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1978 United States Grand Prix East race report
Not a Lotus Day Watkins Glen, October 1st The United States Grand Prix, held at Watkins Glen, used to be…
November 1978
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Sanremo Rally
Markku Alen took some time to get used to his Stratos but eventually won comfortably after Munari, Rohrl and Vudiafieri…
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The British Racing Scene 1
Above, such is the state of development of cars conforming to the RAC's Group I regulations that lap times recorded…
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The British Racing Scene 2
Top, Formula Ford produced all its usual antics in a season dominated by Irishmen Kenny Acheson, Michael Roe and Bernard…
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1978 Canadian Grand Prix in pictures
Gilles Villeneuve scored a fairy-tale first Grand Prix win in front of his hime crowd in the Canadian World Championship…
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An Afternoon with an Aston Martin DB3S
The Deputy Editor airs the Midlands Motor Museum's Works Team car When I announced to a couple of Aston Martin…
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On The Streets In Birmingham
More than 100,000 people packed the centre of Birmingham on October 8th to watch a mobile museum cum racing car…
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USAC Silverstone
A.J. Foyt (above) might well be smiling: he had just won 33,445 dollars for covering 38 laps of Silverstone to…
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USAC Brands Hatch
Rick Mears had a lucky win with the Penske-Cosworth Gold Charge (top left) in the second of the two British…
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Letters from Readers, November 1978
N.B. — Opinions expressed are those of our Correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. —…
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