Donington Park Sunday 2nd September 2012

After a 5 week gap it was back to Donington for the second visit of the season by the 750MC. The club are now based  in offices at the circuit and are looking at closer ties with Donington in future years. The 2 day meeting was a self-styled "Summer" festival and the 750MC hierarchy must very good meteorologists as their early September meeting turned out to be far more Summery than their meeting in late June! The Spectator only ventured out on the Sunday which turned out to be a warm and pleasant day after early cloud. 14 races were run on the day after 4 qualifying sessions and the last race finished at 6.15pm so, in Donington terms, an early finish.....All of the clubs championships were on track and the only ones I missed on the Saturday were SAXMAX,BMW Compact Cup and Toyota MR2 Super GT.
I have to say it was a thoroughly enjoyable days racing with the only poor races being the pair of Formula 4 single-seater races which had thin grids and unreliabilty. Highlight of the day were a couple of frantic Toyota MR2 races with plenty of action throughout the large field. The 2nd race also provided a bit of extra "warmth" as one of the cars suffered an engine fire which meant the driver had to bail out in a hurry at the Old Hairpin and copious amounts of fire extinguisher were used to douse the flames. Indeed it wasn't the only fire of the day in the vicinity and local fire extinguisher companies will be kept busy replenishing stocks at Donington! The last 3 meetings I've been to have been very good so hopefully things are picking up as we head into Autumn. Admission was £10 (£5 DPRAC Discount) and Programme was £3

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