WE BLUSH!

WE BLUSH!

In a slashing attack on British motor-racing, in which it claims that success depends on money, a put-on Oxford accent, and an introduction to the” right people,” South Africa’s Meter Age (page 12, May issue) states that although Mike Hawthorn consistently proved his ability to out-drive anything in his class with near-vintage Rileys, he would have got no farther had it not been for the combined efforts of his father and that outspoken motoring journalist, Roddy, of the magazine MOTOR SPORT.”