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FORTHCOMING EVENTS MOTORING FIXTURES FOR 1933. AUGUST. 1-6th. Coupe des Alpes. 4.5th. Irish Grand Prix Races. 4-5th. Mid Surrey A.C. London-Barnstaple Trial. 7th. B.A.R.C. Bank Holiday Meeting. 7th. Carshalton M.C.C.…

Sir, I understand that an article of mine which appeared in your February issue entitled " Enthusiastus Extinctus " has caused a fluttering in certain dovecotes, where it has been…

Congratulations to the Vintage Motor Cycle Club, which has already issued its 2002 fixture list of no less than 498 events, from the territorial sections' happenings to main affairs like…

DONINGTON PARK.—Work proceeds apace with the reconstruction of the Donington Park racing circuit and one or two alterations are being made in order to conform with present day racing standards,…

Swiss Grand Prix The Swiss Grand Prix used to be one of the classic motor races, held on a very fast and challenging circuit in the forest of Bremgarten, on…

Ivory Coast CONVERSATION after the Sanremo Rally seemed to centre not on the World Championship title duel between Stig Blomqvist and Markku Alen, but on the remarkable way in which…

Derby winner Appearing at the Rolls Royce EC's Pearl Jubilee Concours and Rally in an ordinary car would have seemed very inappropriate, so I was delighted to accept the offer…

Sir, With reference to the letter re "special" guests at the British Grand Prix , Silverstone, invited by John Player. I am a tobacconist who sells their products to the…

WHEN the teams packed up their cars and boxes of spares, tools, and equipment to go to the Brazilian Grand Prix in mid-March, they had to prepare to be away…

Alan R Smith started photographing motor racing in the thirties, going freelance in 1946. Since then his pictures of British and Overseas racing have been widely exhibited, and he is…

"Motor" Road Tests, 1969 Series. 287 pp. 11 3/4 in. x 8 1/2 in. (The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, Handyn House, Felthwn, Middlesex. 21s.) We are pleased to see that…

Motor Racing and the English Public. COMPARED with the crowds who assemble at every corner round the motor-cycle T.T. course, the number of spectators who watched the Mannin races at…