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In time for Christmas comes the excellent news that Minimodels Ltd. have introduced their "Scalextric" rail-racing kit. They will be remembered for their Scalex model racing cars, and it was…

RACING GOGGLES LARGEST SPECIALISTS IN LONDON New Light Rubber Mask Type, very wide vision lenses 12/6 High Speed Rubber Cups, curved safety 29/6 lenses, adjustable bridge .. High Speed Goggles,…

Who’ll buy this beauty? Times change. This week a press release landed not on my doormat but, as they all do these days, in my ‘Inbox’. It was entitled ‘Ferrari…

Four years have passed since Jean Ragnotti won the Monte-Carlo Rally in a Renault 5 Turbo, generating all manner of speculation on whether there would be a return of the small…

Derek Rutherford, who was part of the successful Lagonda team at Le Mans before the war, has died aged 88. From an early age he competed in hillclimbs and races…

Apart from its intrinsic interest the "War Diaries of Harold Macmillan" (Macmillan, 1984), covering the politics and war in the Mediterranean from 1943 to 1945, have a number of references to…

Paul Stewart Racing's monopoly on the British F3 title continued last season, as Jan Magnussen racked up a record tally of seasonal victories There was one moment in the 1994…

Opinions expressed are those of correspondents and not necessarily those of Motor Sport*** Senna Censure Sir, I am astounded to read about the post race press briefing after the Japanese…

CARS I HAVE OWNED [This contribution is especially interesting, being written by a young New Zealand reader, D. B. McLean, while he was on a ship bound for this country…

Bob Berridge (Williams FW08) won a titanic pole position struggle with Martin Stretton (Tyrrell P34) by 0.093s when the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Car series returned to Donington, his 1m03sec lap…

VSCC 1982 Finale at Cadwell Park THE LAST race meeting of the year for the VSCC took place at the attractive Cadwell Park circuit in Lincolnshire on August 29th, in…

THE NEW RAILTON-TERRAPLANE Modified Chassis and Special Coachwork give enhanced performance and impressive appearance. THE road-test of the Essex Terraplane published in this issue of MOTOR SPORT reveals it as…