This month we are proud to recognise the 70th anniversary of MOTOR SPORT, first published in 1924 as The Brook/ands Gazette. Such celebrations have not been our primary concern, however,…

Sir, I was hopeful that you would find space in Motor Sport last year for a rather more worthy obituary notice for Reid A. Railton than the brief note that…

Rosario Grand Prix Reg. Parnell Finishes Second The third race in the South American trio of Grands Prix took place on February 13th at Rosario's street-circuit. Farina in the Ferrari…

Following its major accident at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year, Tony Smith raced his rebuilt Maserati Birdcage in the BRDC Historic Sports Car race at Silverstone in May.…

The design matters Looking at design trends towards the close of another year, one sees that racing and rallying still appear to have useful lessons to contribute, because many aspects…

Tony Crook re-attacked the Class E (2-litre) 200-mile record at Montlhery on November 26th last year and raised it to 120.13 mph, beating the previous record, held by Jack Dunfee's GP Sunbeam,…

Some time ago we stated that the secretary of the B.R.D.C. had left no address to which communications could be forwarded, but now that a meeting has been held under…

Sir, While I’m flattered, not to say embarrassed, by Robin Herd’s reference to me in Simon Taylor’s excellent Lunch With, I’m provoked to write to you about a couple of…

Sir, I was intrigued to read the remarks of W.B. in the November issue Of Motor Sport, concerning the present inflated prices being asked for vehicles of pre-1931 vintage. Whilst I do…

Sir, In the mid-sixties I carefully extracted Geoff Goddard's Fangio portrait from Georgano's Encyclopedia of Motorsport, framed it and hung it over my bed. That was as close to the…

Michael C. Sedgwick From Lord Montagu of Beaulieu Michael C. Sedgwick, who died at Midhurst, Sussex in October at the age of 57, was a world renowned authority on the…

When I started cars in books in Motor Sport, it began with fiction, the ploy being to decide what actual car a novelist had in mind when quoting an invented…