THE LEGEND THAT WAS MIKE THE PIPE
STEVE HOLE pays tribute to Mike the Pipe Everyone in motorsport (from bottom to top) classic, kit and custom car scenes all knew who Mike […]
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A TRIBUTE TO JOHN PARRADINE – DELTAYN PROTEUS, PARRADINE PEGASUS & JJR 525S
I was very saddened to hear of the death this week of John Parradine, aged 72. To regular readers and kitcar enthusiasts, John will need […]
WITHAM ANNOUNCES MOTORSPORT PLANS FOR 2023
Witham Motorsport has announced an exciting new programme to support the UK motorsport 2023 season. The UK lubricant manufacturer will be supporting a variety of […]
UNSUNG HERO – CYRIL MALEM
The late Cyril Malem was one of those engineers, fabricators and designers, who was incredibly popular and always in demand for his skills but never […]
FROM TERRIER KIT CARS TO FORMULA ONE – THE CAREER OF BRIAN HART
Words by STEVE HOLE Brian Hart was another of those real motorsport characters that we just don’t see anymore. Born in September 1936 in Enfield, […]
SIR JACK BRABHAM – NOT JUST AN F1 DOUBLE WORLD CHAMPION!
STEVE HOLE looks at the career of one of his favourite F1 drivers Sir Jack Brabham outside of Formula One The racing career of Jack […]
THE 'OTHER' JIM CLARK
We’ve all heard of Jim Clark, the late and fabled Grand Prix driver tragically killed at Hockenheim in 1968. However, there was another ‘Jim Clark’ […]
THE STORY OF MIKE CANNON AND CANNON ENGINEERING
THE MIKE CANNON STORY – words by Steve Hole pix by Carol Hardy Michael ‘Mike’ Richard Blackburn Cannon was a very interesting and talented chap. […]
KING OF THE ‘DASTLE’ – GEOFFREY RUMBLE AND HIS DASTLE RACING CARS AND TRAILERS
Words by STEVE HOLE Geoffrey Dastle was a very clever engineer. He was actually trained as a heating and air conditioning engineer based around the […]
REMEMBERING DAVID OGLE, DSC, MBE
WORDS BY STEVE HOLE – PHOTOS – ARCHIVE AND CAROL HARDY This time we take a look at the gifted designer David Ogle who was […]