Unusual xjs set for tough r.a.c. rally

TWO BRITISH CHAMPIONS CHASING THE BIG ONE

With the final entry list running at more than 180 cars, the front of the field is packed with some of the leading contenders from British historic rallying.

Darren Edwards will line up for this year’s Roger Albert Clark Rally in the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus that his father Richard rallied 45 years ago. Paul Lawrence got the full story

Organisers develop innovative plan to regrade two special stages during the rally

This XK120 was bought new by Lancashire cobbler Robert Lawrie whose special boot design led to him becoming the official supplier to the 1953 Everest expedition, the team that accompanied Sir Vivian F

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a