Letter from Europe July 1968 Motor Sport’s famed continental correspondent Denis Jenkinson – or ‘DSJ’ as he was known in these pages – famously sent his account of the 1955…
I was fascinated by John Oreovicz’s analysis in the October issue of the dire situation IndyCar racing is finding itself in [Make IndyCar great again]. I also beg to disagree…
I don’t know if it’s just me, but looking at the photograph of the selection of Formula 1 cars from across the years gathered on the track at Silverstone in…
Your feature Great Lost Circuits reminds me each month of the Marlboro Motor Speedway in the States, right. This compact 1.8-mile track had nothing to do with the famous brand…
Like Mike Doodson, I have many fond memories of Aintree [Was it a fix?, August]. My father, who had raced motorbikes on Southport Sands, took me along to Aintree in…
In recent issues you’ve dealt with the dark days when safety didn’t match the standards of today. In the ’50s and ’60s there were still remnants of the wartime attitude…
Niki Lauda used to say you need to know how to take risks and when to take them. Oscar Piastri’s pass on Lewis Hamilton in Jeddah [Mark Hughes’ Race Report,…
Great article by Quentin Spurring on the ’75 Spanish GP at Barcelona [“I was walking into the worst day of my motor racing life”, May]. I remember it vividly because…
Reading your review of Pete Lyons’ new book My Travels on Racer Road [Bohemian rhapsody, April] I remembered this photo with Pete and Jenks, above, from the Silverstone paddock in…
Chris Harris’s appreciation article of Luca di Montezemolo in the 2025 March issue [The Luca I know] brought back a happy memory. Fifty years ago, I set off for Silverstone…
It was with much sadness to hear of the passing of David Brodie – ‘The Brode’ – a proper racer, if ever there was one. I was a guest of…
Motor racing has much for which to thank Bernie Ecclestone, although I wonder if even he sometimes regrets the hysteria and bling of today’s Formula 1 and the passing of…
Letter from Europe June 1968 While I was returning from the Targa Florio I was cruising quietly up the Autostrada del Sol at 105mph, admiring the scenery around Orvieto, north…
Thoroughly enjoyed John Oreovicz’s November issue article on American icons [America’s golden greats]. My father covered auto racing in the ’60s and ’70s for a local newspaper at [Pennsylvania’s] Langhorne,…
In John Dickson’s letter (October) there was a small error regarding the year I beat the reigning NHRA world champion Don Garlits. It was 1976, not 1967. This was at…
I read with interest the interview with Carroll Shelby [Carroll Shelby: The Lost Interview, September] on the creation of the AC Cobra and have to conclude that he was economical…
