By "RUDDER-BAR." "Come-backs." Whether the art of piloting an aeroplane is one which is lost after one has been away from the stick for a period of years is a…

Thunder in the Park: the Story of Tom Wheatcroft and Donington Park by Tom Wheatcroft with Mike Cable ISBN 0-9542860-5-7 published by Live Wire Books. £20 (£25 by post). Available…

Points as at June 22, 2009 1. Colin Turkington BTCC 176pts After two victories at both Oulton Park and Croft, Turkington is opening up quite a large points gap over…

Sir, I have been an interested and well satisfied reader of your "Pull no Punches" magazine for very many years, but this is my first letter. Your feature "Cars in…

Sir, The comments by Mr. C. W. G. Russell concerning the Daimler SP250 cannot go by without a reply for it seems that all too many people have the impression…

Sir, Just a point of clarification in the auto racing history magazine of record. When Parnelli Jones won the Mission Bell 200 Trans-Am race at Riverside in 1970, his victory…

Passion versus profit Sir, What great news – yet another passionless manufacturer is leaving Formula 1. They’re all the same. They want a slice of the global advertising exposure and…

In May, Lotus Cars reached a new milestone when they completed the 30,000th Lotus to be made since 1966 at the Hethel factory. Of the total, 5,508 were Elans and…

The historic Endurance Rally Organisation has announced details of its new Arctic Winter Trial to be run next March. The 14-day event will take crews on a 5000km trip across…

N.B.—Opinions expressed are those of our correspondents and Motor Sport does not necessarily associate itself with them.—Ed. Another "Short-List" Sir, In March, 1965 you were kind enough to print a…

Use of Redundant Airfields for Motor Sport The following is an extract from the motor sport bulletin published by the Royal Automobile Club's Competitions Department early in July : "In…

It is sad to report that Coventry Climax Ltd recently passed into the hands of a receiver. Though for the past twenty years the company has been chiefly known for…