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Ginetta G4
One of few cars eligible for both contemporary and classic racing, the little G4 has been a useful track tool…
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Reviews, September 2009
German Racing Silver Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of German Motor Racing Karl Ludvigsen French Racing Blue Drivers, Cars and Triumphs…
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Jimmy’s Lotus comes home
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No breakfast for ‘Chunky’ – at least, not his own…
Colin Chapman of course utterly detested his nickname ‘Chunky’, which had originated in the 1950s. He could be notoriously vain,…
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Relics raise a laugh for Dan
Sir Jack Brabham could not attend the Festival of Speed but his sometime team-mate, sometime rival and enduring friend Dan…
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Why Ferrari racing engines never break. Honest…
One of the first things that any race reporter learns is that all is not necessarily either what it seems,…
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Bill Boddy
A dramatic retirement Pity the Brooklands bookies after this 1923 contest, when both the favourites retired with unexplained maladies There…
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