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Editorial – 6th July 2010

Editorial – 6th July 2010

The history of stock car racing in Britain is littered with events which have created a “what if” scenario. There must be little doubt that the one single event which still resonates loudly through the years, and has affected the...

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Peter Arnold – Stock Car Racing’s Greatest

Peter Arnold – Stock Car Racing’s Greatest

Peter Arnold Extract from Stockcar Supporter, October 1969. By Don Round. I feel that even those people who only knew Peter briefly, or are newcomers to the sport, realise the tremendous loss which we of the Stock Car fraternity have suffered....

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Formula Twos – How It All Began (Part 2)

Formula Twos – How It All Began (Part 2)

The late Jim Beet puts out the checkered flag Don Round continues his series on the formative years of Formula Twos. Part two details the early development, and what was to become a defining moment for stock car racing in the UK – the effects...

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Steve Straitjacket – Stock Car Racing’s Social Worker

Steve Straitjacket – Stock Car Racing’s Social Worker

Copyright Des Penny. Reproduced with kind permission. Steve Straitjacket

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Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Aycliffe Pre-BoC Seniors A very rare and previously unseen in public compilation of Cinefilm from Aycliffe Stadium. This starts off with the pre-1966 / pre-Board of Control licensed Formula Ones – look closely and you might spot one or...

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Brian Wallace RIP

News: July 1976

Brian Wallace RIP Following the fatal injuries sustained at White City, hundreds of stock car fans joined friends and family to pay their last...

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Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Aycliffe Pre-BoC Seniors A very rare and previously unseen in public compilation of Cinefilm from Aycliffe Stadium. This starts off with the...

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Editorial – 6th July 2010

Editorial – 6th July 2010

The history of stock car racing in Britain is littered with events which have created a “what if” scenario. There must be little doubt that the one single...

Read Full Story »

Peter Arnold – Stock Car Racing’s Greatest

Peter Arnold – Stock Car Racing’s Greatest

Peter Arnold Extract from Stockcar Supporter, October 1969. By Don Round. I feel that even those people who only knew Peter briefly, or are newcomers to the sport,...

Read Full Story »

Formula Twos – How It All Began (Part 2)

Formula Twos – How It All Began (Part 2)

The late Jim Beet puts out the checkered flag Don Round continues his series on the formative years of Formula Twos. Part two details the early development, and...

Read Full Story »

Steve Straitjacket – Stock Car Racing’s Social Worker

Steve Straitjacket – Stock Car Racing’s Social Worker

Copyright Des Penny. Reproduced with kind permission. Steve Straitjacket

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Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Video – Aycliffe Cinefilm

Aycliffe Pre-BoC Seniors A very rare and previously unseen in public compilation of Cinefilm from Aycliffe Stadium. This starts off with the pre-1966 / pre-Board...

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The Mean Machine

The Mean Machine

Bobby Burns Profile and interview with Bobby Burns. By Linda Keen. First Published in Rods and Stocks, May 1981. Bobby Burns was once interviewed by a reporter who...

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Vic Havoc: Part 4

Vic Havoc: Part 4

Vic contemplates underhand tactics. Reproduced with kind permission of Des Penny.

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AYCLIFFE SIGNED POSTER on eBay

AYCLIFFE SIGNED POSTER on eBay

AYCLIFFE SIGNED POSTER - ON EBAY BIDDING HAS NOW ENDED AND HAS RAISED AN OUTSTANDING SUM OF £161 FOR THE VET’S ASSOCIATION! THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH, WHETHER...

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EDITORIAL – 18th June 2010

And so we approach a week since the Stock Car Archive launched. The positive feedback keeps coming in, whether on the site, on other forums or by email – thank...

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The first ever Junior race is started by Jim Beet at Tamworth

Formula Twos – How It All Began (Part 1)

The first part of a series we’ll be running. Don Round looks back at the inception and first season of what became F2 in 1960, first published in STOCKCAR...

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