Page 58
A Spectator's Guide to 1979 British Racing
During a winter when even Formula One sponsorship stopped being the right of every team one could be forgiven for…
April 1979
Page 61
VSCC Pomeroy Trophy Competition
Silverstone, March 3rd For anyone with a real interest in cars of all ages, a study of the Pomeroy Trophy…
Page 63
Rally review , April 1979
Swedish Rally Scandinavian winters being what they are, long and cold, it's almost inconceivable that February's Swedish Rally should have…
Page 66
Inflation
When Jaguar Cars stopped making the E-type they ended the run with a batch of fifty Series III V12 cars,…
Page 68
Road test - The BMW 635CSi
A return to Munich’s old sporting coupé recipe. Good handling, fast and flexible performance, but a high price. “Near perfection”…
Page 77
1979 South African Grand Prix race report
It rained! Kyalami, March 3rd Confusion rained at Kyalami long before the Grand Prix of South Africa was due to…
Page 83
Notes on the cars at Kyalami
Lotus: The Martini Team Lotus produced a brand new car for Andretti, Lotus 79/5 (or ML 23 by the factory’s…
Page 99
Film review dept.
Cars and films are such natural companions that we ought perhaps to establish a Cars in Films column to go…
Page 99
Wrong Borough
Colin Chapman built his first car in Hornsey, not Hackney, as I stated incorrectly in my road test of the…
Page 100
Letters from Readers, April 1979
N.B. - Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them. -…
You may also like
F1
F1's new racesuit fire standards that arrived just in time for Grosjean
The temperature of a blazing Formula 1 car can be between 800C to 1000C. Romain Grosjean sat at the centre of such a fire for 28 seconds in the Bahrain…
MotoGP
MotoGP to retire Nicky Hayden's no69
In memory of the 'Kentucky Kid', MotoGP will retire the number 69 at the US round Nicky Hayden will be honoured at the Circuit of the Americas MotoGP round in…
F1
Rivals tip Ferrari as the F1 team to beat but is it really fastest?
Ferrari has received plenty of praise from rivals for its speed but is the Scuderia flattering to deceive so far in F1 testing?
US Motor Racing News
Massive bhp and minimal downforce — the revival of Trans Am racing
Some of the best racing on the planet in a series that most don't realise still exists: Trans Am's old-school entertainment is begging for a crowd, says Preston Lerner
×