Jack Phillips

2 months ago | classicandsportscar.com | Jack Phillips

By The charismatic Eddie Jordan died at the age of 76 on 20 March, in Cape Town, South Africa, having fought aggressive prostate cancer for the past year, his family said. “With his inexhaustible energy he always knew how to make people smile, remaining genuine and brilliant at all times. Eddie has been a protagonist of an era of F1 and he will be deeply missed,” said Formula One President and CEO Stefano Domenicali in tribute.

May 3, 2024 | classicandsportscar.com | Jack Phillips

By For anyone who visits the Lake District, the A591 is an unavoidable pleasure to drive. Winding for 30 miles from Kendal to Keswick, it follows the shore of Lake Windermere for stretches and offers beautiful views at every turn. It being the main thoroughfare means that it is a tourist trap, but the most clogged sections through Bowness-on-Windermere and Ambleside are tempered by vistas of boats, fells and mountains.

Jan 25, 2024 | classicandsportscar.com | Jack Phillips

The fixture certainly made a name for itself in the years that followed, if not one that endured – in more ways than one – quite like those Guthrie had mentioned. It also returned ‘500’ to the name of a British race for the first time since WW2 – the Tourist Trophy had been around 500 miles long, but more by luck than design. In fact, motorsport has had a mild affliction with the number 500 for more than a century.

Nov 1, 2023 | classicandsportscar.com | Jack Phillips

By There are faster estate cars than the Audi 200 Avant quattro Turbo. There are bigger ones, too; more powerful and more spacious; more famous and more notorious. There aren’t many that are rarer, though. A handful at most remain from what was a limited run of 171 UK cars. An estate that ticks most, if not all, of those boxes, and even runs the rarity race close, is the Volvo 850 T-5R.

Jun 14, 2023 | ntxe-news.com | Jack Phillips