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50th Anniversary
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the National Motor Museum, which was started by Lord Montagu in a very modest…
To mark the 50th Anniversary of the National Motor Museum, which was started by Lord Montagu in a very modest…
The MCC's 80th Land's End Trial will be on March 29/30, starting from Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Cornwall, and finishing at…
The MCC/MAC Centenary Celebrations, postponed due to foot-and-mouth, will take place at Brooklands on May 5. The static gathering of…
Missed connection AUTOCAR'S RECENT ARTICLE ABOUT sampling a Ford GT40 took me back to when Jenks had one to try.…
'Top performers at the VSCC Brooklands Driving Tests in January with First Class Awards were: C Mill (1913 Humber), C…
When I interviewed Georges Roesch for Motor Sport in 1952, he told me that while preparing to improve the little…
Readers' letters and 'phone calls are welcome; I had a call on New Year's Day of good wishes and the…
Jenks wanted a Vice for his workshop. They were in short supply in 1943, but we went off to a…
The VSCC two-day meeting at Donington, on June 8/9, is titled 'British Empire Vintage and Historic Weekend'. Bentley, Lola and…
As we have had opinions about the 100 top racing drivers, and also about the 100 greatest drives, what of…
I read something interesting about the 1.5-litre Invicta. What was not mentioned was that, after S C H Davis, The…
It is good news that the late Anthony Blight's book Georges Boesch and the Invincible Talbot has been republished. One…
Those who enjoy top-class motor-racing art will get enormous pleasure, I am sure, from Haynes' book of the celebrated painter…
Among the sleaze, sex and tragedy exposed — rightly or wrongly —by the Daily Mail, Prince Michael of Kent has…
The Bugatti trust is enlarging its premises at Prescott, which house priceless archives from the Ettore Bugatti regime, including tens…
A defining moment in land speed history is being celebrated at Brooklands today; 100 years after the final record was set at the circuit. A crowd of around 1000 are…
The reshuffle at Mercedes may have concluded – James Allison officially joins Mercedes has confirmed James Allison will join the team as technical director on March 1. He takes up…
The last two world champions simultaneously employed by Scuderia Ferrari fought like cat and dog. Giuseppe Farina was still in a hissing fury at Alberto Ascari’s disobeying of team orders…
I am an armchair expert, of the kind as described by Ron Dennis in the afterglow of the 2008 British Grand Prix. I did not watch the race from my…