May 2005
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Star letter
No phantom race Sir, Much seems to have been written recently concerning the racing history of the AC Cobra and,…
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You were there
Monaco, Targa Florio, Crystal Palace and Thruxton and that's from one bloke! Plus Riverside F5000 and the '50s It wasn't…
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In the hot seat -- Derek Warwick
He caned his Renault 5 Turbo 2 but Derek Warwick hated the RE60, was never going to finish Brands in…
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1000 Miglia -- "It was never just another race"
"You only had one chance to get it right, on every corner for 1000 miles, boy! I really did regard…
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1000 Miglia -- Stress rehearsal
Before his Mille Miglia partnership with Jenks, Moss made three unsuccessful attempts on the race with Jaguar. In 1952 Norman…
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1000 Miglia -- Warm-up lap for Jenks
Not only was Denis Jenkinson not Stirling Moss's first Mille Miglia co-driver, but Stirl' wasn't Jenks's first Mille Miglia driver…
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1000 Miglia -- Fitch came first ?
Jenks wasn't the only navigator in the 1955 Mille Miglia using pacenotes. John Fitch explains to Hartmut Lehbrink where the…
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Jan Magnussen: Too much too young
Jan Magnussen is under few illusions about his Formula 1 career. "I let myself down," he says, "and that always…
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Can-Am fodder
Californian Jim Hayes sent this in for 'You were there". But there was so much good stuff we had to…
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X-ray spec: Brabham BT52 – Gordon Murray's 5min F1 wonder
For some, like Cosworth's Keith Duckworth, Formula 1's turbo era was a crazy aberration. When F1 's return to power…
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Reo Grand
Ernesto Blanco and his Reo ruled the roost in Argentina for three decades. Richard Heseltine tells their story before playing…
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Hudson hawked around mile ovals
It's all going wrong. Once known as 'The Miler' due to its success on one-mile sprint circuits, this wondrous Hudson…
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Audi's Group S prototype: the lost 1980s rally monster
It sits there, brooding, like some sulking schoolboy not allowed to play with his friends when he knows he could…
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Lloyd Ruby -- A gem from the dirt
This quiet Texan went from midget racing to Indy, F1 and Le Mans. He talks to Harold Pace Wichita Falls…
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WB miscellany, May 2005
Remembering Chris Staniland A number of competitors both rode motorcycles and drove cars at Brooklands, such as Freddie Dixon, Vic…
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WB Rumblings, May 2005
Maybe I am an old-fashioned fool but I dislike the use of 'sat' for 'sitting' "we were sat in the…
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Wheel to wheel -- the month in historic motorsport
Edited by Paul Lawrence Pearson's Lister starts on top -- BRDC, Silverstone, Mar 19 The opening double-header for the BRDC…
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Off the blocks -- cars you thought you'd never see again...
Lotus 80"It came in three boxes; I bought it unseen says Sid Hoole of the Martini-liveried Lotus 80 that he…
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Inside line --Julius Thurgood
Top Hat Racing founder What are Top Hat Racing's principles? Top Hat Racing was founded eight years ago to give…
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