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Home-made hero
In just two years Peter Westbury became Britain's top hillclimber — in a self-built car. Then he hit the tracks.…
July 2003
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Rupert Keegan: F1's Playboy racer drives his Penthouse sweet
When kitsch was cool, John Travolta was new and the only skirts in Formula 1 were mini, soft porn strutted…
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Forward thinker
Back in 1903 Walter Christie was a determined pioneer of front-wheel-drive — which he called 'direct action'. But his real…
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X-ray spec: Alfa Romeo 158/159
Very few Italians would be inclined to acknowledge it, but the unique competition record of the Alfa 158, the original…
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Silver polish
Michael Schumacher wasn't the first German GP star to make his name in a Mercedes sportscar. Hartmut Lehbrink reviews Wolfgang…
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Reviews, July 2003
BRM 2 – The saga of British Racing Motors by Doug Nye with Tony Rudd ISBN 1 899870 00 8…
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Charade 1958 - 2002
by Patrice Besquet ISBN 2 9149820 06 7 Published by Editions du Palmier, 52 Euros With the subtitle 'The Most…
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Maserati 250F
by David McKinney ISBN 1 86126 568 9 Published by Crowood Press, £19.95 It's a brave move to add more…
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Motorfilms quarterly – volume five
by David Weguelin with Doug Nye www.motorfilms.com or tel: 01483 235600 video £14.99, DVD £19.99 I am a late starter…
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Nuvolari
by Christopher Hilton ISBN 1 85983 349 7 Published by Breedon Books, £25 Hilton's aim here is to discover what…
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Piers Courage, last of the gentleman racers
by Adam Cooper ISBN 1 85960 663 6 Published by Haynes, £30 On pages 216-217 of this excellent book is…
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Extra-special Bugattis
Bill Boddy Having served my apprenticeship in writing by sending schoolboy letters to Motor Sport and other motoring papers, and…
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Miscellany, July 2003
I see that David Ogilvy, who used to do flight tests of light aeroplanes for Motor Sport, is doing this…
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All-British racing pioneers
Last month I described how Henry Segrave won for Sunbeam the 1923 French Grand Prix, thus becoming the first British…
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Transatlantic Bugatti
An appreciative Frank Allocca in New Jersey is the newest of a long line of owners to enjoy the Type…
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Shelsley Walsh under threat
Shelsley Walsh, our very oldest motorsporting venue, may be closed by 2004 unless some £1.5m can be raised to save…
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