Donington Park Saturday 22nd March 2014

The first visit to Donington Park for The Specator in 2014 for the first day of a 2 day BARC meeting. I could only make the Saturday but at least there were to be 7 races in the afternoon along with various qualifying sessions during the day.
Donington's gradual return to its former self was in evidence as the Infield is now the home to several enormous earth mounds with a lot of work being carried out in the winter months to landscape the area. Not only will these provide more viewing spots but I'd imagine they will help with engine noise from the circuit too.
On a cool, grey March day the 7 races were provided by 3 from the Caterham Graduate classes, 3 from the Classic Touring Car Racing Club portfolio and Class A of the Kumho BMW championship. I saw qualifying for the Mazda Max 5 series and MG Owners Club too so the only series I missed on Sunday was Classic FF1600.
Sunday races were televised live by Motors TV, an initiative that has been a big success, as the club driver has a rare opportunity to perform in front of the cameras. Entries for all races were very good, a combination of TV and being the first meeting of the year no doubt.
Caterham races are always good and the 3 Graduate races provided some good action and the days only Safety Car in the SigMax class race. The CTCRC races contained some some extremely varied machinery and the only rain of the day arrived for the BMW's.
Admission was £10 with a £5 DPRAC discount and programme £3


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