Speedscene 148, covering events during April and May features Ian Fidoe winning his class at Shelsley Walsh in May in his smart and rare Pilbeam MP43.

 

A big issue at 60 pages starting with a report of the British Hillclimb championship round at Prescott and the early British Sprint rounds at Croft, Combe, Mallory and East Fortune.

 

There is a description of the little known but highly demanding Sprint track at Longcross, arguably the closest to London, situated near to Chobham and a 'Visit to' RAW Engineering, home of the popular and successful (one won the HSA Championship in 2007) Striker.

 

A new innovation sees a precis of the most recent HSA committee meeting plus a colour centre spread of an eclectix mix of competitors. There is the full round up of many club meetings including all the Richard Egger Insurance HSA Championship rounds along with events at Gurston, Lydden, Three Sisters and Harewood.

 

The issue is rounded off with the regular contributions from Jerry Sturman, Paul Parker and Clive Wooster and some interesting book reviews and letters.

This 'Winter' issue (BUY) of Speedscene features a clasic action photo of Matt Oliver's Gould Judd on its cover amply demonstrating the wealth of modern and extremely powerful machinery to be seen at Sprints and Hillclimbs around the country.

 

This issue also premieres two new feature articles - 'A visit to.....' and 'Senior moments'. In the first, our correspondents will visit organisations who we hope are both of interest and relevance to our readership, beginning with Merlin Motorsports at Castle Combe who supply race parts for all competitors but particularly for older and more unusual cars. The second is a regular column from Jerry Sturman, for many years the editor of Speedscene, who revisits interesting events form the past and puts them into today's context.

 

Also in this issue is a celebration of the Reverend Barry Whitehead's forty years in Speed events written by fellow competitor Allan Staniforth, the 2008 calendars of many of the most prominent Championships, a fascinating history of outgoing sponsor, Alan Goodwin's ALDON AL3, a feature on Dave Oldridge's most successful season to date with his OMS Hornet Yamaha plus the usual news, book reviews, Clive Wooster & Paul Parker columns and colour photographs.

 

The final issue of 2007 (BUY) wraps up the major championships leading with reports of the British Hillclimb Championship from Doune and Shelsley Walsh and the final round of the British Sprint Championship from Aintree.

 

The final two rounds of the ALDON HSA Speed Championship from Loton Park and Curborough are covered. The 'between the beams' section includes reports from Gurston Down, Longleat, Thoresby and Prescott. Steve Wilkinson take time off from Sprinting and  has a day out at Shelsley and continental correspondent Peter Herbert visits Craigantlet.

 

This issue includes the ever popular Christmas Quiz along with the regular columns from Paul Parker and Clive Wooster. Suspension wizard Allan Staniforth unravels some of the mysteries of spring rates in a feature article and the issue is rounded off with the usual collection of book reviews and classified ads.

Speedscene 145 (BUY), featuring Fyrth Crosse's Mallock on the cover at Shelsley Walsh during some of the wettest conditions experienced in the UK during the summer, included reports of all the British Hillclimb Championship rounds at Harewood, Wiscombe, the Channel Islands, Craigantlet, Gurstond Down and Prescott.

 

The British Sprint Championship was reported with rounds at Llandow, Kirkistown and Colerne and the ALDON HSA Championship rounds at MIRA and Shelsley were also covered.

 

The regular 'between the beam' section included coverage of events at Aintree, Loton Park (5 events), Gurston Down, Shelsley Walsh, Scamonden Dam and Brands Hatch.

 

With so many events covered there was only enough space left for a couple of pages of book reviews and a centre colour spread featuring many familiar cars from the hills and the tracks.