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Matters of moment, October 1981
Into top gear again, is it? As we said last month, we are glad we are not saddled with the…

Into top gear again, is it? As we said last month, we are glad we are not saddled with the…
The last Saturday in August is, by tradition, the day on which the Bentley Drivers Club holds its annual Silverstone race…
Silverstone September 12/13th The Mazda RX7 of Tom Walkinshaw and Chuck Nicholson overcame the might of BMW's challenge from Helmut Kelleners…
Although motoring historians make play with the variants of the Talbot name, which has been applied to widely differing cars, we…
Avon Racing Tyres When Goodyear pulled out of Formula One at the end of last year, and Michelin only guaranteed to supply…
It was a motoring lesson, of sorts. Two visits to France in the space of a week to drive two very…
Dull indeed would be the World Rally Championship if each event conformed to the standardisation which F1SA seems bent on imposing.…
Geoff Lees is the new European Formula Two Champion. Lees clinched the title in early September at the penultimate round of the…
From skating to Formula One, Jabouille and Laffite have never been far apart. . . . Twenty-six years ago two…
Renault all the way Monza, Italy, September 13th In these rather unsettled days it was nice to get back to the…
During the lunch break at Monza, on the day of the Italian Grand Prix a Tipo 159 Alfa Romeo from 1951…
The course-car When the green light comes on and the 24 Formula One cars take off from the starting grid to begin…
A section devoted to old-car matters The Life and Times of Montie Grahame-White (Continued from the September issue) Following his unsuccessful…
Not pursuit along dusty roads of a bevy of 40/50 hp Rolls-Royces, simply a glance-back at some off-beat motoring history. First, during…
The heading applies, not to the single-seater Miller that appeared at this year's Brooklands Re-union, which seems to be a post-war…
While the Assistant Editor was having himself a speed-orgy over the August Bank Holiday at the Bentley DC Silverstone races and…
For the sixth year running the Vintage Sports Car Club combined with Charles Wilkinson, proprietor of Lincolnshire's Cadwell Park, to promote a race…
There are few more pleasant places for VSCC driving tests than the drive of Madresfield Court on a hot September afternoon…
Sunbeam Sidelines Sir, I found the article on the 3-litre Sunbeam in last month's issue most interesting and informative. The…
The advantages of placing an engine to drive the front wheels transversely across the engine bay have taken a long time…
As part of this month’s world exclusive Adrian Newey special, Gordon Kirby traces his roots in America. This early stage of Newey’s career is relatively overlooked in light of his…
There are just days to go until the release date of Formula 1 Drive to Survive Season 5. Here's the latest news on the new Netflix series, including what's in it
The first snow fell in New Hampshire on Saturday night. There wasn’t much, only three or four inches, not even a minor hindrance to us Granite Staters. It came a…
Chip Ganassi enjoyed a clean sweep last weekend as his three teams won races in NASCAR, IndyCar and Grand-Am. It began at Watkins Glen on Saturday when Scott Pruett/Memo Rojas…