The World Superbikes 2015’s stop in the UK was to Donington Park, a popular track among bikers, and for me, there was the extra interest that the rider leading the championship, Jonathan Rea, grew up in the same town as me, and even went to the same school as me. I went along, and of…
Last weekend saw the running of the No Limits series at Donington Park. For those not familiar with No Limits, the organisation runs various motorbike racing formulae, as well as track days. The weekend featured several 600 and 1000 motor bike events, as well as the No Limits Pre Injection Cup 750 race. There was…
The Donington Historic Festival has been held at the beginning of May over the last five years, and the recent May Day bank holiday saw the Donington Historic Festival 2015 being held at the Leicestershire circuit. For those not familiar with it, the festival sees a series of historic races over three days with a…
With no British Formula Three championship this year, the F3 Cup is the only championship in the Formula Three category based in the UK in 2015. I went along to watch the F3 Cup at Donington this weekend, as part of the MSVR event there. I have watched and enjoyed the F3 Cup before –…
There is not one but two Ginetta series supporting the BTCC championship this year, with the Ginetta racing at Donington Park including both the Ginetta GT Supercup, and the Ginetta Junior Championship, with drivers as young as 14 racing. I went along to the Ginetta media day at Silverstone a few weeks ago, and…
A returning feature to the support calendar of the 2015 BTCC series is the Renault UK Clio Cup, which made an appearance at Donington last weekend as part of the race weekend. With Mike Bushell, the 2014 champion, having graduated to a BTCC drive for 2015, there were some new faces in the series as…
As part of last weekend’s BTCC event, I saw what was a new racing series for me; MSA Formula at Donington Park. For those who are not familiar with the series, this is a FIA Formula 4 based single seater series for drivers from the age of 15 up. There were some familiar names racing…
The British Touring Car Championship seems to be getting more and more popular, with crowds larger each year. I went to the last round of the 2014 championship at Brands Hatch, which was a busy weekend, and more recently to the media day for the current series, which was impressively busy for a mid week…
This weekend – 28th & 29th March – saw the 750 Motor Club in competition at Donington Park. For those not familiar with it, the 750 Motor Club dates back to 1939, and started with Austin Seven road trials and races. Over the years, members have included such greats as Colin Chapman, Gordon Murray and…
Today, 24th March, saw the BTCC 2015 Launch Day at Donington Park, with the various drivers and cars who will make up the British Touring Car Championship on display for the media and fans to see. There were a few big announcements on the day, including that Nicolas Hamilton, brother of current Formula One world…
I realised that last time I wrote about the Donington Aero Park, the aircraft museum beside East Midlands Airport, I mentioned the Nimrod there but did not include any photographs of the aircraft. I took a trip back there at the weekend, and it seemed a good opportunity to take a few photos of the…
I spent some of the bank holiday weekend that heralds the end of August at the BTRA Truck Racing event at Donington Park, which was fantastic fun. I posted before about a previous trip to watch truck racing at Donington, and thought it would be good to go back and see some more. I took…