18-year-old Mark Blundell won the Grovewood Award: he had taken an amazing 24 poles and 25 victories in FF1600. Second place went to Andy Wallace: Will Hoy was third.

On June 12th the inaugural meeting of the Institute of Advanced Motorists took place at the Waldorf Hotel, London. The object of this non-profit-making organisation is to improve the standard…

Sir, While visiting a friend (non motor enthusiast) recently, I saw a piece of soft wool-like material, approximately 30" x 18", thrown over the back of a chair. Reproduced on this…

Eric Dymock Eric’s oeuvre of motoring and racing books and his long career writing in newspapers and magazines on the subject might lead you to think he had a narrow…

The regulations for the Le Mans 24-Hour race arrived recently and it is interesting to note that its official title is the XXXVIII GRAND PRIX D'ENDURANCE ET DE RENDEMENT DE…

More sackcloth and ashes! In our SheLsley Walsh report we said Williams handled Cowell's Alta; actually he handled his own car, now with imposing new bodywork.

Sir, I was interested to read your article on "Babs" gearbox. As you probably know, most aluminium alloys, except those containing copper, have a very good corrosion resistance against sea…

Sir, Thank you for your article on the late Tom Pryce. You may be interested to know that the prototype Royale RP11 F3, Chassis No 1, pictured in the article…

Time to clip wings? Sir, Having just watched the boredom that was the Bahrain Grand Prix I now realise that, like MPs and their expenses, Formula 1 just does not…

Engine: Ford Cosworth DFV Brake h.p.: 460 Gear box: Newland FG400 Chassis: March Designer: Clive Lark Oil: Castro! Liquid Engineering 1977 Succsesses: Fastest time of the day (FTD) Harewood -10th…

I have been recapturing my Austin-Seven youth, by driving a car which might well be called "Skinner's Folly", although Sandy Skinner, Editor of the VSCC Bulletin, will not thank me…

After setting the pace of the meeting in practice, with his D-type Jaguar, Duncan Hamilton was beaten in the actual race by Andre Pilette with a Formula 1 Gordini. The…