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¡Carrera!
Was the Carrera PanAmericana the greatest road race of them all or simply suicidal folly? Chris Nixon looks back over…
November 1997
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Accidental heroes
No one believed that a garage owner and his son could take on and beat the might of Ferrari and…
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De Angelis: an unfinished symphony
When considering the pre-requisites to make the grade in motor racing, few have been dealt a stronger hand than Elio…
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The 1908 Grand Prix
Mercedes' victory in the 1908 French GP was one of its best. Bill Boddy tells the tale and traces the…
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Old mog, new tricks
After a generation, the Morgan Plus Eight has finally given in to political correctness. Has the institution been thus ruined?…
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How to get a Head in motor racing (and a Barnard, too...)
They were to be two of the world’s best race car designers, he was a London cabbie. So how did…
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My greatest race - Jody Scheckter
1977 Long Beach Grand Prix Until a puncture denied him victory, a series of perfect laps saw his wolf humble…
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Alfa Romeo 145 Cloverleaf
A new engine didn't just give the Alfa 145 the power it needed, Andrew Frankel says it changed the entire…
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From jockey to racing driver
When I heard that the jockey Richard Dunwoody was to turn to motor racing, which earned him the quip from…
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Miscellany, November 1997
The 1100cc Alta two-seater which was raced at Le Mans and in the Ulster IT by J L Ford and…
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The mystery of the Wolseley Viper
Ever since the Roger Collings built his Mercedes-Maybach in the tradition of Count Zborowski's Chitty-Bang-Bangs, aero-engined cars have been in…
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Jim Brymer and his Riley Gamecock remembered
The 1932 Riley Gamecock XJ 2576, owned by the late Jim Brymer, the motoring photographer, is being restored. I am…
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Miscellany, November 1997
Bill Mason is working on a new film on the motoring-racing of Mercedes Benz, with hitherto unseen footage. Some of…
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