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Matters of moment, February 1953
Branded petrol returns Coronation Year will be a happy time for those owners of high-compression sports and high-performance cars which…
Branded petrol returns Coronation Year will be a happy time for those owners of high-compression sports and high-performance cars which…
Johnnie Claes has purchased a Connaught, and will be racing it a in Belgian colours, and Rob Walker has bought…
M.G.C.C. Kimber Trophy Trial (Dec. 26th) Cecil Kimber Trophy -- J. Buncombe (Dellow). Spencer Trophy -- P. G. Cooper (Hillman Minx).…
For obvious reasons the new Road Fund licence rates which came into force this year are the cause of considerable…
Last month, at the time when anticipation over branded petrol was at its pre-realisation height, we were present at the…
By the Motor Sport Continental Correspondent Travelling around the Continent during the racing season one naturally sees many interesting things and,…
By "Carrozzino" Although it is only the second month of 1953, the new season of road racing is fast approaching and…
Formula racing We have recently received a growing number of enquiries about the regulations governing Formula racing -- not 2-litre…
We hear... The R.A.C. issued a news-paragraph on January 1st headed " Please Do Not Feed the Ponies ! "…
R. = Restricted Event. C. = Closed Event. C.I. = Closed Invitation. N. = National Event. I. = International Event …
The new address of W. A. Martin, Hon. Secretary of the Berwick, Lothian & Hawick Motor Clubs, is Bleachfield, Ayton,…
The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1952 The year 1952 opened with the 10,000th mile coming up…
Introduction From February 1st onwards the lot of sports-car and high-performance car users will be a happier one, for branded petrol will…
THE Northern Section of the V.S.C.C. received 90 entries for its annual Measham Rally. A Lancia Lambda driven by H. M.…
Sir, I was pleased to read the letter from Mr. Montgomery as for some time now I have been hearing…
Sports Cars of the World by Ralph Stein. (Charles Scribner's Sons, Ltd., 23, Bedford Square, W.C.1; 174 pp.; 8-1/2 in.…
Appleyard (Jaguar) 2nd -- Marion (Citroën) 3rd The Monte Carlo Rally attracted enormous interest again this year, the excellent coverage by Raymond…
When James Watt first postulated what he considered to be the average power of that four-footed beast of labour that…
Noticing a reference in our road-test report on the Bristol 401 to the pleasant enamelled badge found on that car's…
Practically the whole existing range of Exide car batteries has been withdrawn in favour of a new series known as…
I’m flat out in fifth pushing 130mph approaching Hawthorns, one of the fastest and most demanding corners of any circuit in the country for the first time in my life.…
This is risky business. But I have carried out the necessary risk assessment and, just for a laugh, I’m hitting you with some lists. First, a confession. I make a…
John Hugenholtz thought the project unfeasible at first sight. Soichiro Honda told him not to worry. Within days the paddy fields were drained and bulldozed. Honda had owned the land…
As expected Gil de Ferran has hired Tony Kanaan to replace Raphael Matos as his lead driver at the de Ferran Dragon Racing IndyCar team. Kanaan lost his job with…