Driving Forces, by Alan Henry. Patrick Stephens Ltd, £14.99. This book is well written and researched, as one expects from this meticulous author. Having said that, it's really a pot-boiler,…

The miniatures got off to a promising start in 1964. Lesney, now producing almost 1 1/2-million "Matchbox" models every week, an annual production of over 80-million units, announce more than…

By Tim Nicholson. 138 pp. 8 4/5 in. x 6 1/2 in. (Cassell and Co. Ltd., 35, Red Lion Square, London, WC1. £1.65.) The prolific Nicholson had an obvious one…

The death of the most successful Brooklands driver of his time, J G Parry Thomas, at Pendine in March 1927, when "Babs" overturned during a LSR attempt, left racing followers…

Some 25 "vintagents" and their pre-1934 motor cars were at Blair Athol on June 7, taking part in a trial on the Lude Estate. There were 10 sections to be…

The forecast said rain, and rain there was! So during the Shuttleworth & Nuffield Trophies Meeting at Donington Park on September 19, finale of the 1987 VSCC racing season, spins…

The VSCC's fourth trial of the year, based at the Verzons near Ledbury, was held in some rain but mostly sunshine on March 13, with an entry of 107, ten…

No. 15: the Rugby The Rugby was one of the Durant line of assembled automobiles made in Toronto, Canada, during the peak of the vintage years. The chassis frames were…

After the article on Chris Staniland, racing driver, rider and test pilot, in the February issue of MOTOR SPORT, a query has been raised as to what caused his fatal…

There was a time when Opel cars, for all the company's participation in Grand Prix racing and experiments with rocket-propelled vehicles, were pretty terrible, if serviceable, cardboard-and-glue productions. All that changed…

With tales of death and destruction increasing rather than diminishing, and Britain experiencing her share of tragedy recently, but hopefully with a reduction in the world's nuclear weapons approaching, we…

The VSCC and the world of amateur motoring sport is mourning the death, at 70, after a short illness, of James Crocker, that Club's President from 1978 to 1980. He…