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The things they say...
"...If you make a mistake on an oval track, you will never recover the car again and you are going…

"...If you make a mistake on an oval track, you will never recover the car again and you are going…
Last October I commented on the errors that had crept into hand-outs from the Rolls-Royce Motor Car Co about Bentley…
I note a little trick in The Spectator of explaining a temporary change of writer of a particular feature article…
In this year's Benson & Hedges RAC Veteran Car Run, which attracted 472 entries of pre-1905 cars from 16 different…
If a tricycle was first home in this year's Veteran Car Run (see Brighton Breezes) Johnny Thomas also arrived early…
In this non-race, the first to arrive was D Nicholls' 1899 1¾ hp Romain tricycle. HRH Prince Michael of Kent's…
When I interviewed that celebrated builder of specials, Challenor Barson, while he was on a visit to his brother in…
As the MCC Edinburgh Trial took place last October and as I have dealt previously with the vintage Land's End…
How sad that Tom Lightfoot has died, aged 81. A jeweller, he will be known to so many veteran car…
The sixth running of the Targa Florio 'Autostoriche' took place on October 11, over the daunting Piccolo Madonie circuit in…
The Ford Sidevalve OC is healthily active and it is encouraging to observe how many of these basic Fords have…
For the popular VSCC Welsh Trial of October 10/11, 116 cars were entered. Competitors are able not only to test…
Another facet of motor racing history, the first British dirt-track car race meeting, took place in the summer of 1928.…
Ulster Austin Sir, I was interested in your paragraph "Ulster Urge" in the July issue regarding Austin 7s owned by…
Grand Prix Requiem, by Willam Court. Patrick Stephens, £20.00. This is rather an odd one! It is about how Grand…
Last month, we reported Venturi F1 racer Bertrand Gachot's alleged prowess on the Nintendo Game Boy. Last we heard, his…
Scott v Scot Sir, Your cover story last month made the assertion that Steve Soper deliberately took off John Cleland…
This week's major milestones from history, via the Archive and Database October 19 1958 Casablanca’s Ain-Diab district holds the world championship-deciding Moroccan Grand Prix. Stirling Moss, who had already won…
The 2024 Silverstone Festival saw a bumper entry produce brilliant racing as well as some momentous anniversaries celebrated – Andrew Marriott reports
José Froilán González did a good grumpy. His emotions tended to run close to the surface: the unbridled joy of winning the 1951 British Grand Prix; the inconsolable tears after…
The stewards long overdue reaction to Max Verstappen's wild driving at the 2024 Mexican GP is too little, too late