Donington Park Saturday/Sunday 18th/19th March 2017
At long last...! With a long dark Winter (almost...) over, the 2017 Car racing season burst into life with a 750MC meeting at Donington. The advent of March always gets The Spectator excited and as my enthusiasm level was very high I decided to do both days of the meeting held on the full 2.5 mile GP circuit. Saturday was forecast to be dry AM and damp PM...alas the meteorological "experts" got it very wrong and it was definitely a case of Wet AM, Damp and eventually drying PM!! The 750MC never ceases to amaze with it's portfolio of Championships and Series almost always producing large entries and entertaining racing. Saturday's timetable looked to be the better day of the weekend and this proved to be the case. 2 red flags in the morning's qualifying sessions and an oil spillage in the Sport Specials session that had to be jet-washed off the already wet circuit, led to an early lunch break being called which turned out to be a very wise decision. Wise beca...