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Portrait of the artist as a racing driver
For 50 years Leslie Marr has been best known as a painter. But before that he bought himself a Connaught…
February 2009
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VSCC overhauls race programme
The Vintage Sports Car Club has unveiled the biggest ever evolution of the club’s annual race programme for 2009. In…
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Silverstone Classic changes
There will be new organisers behind the Silverstone Classic for 2009 following confirmation that this year’s event will be managed…
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In brief, February 2009
* After a two-month delay, Steven Smith and John Nichols have been confirmed as winners of the 2008 Dunlop/Gambia MSA…
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Bateson Merc passes rally test
The huge Mercedes 300SE of John Bateson and Mark I’Anson won the eighth running of the Rally of the Tests,…
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Rally show will celebrate WRC
The cars and drivers that have dominated the first 30 years of the World Rally Championship will be celebrated during…
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Mini celebration for Race Retro
As the Mini reaches its 50th birthday in 2009, the heritage of the model in motor sport will be a…
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Yorkshire to host Tour Britannia
Tour Britannia will break new ground in 2009 when it moves into Yorkshire for the first time. Running from September…
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Matra magnet
The first MS650 is sure to draw buyers to France next month, while online auctions are also a big pull…
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PM Brown lauds Lewis at awards
Prime Minister Gordon Brown expressed the nation’s pride in new World Champion Lewis Hamilton when he presented the McLaren ace…
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Teams Hackett down to France!
Jaguar celebrated 60 years of the XK engine alongside other marques including Morgan and Aston Martin on this year’s Hackett…
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Porsche squad parties like it's 1976
It was flares ’til dawn when a host of racing drivers and team members attended Porsche team Jota Sport’s 1976…
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MGB
Some people look down their noses at this prolific sports racer, but they shouldn’t: the evergreen MGB has always been…
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A sight for sore eyes
Vision Express founder Dean Butler has put his fortune to good use – with a collection of classic cars and…
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Reviews, February 2009
Bentley Speed Six Clare Hay It’s large, lavish, limited in numbers and extremely expensive, so it ought to be good……
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Middle-aged but still game
Forty-two years ago the fourth string to Col Hoare’s Le Mans bow carried off an unexpected trophy – and is…
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‘Grande Vitesse’ – a model for Jenks
We often recall Denis Jenkinson as the standard-setting racing writer. He had his own exemplar – ‘Grande Vitesse’ of The…
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Planes, patents and a pet parrot
When Bonhams & Goodman sold the John Dawson-Damer Collection recently in Sydney, I spent much time poring over the star…
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Gentlemanly behaviour
Colonel Hoare was an ex-Army motor trader of the old school, regarded very much at the time – by his…
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Targa Florio curiosities
Sorting through more Sicilian Targa Florio photos the other day a rich seam of Italian national specials came to the…
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