A Miserable Formula 2 race Adenau, July 31st. There have been some very good German Grand Prix events in the past, and there have also been some bad ones, but the…

A young man on his way  Long Beach, California, March 30th The mark of success of an event is when it becomes established and accepted in a short space of…

The Bugatti car has always been a source of interest to the motoring enthusiast, and more recently the public at large have "discovered" Bugatti, while the book world produces bigger…

If you are lucky and have a cabin on the starboard side of the Queen Mary which is anchored in Long Beach bay, and run as an hotel, you look…

Last year, when Clark finished a close second in the annual Memorial Day track race driving a Lotus powered by a highly-tuned 4.2-litre push-rod Ford V8 engine, it looked as…

Last year I had a few words to say about times over a measured quarter of a mile from a standing start, and last September many people were fortunate enough…

A shadow The New Nürburgring, August 4th When we went to the first Formula One race on the new Nürburgring last October it was to see the European Grand Prix,…

Outwardly the technical scene in Formula One may seem to have stabilised but, in fact, this is far from true. While no totally new designs are appearing at the moment,…

At the end of last year we reviewed the Lloyds and Scottish Finance Company's Historic Car Championship, and suggested that some of the cars had rather suspect parentage while others…

This year's films by Castrol, which are available on loan to motor clubs and other organisations, feature extreme ends of the sporting world. "A Tale of Two Rallies" as the…

It fell flat  Brands Hatch, July 13th Enthusiasm was running high for the British Grand Prix two or three weeks before the event was due to be held at the…

With the Formula One scene in a state of flux at the moment and the season reaching mid-way, technical progress is not surprisingly slowing down, though detail work is still very active…