remained one of the series you must compete in as an aspiring professional…

"After covering only 10,000 miles a new automatic gearbox has had to be fitted to the Mayoral Rolls-Royce at a cost of £120." Which proves that R.-R. spares are not…

The unique Triumph TR8 Le Mans sports car is due to return to racing in 2007 thanks to Belgian Bert Smeets. Built by Janspeed with a 550bhp twin-turbo Rover-derived V8,…

Those who have seen on television the classic Bathurst saloon-car races in Australia will welcome No 6 in the year-by-year series of books from MRP of Croydon. Bathurst 1987/88 was…

THE J.C.C. FILM SHOW The J.C.C. gave easily the best motorracing film show ever, at Wardour Street, on November 2nd. All the best racing films were shown, with two of…