The Motor Racing Spectator

As the season is almost over I thought I'd do a best & worst list of 2012. Just a bit of fun in case lawyers are reading this.... The Best of 2012.... Meeting  Donington FIA Trucks, June 30/July1. Surprised myself when I thought about it. Motor Racing should be a spectacle and I have to say that the big rigs were fantastic over the weekend. All the support races were very good aswell. Race  Until 4.30 pm on Sunday 4th November I was going to say both Pick Up races on the Rockingham Oval on August 19th but I'm going with the Walter Hayes Final. A sense of drama rarely felt watching motor racing  these days. Circuit  Cadwell Park. I only went the once on May 27 for a 750MC meeting but wish it was 50 miles nearer to home. A fantastic track that retains some of the reasons for watching motor racing in the first place.Hardly any catch fencing and fantastic viewing. That it's owned by MSV is a bonus so it is in immaculate condition. Weather Cadwell Park May...

The first full weekend of Greenwich Mean Time can only mean one thing, it's time for the Walter Hayes Trophy! Always a highlight of the year this was the 12th running of the Trophy and the 10th with a weekend, multi-entry, knockout format. After what can only be described as a poor first year for the new generation Eco-Boost Formula Ford and a 13 car Duratec engined entry for the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch the weekend before, there were an outstanding 120 1600cc Kent engine cars in the Silverstone paddock over the weekend. Many fans still talk in awe of the Festivals at Brands Hatch in the 1980's and Formula Ford guru James Beckett's intention to recreate those festivals with the WHT has borne fruit. The Spectator's first Festival was in 1993, the first year of the new Zetec engine and I regret not being 5 to 10 years older so I could have witnessed some of those Festivals in the 80's! Saturday saw qualifying and racing for all 6 heats of the WHT along...