In the last thirty years, only one or two books have been devoted to Formula Junior motor racing. No one as such has ever compiled a book on the entire period of Formula Junior racing in the UK—that is from 1959 until 1963. Bernard Cowdrey has, for some years, relished a desire to fill this gap. It ..
Jim Clark won more World Championship Grands Prix than any other driver. He was the first European driver to win the Indianapolis 500 since the First World War, he was twice World Champion, three times Tasman Champion, and he won many other motor racing championship awards and trophies. But his grea..
The Lotus Elan is one of the greatest sports cars of recent decades and is today one of the most collectable and admired classic cars in the world. The company which produced it, Colin Chapman's Lotus Cars, grew from humble beginnings, overcoming the problems of money and space to produce other famo..
A gruff Derbyshire pig farmer, Reg Parnell cut a distinctive figure in motorsport circles. His early wild driving style and a serious accident at Brooklands with a K3 MG led to the withdrawal of his racing licence by the RAC from 1937 to 1939. But, nothing daunted him, and ever the wheeler dealer , ..
Colin Chapman's Lotus Elite is considered by many to be the most beautiful design ever to emerge from a British car-maker. It was also extremely advanced for 1957, and its then unique fibreglass monocoque construction and Coventry Climax engines, set new standards in design and performance. As at ho..
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