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That altogether excellent institution, the National Six-Hour Relay Race, for which the greatest praise is due to Holland Birkett and the 750 M.C., took place at Silverstone on August 15th,…

Plans for Bernie Ecclestone to float part of the F1 business on the Singapore Stock Exchange have emerged. The offering is linked to suggestions that Ferrari and Red Bull are…

Snetterton,  May 14th IF you speak of "glorious Goodwood" it is presumably permissible to refer to "scruffy Snetterton," but at the Norfolk circuit you can enjoy informal racing, run with…

A miscellany of mishaps  "The answer is in the plural and they bounce" — Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, 1869-1944.  Most of the news one sees or reads about these days is distinctly…

Sir, I read with interest your impressions of the new Triumph 1500 as I have one here in South Africa. Not many of your readers are probably aware that the…

TUNING CARBURETTORS FOR COMPETITION EVENTS. THE CLAUDEL-HOBSON. WHEN endeavouring to obtain the maximum power and acceleration from any carburetter it is practically impossible to secure any setting which will also…

Sir, I venture to question Mr. B. W. Rivett's conclusion that elderly, quality cars are not an economic proposition, compared presumably with the post-war car costing the same money. At…

On December 6th, Mr. W. M. Couper addressed members of this Club at Edgware, his subject being the 1949 Monte Carlo Rally. The talk was illustrated by a colour film…

Andrea de Cesaris was much maligned during a Formula 1 career that stretched from 1980 to 1994, but he didn't deserve to retire without a victory to his name. Alas,…

Sir, In the 1920s my father owned a "Cubitt" car. Might this have been "The Volume"? (Take the side of a cube; to ascertain the volume, cube it; x3.) J…

Two New Shell Films During the London Motor Show Shell-Mex and B.P. Ltd. held their eagerly-awaited party at Shell-Mex House, which was attended by many celebrities, amongst whom were noticed…

On top down under It is never easy for an organising group to enter the World Championship for the first time, no matter how many times their event has been…