Points as of October 12, 2009 1. Jason Plato BTCC 212pts Plato pipped Colin Turkington in the Silver Star standings thanks to his three British Touring Car victories from three…

Mario Andretti has been honoured by Italy, his birthplace, with the title of Commendatore, the Italian equivalent of a knighthood. This is the highest civilian honour awarded by the Italian…

Sir, I was interested to read Mr. Howlett's letter about the 1926 Alvis Rally and Race Meeting organised at Brooklands. The first of these was held as early as 1923,…

Sir, In response to Bill Pack's request for an explanation of the continued presence of the Monaco GP on the modern Formula 1 calendar (Letters, August), I am quite frankly…

Eoin Young Readers may know Eoin as much for his book-selling adverts in the back of this magazine as for his long career reporting racing. Now back in his native…

Sir My point in writing to you is to advise your readers who may have held back from buying an RX7 Mazda, that the engine does last. In exactly three…

Sir, Your comments (Matters of Moment, January) are timely, but your mistake is in considering racing as a sport. That era is long gone. It is a business, and the…

The Doune Collection.—Motoring north of Stirling when we had the Jaguar V12 E-type on test we came to the village of Doune and decided that we could not pass through…

It seems that the VSCC will have its light-car section in the MCC Lands End Trial at Easter. The plot is to divert the early small cars from the main route so that they…

Perhaps thinking that there will be more incentive to spend time washing our cars than driving them, under the prevailing conditions, Unipart have introduced a very useful Spontex cellulose sponge…

A new range of metal miniatures kits is visualised by Mikansue, who have already issued one for a Jowett Javelin saloon. This sells for £2.95, overseas postage 15p, and nicely…

On the eve of his retirement Belgian Jacky Ickx clinched the 1979 Citicorp Can-Am Championship with a win in the round at Riverside, California on October 28th. Ickx's Lola inherited…