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Matters of moment, November 1971
• Showtime Soliloquy With the last of the Earls Court visitors leaving the Motor Show to discover whether or not…
• Showtime Soliloquy With the last of the Earls Court visitors leaving the Motor Show to discover whether or not…
They don't love Jackie Stewart at Laguna SCCA, or the motoring writer of the San Francisco Chronicle doesn't. That paper…
British Leyland, the only major motor manufactory this country now possesses, has many problems. We wonder whether at times they…
On the eve of Earls Court we received a hand-out over the name of Raymond Playfoot which told us that…
Cevert's first Formula One victory Watkins Glen, October 3rd What a tremendous season Elf-Team Tyrrell have had in 1971. Their…
Some weeks before the Motor Show British Leyland invited us up to Silverstone where they had laid on a test…
The 2-mile-long V-bomber runway at RAF Elvington in Yorkshire has proved so successful as a venue for attacking short-distance records…
Interesting mainly for their colour plates, mostly of modern racing cars and motorcycles, are two Orbis Books volumes, "Racing Cars"…
By Tim Nicholson. 138 pp. 8 4/5 in. x 6 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
By George Oliver. 220 pp. 8 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square,…
A slice of Talbot lore, I fancy, can be culled from an article by Jack Gilbey on "The Vanished Cab…
By Lettice Curtis. 337 pp. 8 1/5 in. x 5 2/5 in. (G. T. Foulis & Co. Ltd., 50a, Bell…
Brainerd, Minnesota, September 12th Peter Revson won his fourth Can-Am race of the season at Donnybrooke International Speedway, an ultra-quick…
The European Formula Two season effectively came to an end at Vallelunga at the beginning of October when Ronnie Peterson…
"It is a matter for sorrow that those who lead the Trades Unions whose members are mostly employed in our…
It's easy to estimate the popularity of a rally; one need only count the number of people who want to…
TAP Rally When it was first held five years ago, some people thought that it had a connection with plumbing;…
On the Can-Am trail While in North America last month for the Canadian and US Grands Prix I was lucky…
Ferrari For the past couple of years the efforts by Ferrari in sports car racing have been a bit luke-warm…
A section devoted to old-car matters The VSCC Welsh Week-end (October 2nd/3rd) The traditional excursion over the Welsh border for…
Because this new generation of cars can follow more closely, you can retaliate once you’ve been overtaken. In combination with a Jeddah track that is one big slipstream and DRS…
The Chinese Grand Prix wasn't the 1000th ever for F1; there were Indianapolis 500s with which it rarely had much in common Bill Vukovich's Formula 1 strike rate was striking: two…
The second instalment to our Father's Day gift guide featuring a range of popular products from the Motor Sport shop. Heel Tread motor racing socks Taking inspiration from a range of…
“Sensational on the flat and incredible uphill, he was in another league going downhill. “I remember it as clear as daylight: Hafren, 23.5 miles. We were quickest – 36 seconds…