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Busman's holiday
Drivers who raced what you wouldn't expect them to... Jim Clark Ford Fairlane, American 500,1967 By Ed Heuvink After winning…
March 2006
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Johnny Dumfries – in the age before Bute
Tap the name 'Johnny Dumfries' into any internet search engine and you get the grand prix encyclopaedia pages. You're told…
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Painted to the road
For a brief period, national colours and sponsor logos were supplanted on the racetrack by high-speed art. Gordon Cruickshank turns…
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Grand designs 1987
Keith Howard traces two separate approaches from when active suspension seemed the answer In 1987 both Lotus and Williams ran…
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Tim Mayer
Cooper thought he was the next F1 star: he could have become a hero with McLaren, Tyrrell or Penske... But…
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Singapore Fling
The Singapore Grand Prix was a typical South-East Asian cocktail of single-seaters, sports and saloons on a challenging road circuit.…
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Sibling rivalry
OSCA was formed by the Maserati brothers to fight the company they gave their name to. Richard Heseltine tells the…
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Mrs JoJo's new clothes
A reader has asked me if I remember H C ‘Nobby' Spero. Yes, I certainly do: I saw him racing…
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Tales from Donington
Hearing that Tom Wheatcroft had written his autobiography, and having known him as a keen collector of historic racing cars…
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Rumblings, March 2006
A reader has an Amilcar C6 chassis and many parts which were once owned by Lord Ridley, who gave the…
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WB's Motoring Dog
When I edited MotorSport our labrador was an occasional contributor. It began when we took her to a minor club…
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Scandal for 'Mr Brooklands'
Sir Alastair Miller made his name as an enthusiastic Brooklands racer, but in 1922 his private affairs reached the newspapers.…
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Wheel to wheel - The month in hisotric motorsport
Aston invitational for July Silverstone Classic to celebrate 50th anniversary of Aston Martin DBR1 sportscar Two packed Formula One grids…
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News in brief, March 2006
The life of Keith Duckworth OBE will be celebrated in a Memorial Service, to be held at 3pm on Thursday…
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Remaking history
Willie Green's decision to quit racing brings the curtain down on an amazing career spent almost entirely in a historical…
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Simon Taylor's Notebook
The Segrave Trophy is not as well-known now as it used to be, but it still recognises human courage and…
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Private view: A 'you were there' special
Mike Simpson was a 21-year-old photographic trainee when Kodak offered him a press pass for the 1967 British GP... Some…
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