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Gabbiani trashes a 792 at Donington: Bira pushes his 250F at Reims. Plus Swedish rallying and racing in New…
June 2005
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In the hot seat -- Brian Redman
Enzo Ferrari thought he was a nice boy but Brian Redman turned down his advances; failing to win at…
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"They must have been crazy"
That's what Aston Martin works driver David Brabham thinks of the men who won the 1959 Le Mans 24 Hours.…
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Amateur dramatics
Richard Heseltine tells the unlikely story of a used Aston Martin, a car dealer and an attack on Le Mans…
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Won for the road
This road-going supercar wasn't expected to even finish on its Le Mans debut 10 years ago. But the McLaren F1…
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The Quiet Man
Shy Mike Spence spent most of his career in the shade. Paul Fearnley looks back at a man who was…
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X-ray spec -- Ferrari 640
Three wins may not sound earth-shaking. But, as its designer explains to Keith Howard, Maranello's '89 car moved the goalposts…
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Divine Province
When Giuseppe Farina and the other F1 stars raced in the Ulster Trophy at Dundrod it was "like having God…
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Wheel to reel
He's sleep-deprived, his eyes are shot, but Richard Heseltine has made it through the best and worst racing movies of…
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The short, dazzling story of Leyton House in F1: Marching to civil war
It's March 24 1993, and the team that coincidentally shares its name with that calendar month finally withdraws from the…
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Vintage red
Built to contest the Targa Florio, this Alfa Romeo RLTF found greater fame at Brooklands. Richard Heseltine tells its story.…
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WB miscellany , June 2005
Salt Lake record breaker -- Bill Boddy remembers Ab Jenkins, America's Mormon long-distance recordman David Abbot (Ab) Jenkins was highly…
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WB Rumblings, June 2005
To commemorate the LSR at Pendine Sands in Wales, when in July 1925 Malcolm Campbell became the first driver to…
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Wheel to wheel -- the month in historic motorsport
Edited by Paul Lawrence Clash of ERAs at VSCC opener -- Silverstone April 24 Excellent grids and entertaining racing set…
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Inside line -- Clive Chapman
Classic Team Lotus What did you feel about the Jim Clark meeting at Hockenheim? It was the organisers' initiative to…
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Data logger -- keep track of all the action
Ex-Villoresi Maser is back An ex-Luigi Villoresi Maserati 4CL will return to racing this season for the first time in…
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News in brief, June 2005
MG enthusiast David Saunders has added the ex-works MGC GT to his collection and has nearly completed the restoration of…
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Hammer down
Racers that are going, going, gone... As we close for press there are two major sales taking place in Monaco.…
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Pace notes -- your guide to what's coming up...
Jewels back in the Emerald Isle -- Tourist Trophy Celebration June 18 The 50th anniversary of the last Tourist Trophy…
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Talk Curve -- Historic motorsport insight: why vintage rules
Old cars: new business ethos. Paul Lawrence talks to the VSCC's Julian Ghosh Contemporary motor racing in Britain is in…
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