Paul ripley high performance driving guru

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

RISK ASSESSMENT IS A VITAL ELEMENT OF high-performance driving. If we are aware of the hazards that surround us every time we get behind the wheel, we can adapt how we drive to minimise the danger, ma

YOU MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION ‘ARE these two Goodwins related?’ The answer is: not as far as Chris and I know, but a simple DNA test would settle it. A less scientific method, though I think also accurat

LIKE, I SUSPECT, many British blokes of a certain age, I have happy memories of my father waxing lyrical about WO Bentley’s fantastic cars and the heroics of his team during the 1920s. Somewhere these

1. This paperweight was the event memento from the 25th anniversary SVRA race meeting commemorating the silver anniversary of the Ford GT40. The event – featuring a one-hour GT40 enduro – was at Watki

The concours world exists in a strange parallel universe. Participants often spend huge amounts of money on buying and restoring a classic, only to watch on while a bunch of strangers wearing white Pa