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Tough Treatment
In the distant past, you applied for a licence to drive and were encouraged to study the Highway Code (cost…
May 1992
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Bad English?
Truth to tell, I am not absolutely sure what is meant by the heading to this page. However. DSJ has…
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What are you on?
This is, I imagine, a question heard frequently in betting-shops and on racecourses. Not being a betting man, I cannot…
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Forgotten Makes: The Farman
The Farman was built by the brothers Farman and is thus another car which was the product of racing drivers,…
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A happy knack...
The VSCC has a happy knack of finding old motor cars fun, without going to extremes. Indeed, this is especially…
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The plug that fluffed...
It is interesting to look back at certain moments from motor racing's past and recall incidents or episodes which may…
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Cars in books, May 1992
From Leap Before You Look by Aiden Crawley (Collins, 1988) we learn that when he was at Farnborough School in…
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The vital statistics
For the mathematically-minded, Mays stopped to refuel at 50 laps, when two seconds behind Bira, which took one minute and…
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Vintage Postbag, May 1992
Riley Result Sir, You may be pleased to know that my recent letter in the January edition, "The Life of…
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Videos
Classic Car Greats. PP Publishing, £10.99. Videos are a booming business, and this compilation draws attention to the PP Publishing…
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Budapest
By a happy coincidence, just when I was looking around for some motor racing posters for my study, a catalogue…
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Books
Driving Forces, by Alan Henry. Patrick Stephens Ltd, £14.99. This book is well written and researched, as one expects from…
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Letters, May 1992
Female Intuition Sir, As a female follower of a predominantly male sport, I would love to see a woman driver…
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