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MATTERS OF MOMENT, July 1958
BRITISH SUPREMACY IN GRAND PRIX RACING It is immodest to blow one's own trumpet but the supremacy which Britain has…
July 1958
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LE MANS (June 21st/22nd) - Italian Domination
ECURIE ECOSSE attempts at completing the treble were dashed when both their Jaguars retired with piston failure during the first…
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1958 Belgian Grand Prix race report: Brooks becomes an F1 winner
After spending a great deal of money last year rebuilding the pits and paddock and modifying the circuit considerably, easing…
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FRANCORCHAMPS FLIPPANCIES
When it was all over many people wondered when the real race was going to start, feeling that 1 hr.…
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Continental Notes, July 1958
ACCIDENTS are never pleasant things at the best of times and are always to be avoided, but the law of…
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TWO INTER ONE-MAKE REGISTER CONTESTS
At Beaulieu on June 1st the Fiat Register held their Navigational Run and Driving Tests, first run in the 1938…
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DIGNITY AND IMPUDENCE
The Editor Experiences another Contrast, Driving in Succession a 1938 Rolls-Royce Phantom III and a 1958 Fiat 600 LAST month…
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1938 ROLLS-ROYCE PHANTOM III LIMOUSINE
Engine : Twelve cylinders. 82.5 by 114 mm. (7,338 c.c.) in 60-deg. vee formation. Push-rod-operated o.h. valves. 6.0-to-1 compression-ratio. Approximately…
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THE FIAT 600 SALOON
Engine : Four cylinders, 60 by 56 mm. (633 c.c.). Push-rod o.h. valves. 7.0-to-1 compression-ratio. 21.5 b.h.p. at 4.600 r.p.m.…
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VI GRAND PRIX ROUEN-LES-ESSARTS
An Easy Win for Behra and Porsche Rouen FRANCE, June 8th. ALTHOUGH the meeting at Rouen this year, on the…
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ROUEN RAMBLINGS
One hardly likes to contemplate how far Behra would have been ahead if he had been driving a works RSK…
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B.A.R.C. MEMBERS' GOODWOOD MEETING (June 14th)
MORE incidents: arising from bad or over-ambitious driving were seen at this meeting than for some time past, commencing in…
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UNOFFICIAL RECORDS
A Ford Anglia, driven by R. Stead and P. Moore, and a Ford Escort, driven by J. Cooke and D.…
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RUMBLINGS, July 1958
THE GLASS FIBRE PEERLESS A party was held at the. Distillers' Sports Club, East Moesley, on June 19th, for the…
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The 8-Clubs Silverstone Race Meeting (June 7th)
The 8-Clubs' organisation had a big and extremely varied entry for its annual Silverstone Meeting, which included high-speed trials and…
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SHELSLEY WALSH (June 7th)
PRACTISE day at Shelsley Walsh for the National Speed Hill-Climb, organised by the Midland A. C. promised well for conditions…
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LONDON M.C. RALLY
The London Motor Club has just announced that Ian Mackenzie and Ron Carradine will be joint Clerks of the Course…
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1958 Dutch Grand Prix race report: Moss takes victory amongst the dunes
THE last time that a Grand Prix was held at Zandvoort was in 1955, the year that Mercedes-Benz conquered all…
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GRAND PRIX OF SPA (May 18th)
Held on the Francorchamps circuit in Belgium this sports car meeting saw a further clash between Lister, Aston Martin, Ferrari…
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ZANDVOORT ZIDESLIPS
When Graham Hill came running into the pits on lap 22 we thought for a moment that he had the…
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