Triumph TR -- The Historic English Clubman The more enlightened of the Historic race organisations welcome a grid of TRs for one simple and straightforward reason -- it's always a…

Bravo Britain! The 1955 motor-racing season ended with two achievements over which Britain is perfectly justified in blowing her own trumpet. We refer to the outright victory of 23-year-old C.…

Delighted as we were to be mentioned in connection with another fine British brand, I have to report that rumours of The Beano’s demise have been much exaggerated (Motor Sport,…

by "Carrozzino" With the season now under way, the road-racing fraternity look like being pretty busy. At one time, shortly after the war, there seemed to be a very serious…

For their IoM meeting this year the BRDC concentrated on a single event, a 200-mile race for sports cars. Griffith (Lester-MG) led the race from start to finish, ably supported by his team-mate…

"Economy Racing" Era to End In October the Group C sports car formula will follow Formula One into the new decade, ruled by 3.5-litre normally aspirated engines. The `economy' era,…

Chevron -- the 'Lotus of the North' -- is 40 this year. Paul Fearnley and Damien Smith sample four of its most important cars and tell the story of Derek…

"After covering only 10,000 miles a new automatic gearbox has had to be fitted to the Mayoral Rolls-Royce at a cost of £120." Which proves that R.-R. spares are not…

The unique Triumph TR8 Le Mans sports car is due to return to racing in 2007 thanks to Belgian Bert Smeets. Built by Janspeed with a 550bhp twin-turbo Rover-derived V8,…

Sir Your correspondents covering the Las Vegas Grand Prix seem, to me, to have overlooked quite a bit in favour in the circuit and the event. Regardless of whether the…

A new historic road rally for pre-war cars will be held from March 27-29, when Philip Young’s Endurance Rally Association runs the London to Edinburgh Trial. The event, also known…

The gap between the FIA Historic Formula One Championship and the Masters Racing Series will narrow further this year after the latter announced a three-date series of races for post-78…