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Miniatures news, May 1979
SOME information, perhaps more for younger readers, this month. Hornby Hobbies 20th "Scalextric Model Motor Racing Catalogue" has been issued.…
SOME information, perhaps more for younger readers, this month. Hornby Hobbies 20th "Scalextric Model Motor Racing Catalogue" has been issued.…
THE DOORS of the exclusive Ferrari Owners' Club are open only to those fortunates who own examples of the Maranello…
FROM "Gilbert Harding" by Wallace Reyburn (Angus & Robertson, 1978) one learns that the famous broadcaster and TV personality, who…
Whitney Willard Straight IT IS with deep regret and some surprise that we learn of the death of Whitney Straight…
MOTOR SPORT interviews the managing director of Lotus Cars. Michael Kimberley will celebrate ten years with Lotus in August of…
And driving behind five cylinders BACK IN 1950 David Scott-Moncrieff wrote a test report for us about a car he…
An uninspiring start IF YOU thought last year's World Championship for Makes was more than a shade uninspiring, you should…
After selling something like two dozen Aston Martin V8 cars from a sales base in Hampshire, ex-Grand Prix driver Innes…
A Pair of Sports Fiats FIAT SERVED up quite a dose of fun recently with extrovert sporting versions of their…
B. H. Davenport Basil Davenport died, aged 75, after fighting a long illness with his characteristic determination. His name and…
(March 31st/April 1st) THE HARSH winter weather gave over just in time for this popular event run by the Club's…
The Year of Ground Effect IT IS seldom that the lesser racing categories get a complete reshuffle. New cars tend…
Measuring the power of an engine in horsepower has always seemed something of an anomaly, considering that the internal combustion…
The Alfa 6 Alfa Romeo introduce a new six-cylinder saloon THE ALFA 6 Alfa Romeo may recall a tradition of…
N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -ED. Aston…
THE start of the BRDC's 31st International Trophy race at Silverstone saw eventual winner Eddie Cheever heading the field away…
Five famous cars shared fifty-six cylinders between them when the Deputy Editor went testing at Silverstone. WHEN Vic Norman organised…
No mistakes this time Long Beach, California, April 8th EACH YEAR the running of the United States Grand Prix (West)…
ANY READER who travels in France must be familiar with the swift and audacious Renault 5 Alpine, the model which…
Lotus: Team Lotus had problems with their new Type 8o so the idea of taking it to the Californian race…
The front tyre is the most important part of a racing motorcycle because it decides how fast you enter corners, ride through corners and therefore exit corners. In other words,…
The museum dedicated to two-time Formula 1 world champion Jim Clark has opened in the Scottish Borders town of Duns The Jim Clark museum has reopened to the public Photo: Motorsport Images…
The weather for the first day of practice at Circuit of the Americas was considerably warmer than the couple gone before – but that brought a new problem. Where there…
Luck was finally on Lando Norris's side, helping him to a maiden F1 win in the 2024 Miami Grand Prix. But, says Mark Hughes it was a fully deserved victory as his McLaren outclassed the rest of the field