EDITORIAL. ESERVATION OR PROGRESS? THE sport of motor-racing, while having an assured popularity among the general public in Great Britain, continues to be frowned upon by the powers-that-be. To begin…

All that Jazz Re your feature "Motor Racing and all that Jazz" (November issue). I am sure that you are wrong in describing Rupert E. L. (Buddy) Featherstonehaugh as a…

AUTOCOURSE 1961/2 This year's edition, the tenth, will contain, as usual, the fullest possible report on the motor sport of 1961. There will be a 50-page section on the Grandes…

Group C: SPA The Group C season kicked off at Spa over the early May Bank Holiday weekend, and Jaguars were on top in both races. Justin Law guided his…

THE PROGRESS OF SUPERCHARGING. IT has been prophesied that 1926 will be remembered as the "Supercharger" year, and this surmise is already being borne out by the appearance on the…

Sir, "Cynics among the onlookers suggested that only sponsorship makes racing that close . .!" was the comment in your report of the dice between the Hon Patrick Lindsay and…

"DEATH IN THE AIR" THE COCKBURN-LANG DIARY AND COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS NOW AVAILABLE IN BOOK FORM. FOR many months readers of the illustrated London News and the Sunday Pictorial have…

RESULTS IMPERIAL TROPHY FINAL : Ins. Handicap : 1,100 c.c„ Ins. start ; 1,500 c.c., 8s. start, ; unlimited, scratch. 1. " B. Bira " (1,500 c.c. E.R.A.), 31m. 58.5s.…

Sir, With reference to WB's page from the January 2000 issue about a new secretary's office at Shelsley Walsh itself, can I point out the office has been fully operational…

We are indebted to V. H. Tuson for the accompanying notes, which follow on previous tuning articles relating to Austin, Alvis, Bentley, Delage, Frazer-Nash, Hotchkiss, Riley and Talbot cars. Anyone…

CORR ECTION Sir, In your Silverstone report you state that P. N. Whitehead's Cooper-Alta is now tuned by Wharton's ox-mechanic. This car was built by myself and Mr. A. Birks,…

kumbitnas 7411, nOAIIIERGES f either sprint events, either speed trials or hill climbs are now rare indeed, there are still a few surviving events held on private roads, and among…