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Porsche 917L raised the test bar
The Le Mans Test Weekend became a big deal from the 1960s. One I recall vividly was the 1971 edition,…
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Three policeman, one rally car and an icy hill climb..
While the Monaco Grand Prix and Le Mans 24 Hours became accepted highlights of the road racing summer season, over…
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Never mind the prize money, give them an Easter bunny!
Perhaps the greatest difference between major-league motor racing then and now has been in the rewards offered and costs incurred.…
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The early days of onboard cameras
Onboard cameras are taken as standard wear today, but without considerable engineering input, or true intrepidity on behalf of a…
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Making a splash before Bill
We call WB our Founder Editor, but he was not the first to run Motor Sport. Here he recalls some…
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Facing an uphill struggle to stay awake...
Reading the recent Freddie Dixon book recalled an occasion when we motoring writers received an invitation from Harry Ferguson to…
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Improving on Ingeniere Jano
At Brooklands I knew A F Ashby, who had tuned his side-valve 1½-litre Riley into a race winner, able to lap at…
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