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The jazzman and the Shelby Cobra: A 50-year winning partnership
Tuesday 06 March 2012
Hank Williams’ MkII Cobra has been on champion form since he bought it in 1965 – and there’s plenty of life in both of them
Games People Play Stirling Moss, 68, Racing Driver
Saturday 22 August 1998
IT MAY be feasible to mention Scrabble. I play because I have to sit down and think about it. I'm not particularly good or anything, and I haven't got a great use of the English language, but I do my best with certain things.
IndyCar driver Jimmy Vasser in pole for third time
Monday 01 July 1996
Jimmy Vasser became the first IndyCar driver to claim pole position THREE times
Today's Number: 10,890
Wednesday 18 May 1994
THE number of miles that the American motor racing driver Al Unser, who retired yesterday, has driven in the lead of the Indy 500 race during his 30-year career, putting him behind only A J Foyt. Both won the race four times.
Rallycross: Dirty dancing on four wheels as Britain's rallycross drivers put their skills to the test and stretch their nerves to the limit
Monday 11 October 1993
Mike Mantel is hard on Mike Manning's heels during their British Rallycross Championship Division 3 heat at Brands Hatch yesterday.
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Is the Muslim call to prayer really such a menace?
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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