REMEMBERING BRUNTINGTHORPE PROVING GROUND
STEVE HOLE bemoans the fact that Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground is no longer available for testing purposes by car magazines but does tell the story of […]
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INDIAN MOTORCYCLES – SPIRIT OF MUNRO STREAMLINER AND REMEMBERING BURT MUNRO
I remember walking into Mark and Sylvia Grinnall’s stunning Mid West Moto showroom in Stourport-on-Severn, not so long ago and being transfixed by the Spirit […]
THE GUYSON E12 AND GUYSON SANDBLASTER SPECIAL
SANDBLASTERS, E-TYPES AND MORE … STEVE HOLE TELLS THE MOTORSPORT STORY OF GUYSON INTERNATIONAL I guess the majority of totalkitcar.com and Classic Kit Cars & […]
THE STORY OF JOHN WOOLFE – TALES OF A GENTLEMAN DRIVER, DRAG RACER, BUSINESSMAN WHO MET A TRAGIC DEATH AT LE MANS IN 1969
EVER WONDERED WHY THE FAMOUS LE MANS RUNNING START WAS CANCELLED FOR THE 1970 RACE? STEVE HOLE BRINGS YOU THE STORY OF JOHN WOOLFE! John […]
THE STORY OF THE UK-OWNED FRENCH-BASED WINFIELD RACING SCHOOL
WINFIELD RACING SCHOOL ‘ÉCOLE DE PILOTAGE WINFIELD’ – STEVE HOLE tells the story Established as ‘Ecole de Pilotage Jim Russell’ by Bill Knight, his business […]
THE UK'S FIRST 911 REPLICA – THE PULSAR!
STEVE HOLE tells the story of the UK’s first Porsche 911 replica. No, it wasn’t the Covin, rather, we’re talking about the Pulsar. When we […]
DAVID 'LAZO' LAZENBY – TALES OF LOTUS, HAWKE RACING CARS AND PACE PRODUCTS
Here’s a little feature on a motorsport engineering personality from the sixties called David ‘Lazo’ Lazenby. Like many of his peers, Lazenby had built Austin Seven-based Specials […]
THE ROTHMANS 50,000 RACE
THE ROTHMANS 50,000 The late Brands Hatch boss, John Webb was a real motorsport showman, innovator and pioneer. His career was peppered with a variety […]
THE STORY OF ENRICO NARDI – MUCH MORE THAN JUST EXQUISITE STEERING WHEELS
STEVE HOLE tells the story of Enrico Enrico Nardi was born in 1907 in Bologna and began his automotive career with Lancia in 1931 before […]
THE STORY OF BRP AND YEOMAN CREDIT
STEVE HOLE tells the story of British Racing Partnership and Yeoman Credit, who pioneered sponsorship in motorsport, being the first team to give up the identity […]