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Editorial, July 2001
Whenever Ferrari got on the blower to Cliff Allison to invite him over to test, Brough's finest would jump in…
July 2001
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The other Cooper
Another Cooper, designed by another John Cooper (John A Cooper of The Autocad is racing again. The Alta-engined F2 car,…
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Rare Coopers unearthed, rebuilt and raced
Two rare Coopers are returning to racing this season, one of them for the first time in more than 30…
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Ex-F3 star to race Lotus sports car
Ex-F3 race Jac Nelleman debuted his Lotus 17 in the BRDC Historic Sports Car race at Silverstone in May. The…
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'Birdcage' is uncaged again
Following its major accident at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, Tony Smith raced his rebuilt Maserati Birdcage in…
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Oliver and GT40 to be reunited
Jackie Oliver, winner of the 1969 Le Mans 24-hour race with Jacky Ickx, will be reunited with a Ford GT40…
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Gabriele Rumi
The man behind the Fondmetal and, latterly, Minardi F1 teams, has died, aged 61. The one-time hilIclimb competitor's Fondmetal company…
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Paul Morgan
McLaren-Mercedes were rocked by the death of Ilmor Engineering managing director Paul Morgan in a flying accident during the weekend…
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John Handley
The 1968 European Touring Car Champion, and former BRDC chairman, has died after a short illness, aged 63. Handley will…
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Vittorio Brambilla
Vittorio Brambilla, the wild man of Italian motor racing in the 1970s, succumbed to a heart attack while gardening at…
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Mort Morris-Goodall
Founder of AMOC, BRIX vice-president and life member, Donald Healey's competitions manager, Jaguar's Le Mans team manager in 1951 -the…
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You win some, you win some more
Group C revival & Int. Sportscar Cup, Spa The combination of win Percy and Don Law's Jaguar XJR-16 proved much…
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Silver arrows take a bow at scene of past glories
The VSCC's annual Richard Seaman memorial Trophy Meeting at Donington Park took on even greater significance this season as it…
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Super new Cooper
BRDC HSCC Silverstone The BRDC historic sports car championship season opened on Silverstone's Historic GP track during mid-May and was…
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David Kennedy returns with F5000 Mondello Park
Despite the foot-and-mouth threat, the Irish racing season began in May with races for the FORCE F5000 Transatlantic Challenge and…
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The champion returns
Thoroughbred, GP, Donington Park & Monza Former multiple champion Bob Berridge blitzed back into the Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars arena…
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Cadwell short-circuited
HSCC Cadwell park & Silverstone In May, the historic sports car club made its annual trek to the daunting Cadwell…
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Sytner and Listers enjoy a May Bank holiday baking job
Coys International Historic Festival After years of planning and much frantic building activity in the runup to the event, he…
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Goodwood festival fo speed review
In just eight years, the Goodwood festival of Speed has become the biggest historic motorsport event in the world. The…
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Pic 'N' Mix-Up
Sir, I was interested to see that you had published an article on the 1957 Nurburgring 1000kms. As a supporter…
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