The Motor Racing Spectator

Despite a weather forecast that was awful (more of that later...) The Spectator still had the enthusiasm to head to Donington for the annual visit of the British Truck Racing Championship. The sheer novelty factor of watching the big rigs around the narrow strip of tarmac that is Donington Park means that an entertaining day should be on the cards! Saturday was a nice and sunny day but I was elsewhere. Sunday however was one of the most appalling wet weather days I've experienced for a while....The day started dry but the only fully dry track action we had time for was a Legends qualifying session and a Mini Miglia race before a good old-fashioned deep Atlantic low piled in for the day producing not only a very wet day but also an unusually very cold day. Not surprisingly the best race of the day was the Mini Miglia race on the dry circuit. Only 14 cars on the grid but a very entertaining race which harked back to the glory days of Miglia's in the 90's. A 10 lap race ...

After 5 weeks it was time to venture trackside again so The Spectator headed to his local circuit for the BARC organised Motors TV Live Raceday. Unusually the Saturday of this 2 day meeting was the better looking of the days with 11 races scheduled compared to 9 on the Sunday. Motors TV have been televising the occasional club meeting now for several years and it is an excellent way not only for the humble club racer to gain their 5 minutes of fame but also show the viewer that club racing can be entertaining to watch. On show on Saturday were the Caterham Graduates, Porsche Club Championship, Kumho BMW's, Avon Tyres Intermarque & Radical Owners Club. After a relatively incident free qualifying in the morning there was a race for the Porsche Club before the lunch break with the remaining 10 races then live on TV from 2pm onwards. It was a shame the Porsche Club race wasn't televised as it was a cracker. Peter Morris's 996 just beating Gary Duckman's Boxster to ...