THE 1927 J.C.C. "200" at Brooklands was a smoky race. R. F. Oats' O.M. was flagged in for emitting a smoke-screen so dense it endangered other drivers and just before…

As we close for press we learn that the new sports Triumph, with 2-litre Vanguard engine, has distinguished itself by covering the two-way f.s, mile on the Jabbeke Motor Road…

Earls Court really is the end. Having received an invitation from the Directors of Beaverbrook Newspapers and the Executive of the Ship & Boat Builders' National Federation to attend the…

"Autocourse-1976-77". Edited by Mike Kettlewell. 256 pp. 12 1/2 in. 9 1/4 in. (Hazleton Securities Ltd., I, Church Terrace, Richmond, Surrey, TW106SE. £8.95.) There is little need to make much…

The VCC is all systems go preparing for the Centenary Veteran Car Brighton Run on November 3. The entry is a record already, with 600 applications, whereas the previous highest…

Mayfair is associated with Society, sartorial fashion, the London Season, debutantes and Fiats. With Fiats because, since the war, AW Lea and WJ Caswell have specialised in selling and servicing these famous little…

In "Pantaraxia — The Autobiography of Nubar Gulbenkian" (Hutchinson, 1963) we learn a lot about the oil millionaire, not least that in his younger days he drove as fast as…

Classic Racing Cars by Doug Nye and Geoff Goddard. I59pp, 10" x 8-1/4". GT Foulis & Co, Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset BA22 7JJ. £16.99. This book comes in the "pot-boiler" category…

Shuttleworth & Nuffield Trophies Race:  1. M. H. Morris (ERA), 75.33 m.p.h. 2. W. R. G. Morris (ERA) 3. R. Footitt (AC-GN Cognac) Historic Racing Cars Scratch Race: 1. A. De Cadenet (Aston…

I was sorry to receive news from South Africa that George Tuck had died aged 89. When I began to road-test MGs for MOTOR SPORT, he was the handsome, efficient…

This year the traditional annual devolution of the vintage lightcarists into Wales took on a stern assignment—that of tackling the Northern route used in 1924 for the RAC Six Days'…

The Editor looks back on the cars he drove during 1973 Ideal Pair.—A year ago Motor Sport teas in the thick of its popular discussion about ideal pairs of cars,…