Brabham was confident he could do better than Cooper, and in late 1959 he asked Tauranac to come to the UK and work with him, initially producing upgrade kits for Sunbeam Rapier and Triumph Herald road cars at his car dealership, Jack Brabham Motors, but with the long-term aim of designing racing cars.

He considered buying Cooper in partnership with Roy Salvadori and then in late 1959 he asked his friend Ron Tauranac to come to the UK and work with him, initially producing upgrade kits for Sunbeam Rapier and Triumph Herald road cars at his car dealership, Jack Brabham Motors, but with the long-term aim of designing racing cars.

Inducing oversteer is easy and very controllable, thus making the MX-5 a popular choice for amateur and stock racing, including, in the US, the Sports Car Club of America's Solo2 autocross and Spec Miata race series, and in the UK, the Ma5da racing championship.

The 924 has its own racing series in the UK run by the BRSCC and Porsche Racing Drivers Association.

A similar type of racing is found in UK coastal rowing, where a number of boats race out to a given point from the coast and then return fighting rough water all the way.

In the UK and New Zealand there is a racing formula called stock cars but the cars are markedly different from any road car you might see.

As with the UK, Stockcar racing in New Zealand is a very different form of racing than that of the USA.

The actual term ' stock cars ' in the UK refers to a specialised form of racing that bears little resemblance to any road car.

Another form of UK stock car racing is Saloon Stock Cars, regulated by the Saloon Stock Car Association.

*" U96 " News, photos and statistics from stockcar racing in the UK, Holland, New Zealand and Australia

In other countries ( particularly Australia, Ireland, Macau, Mexico, Spain, the UK and the US ), greyhound racing is part of the gambling industry, similar to although far less profitable than horse racing.

His fantasy sequence is the most straightforward of all the members, with Bonham drag racing an AA Fueler at 260 mph at Santa Pod Raceway, Wellingborough, Northants, UK, in October 1973, and its thematic music is the instrumental " Moby Dick.

There is no horse racing on Good Friday in the UK.

Bookmakers on a Greyhound racing | greyhound race course, Reading, Berkshire | Reading, UK

Reliable caliper-type disc brakes were developed in the UK by Dunlop and first appeared in 1953 on the Jaguar C-Type racing car.

Jump racing is popular in the UK, Ireland, France and parts of Central Europe, but only a minor sport or completely unknown in most other regions of the world.

In the UK, it is known as flat racing and is governed by the Jockey Club in the United Kingdom.

It is most common in the UK, where it is also called National Hunt racing.

Catford Stadium was one of the most famous greyhound racing venues in the UK until its closure in 2005.

In addition, it is the largest commercial sponsor of horse racing in the UK, and has sponsored the Grand National since 2005.

The Formula Fast Karting centre, a kart racing circuit itself designed by former Formula One race engineers, was established in 2009 as a leisure facility for the public, as well as offering training and technical support to drivers competing in karting across the UK.

The Cortina was also a popular car in UK Banger racing in the late ' 80s and throughout the 90's proving to be a competitive car and also lasting it out in Demolition Derbys.

In a text about the audience of UK Decay, journalist Steve Keaton asked this question: " Could this be the coming of Punk Gothique?

In the June 1994 issue of UK magazine Mixmag, music journalist Andy Pemberton used it to describe the hip hop instrumental " In / Flux ", a 1993 single by San Francisco's DJ Shadow, and other similar tracks released on the Mo ' Wax label and being played in London clubs at the time.

Romania: Included in total are 177, 000 killed or missing in action and died of wounds The statistic of 250, 000 military dead is " The figure reported by the Rumanian Government in reply to a questionnaire from the International Labour Office Other estimates of Romanian casualties are as follows: By UK War Office in 1922: 335, 706 Killed and missing By US War Dept in 1924: 335, 706 killed and died Civilian deaths exceeded the prewar level by 430, 000, caused by military action, food shortages, epidemics and the Spanish Flu A Russian journalist in a 2004 handbook of human losses in the 20th century estimated 120, 000 Romanian civilian deaths due to military activity, 10, 000 in Austro-Hungarian prisons and 200, 000 caused by famine and disease

Although the resulting album Leisure ( 1991 ) peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, it received mixed reviews, and according to journalist John Harris, " could not shake off the odour of anti-climax ".

It is said that Ivan Straker, Seagram's UK chairman, became interested in the potential opportunity after reading a passionate newspaper article written by journalist Lord Oaksey, who, in his riding days, had come within three-quarters of a length of winning the 1963 National.

Although the resulting album Leisure ( 1991 ) peaked at number seven on the UK Albums Chart, it received mixed reviews, and according to journalist John Harris, " could not shake off the odour of anti-climax ".

* Whitelaw Reid, born 1837 ; journalist, newspaper owner, diplomat ( Ambassador to France and to the UK ), died in London, UK, in 1912

* October 23-A report on the Ethiopian faminy by BBC journalist Michael Buerk is broadcast in the UK and receives an unprecedented public response.

A group of about 400 black bloc anarchists took part in the 2011 London anti-cuts protest where they attacked various high end retail outlets ; according to journalist Paul Mason this may have been the largest ever black block assembly in the UK.

" It was under the alias of Wagon Christ ( along with other equally vital monikers like Plug, Vibert & Simmonds, and later more simply in his own name ) that Vibert helped to redefine the rules of electronic music in the UK in the early to mid ' 90s-alongside a bunch of reprehensible mates that included Richard D. James ( a. k. a. Aphex Twin ), Tom Jenkinson ( Squarepusher ), Mike Paradinas ( µ-Ziq ), Chris Jeffs ( Cylob ), and the labels Rephlex and Warp ," assessed journalist Andrez Bergen in an article that appeared in Japan's Daily Yomiuri newspaper in 2003.

Marit Allen, a contemporary fashion journalist and editor of the influential " Young Ideas " pages for UK Vogue, firmly stated that John Bates, rather than Quant or André Courrèges, was the original creator of the miniskirt.

: Certain remarks of mine to an Italian journalist have been widely misrepresented in the UK press, and on various websites.

Trade website BikeBiz. com revealed that the weaknesses of the tubular pin tumbler mechanism had first been described in 1992 by UK journalist John Stuart Clark ( see Kryptonite lock ).

Helen Mason Young ( 1938, Glasgow, Scotland – 1989, London, UK ) was a journalist and children's author.

In May 2011, Ofcom ruled that Press TV, an Iranian English-language satellite channel, was responsible for a serious breach of UK broadcasting rules and could face a fine for airing an interview with Maziar Bahari, the Newsweek journalist arrested covering the Iranian presidential election in 2009, that was obtained by force while he was held in a Tehran jail.

* Mike Powell ( journalist ), early UK advocate of radio automation

In 2005 and 2007, UK investigative journalist Duncan Campbell wrote a series of articles criticizing police forensic procedures and trial evidence.

* James H. Reeve, UK broadcaster, journalist, raconteur and radio phone-in host

* Rich Wilson ( journalist ), contemporary UK based freelance rock writer

Awaaz's claims were echoed by journalist Melanie Phillips, who stated in The Spectator that the IHRC was, " the most conspicuous promoter of Khomeini jihadism in the UK, ... is said to be close to Iran.

He told UK music journalist David Nathan in 1973, “ I always liked pretty music and I ’ ve always wanted to write it .” Added the writer, " He declined to give one particular influence or inspiration but said that Ravel, Debussy and Stravinsky were amongst whom he studied.

Notable former pupils include historian P. J. Marshall, architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, impressionist Rory Bremner, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, author Sebastian Faulks, language school pioneer John Haycraft, political journalist Robin Oakley, actor Sir Christopher Lee, writer George Orwell, author Rupert Croft-Cooke, poet Gavin Ewart, composer John Gardner, world champion motor racing driver James Hunt, Leader of the House of Lords Lord Strathclyde, journalist and television presenter Peter Snow, the UK Pop Idol winner Will Young, and BRIT Award-nominated singer Nerina Pallot, and the rugby union players James Haskell and the brothers Max and Thom Evans.