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Emergency Scissors
Now that we are all safely belted into our modern cars it is as well to remember that safety-belts can sometimes…
Now that we are all safely belted into our modern cars it is as well to remember that safety-belts can sometimes…
It was hot at the Midland AC's hill-climb on July 10th, making Edwardian engines boil, and too hot for those who…
On August 28th the VSCC moves to Cadwell Park circuit, near Lincoln, for its Williams Trophy Meeting, with an eight to…
The homologation of a suitably equipped competition version of the 3.5-litre V8-engined Rover into the GpA racing category was one of…
The look of pleasure on the faces of the Aston Martin personnel at Le Mans was good to behold. Final practice…
A very warm day helped to ensure the complete success of another Brooklands Society reunion at the old Track on June…
A section devoted to old car matters. Another facet of Vauxhall history—The Ill-fated 1914 TT/GP Cars Under Laurence H Pomeroy, their Chief…
The other day I came across a throw-back of motor-sporting history that, in an infinitessimal degree if you like, proved the old…
The Paris-Vienna Renaults Sir, How interesting has been the exchange of views between Kent Karslake and Edward Eves on the…
Real racing ircuits Sir, I should like to endorse enthusiastically Denis Jenkinson's remarks concerning .real" racing circuits contained in his…
We all know Colin Chapman’s famous mantra, ‘simplify, then add lightness’. It was in this spirit that the Lotus 23 was born, purpose-built for FIA Group 4 competition in the…
Every model has taken over 5,000 hours of development and 500 hours of assembly
"We deployed the parachute at 600mph and immediately you had 6g deceleration," Thrust2 driver Richard Noble tells us. "The weird thing about this extreme deceleration is that it upsets your…
Bibs, track limits and team principals hamming it up for the cameras. Chris Medland's US GP diary records the signs that the season end is approaching, just as the championship is heating up