As one who went to many race meetings at the pre-war Donington Park course, from VSCC events to those two great Donington Park Grands Prix of 1937 and 1938 which…

Marcel Albers The death of Marcel Albers at Thruxton on Easter Monday robbed Dutch motorsport of one its brightest young prospects. The immensely likable 25 year-old was just beginning to…

Mercedes win in Mexico The great victory of Mercedes-Benz in the recent arduous Mexican road race is significant news. It will be remembered that in 1951 this Mexican race, then…

My "Easter-Egg" this year, from the road-test viewpoint, was the larger of the 200-Series Rovers, in Vitesse form. After a Budget that imposed no extra burdens on the car-owner, and…

Many years ago CA Lejeune wrote in the Observer : "The practice of summing up the year's activities in films, plays, books and public affairs has become so much a habit of modern journalism…

The Austin 7 world and the motoring scene in general is the poorer for the death, aged 86, of Stanley Edge, who will forever be associated with the birth of…

THE HAWTHORN RILEYS FARNHAM, Surrey, is a charming town, and from our point of view the Tourist Trophy Garage ranks high amongst its attractions. In a new showmom standing back discreetly…

Enthusiasm for motor sport is an intense affair, so that besides driving a good car and going to sporting fixtures, devotees like to associate themselves with motoring in various subsidiary…

The Brighton Run pioneers With the regulations for this year's London-Brighton Veteran Run now available, it seems appropriate to recall how this now world-famous event started. In 1927, the DailySketch/…

A very warm day helped to ensure the complete success of another Brooklands Society reunion at the old Track on June 26th. That the Brooklands magic has far from evaporated was…

Both before and after the 1914-18 war speed trials and speed hill-climbs were a popular form of competition motoring in England. Racing over public roads has never been permitted in…

I shall always think that one of the finest achievements by an Austin 7 in the vintage years was the victory by an outwardly standard but no doubt carefully assembled…