Holden back the years

MOST OF US are content if we find our niche and become really good at one thing. Pete Brock, however, mastered several disciplines: car design, engineering, race car driving, journalism – and hang gli

Slick presentation and big touring-car presence defined Donington Historic Festival

The idea of a racing car competing at the 24 Hours of Le Mans emblazoned with the Harrods department store livery on its flanks sounds somehow incongruous. Just as unlikely back in 1995 was the notion

A race for pre-war sports cars was a fitting highlight of the Donington Historic Festival from 2-4 May, as Donington Park circuit marked the 90th anniversary of its first Grand Prix. Gareth Burnett’s

The year is 1968. And if you’re a racing driver in the British Saloon Car Championship and your name’s not Frank Gardner, bad luck. You just lost. Because to be fast that year, only one thing would do

The V8 came of age in the USA, but historically America has by no means been its only home, nor the source of some of its greatest exponents. British car makers also saw the layout’s appeal, and while