Donington, England Apr. 8 Howard Culley piloted his unique 1964 Attila MkIII in the RJB Thundersports Championship race for sports...
The VSCC and the Historic Grand Prix Car Association joined forces with Donington Park to savor the return of Auto...
The third round of the FIA World Championship for Thoroughbred Grand Prix Cars was held at England’s undulating Donington Park Circuit on May 3rd. The series received a huge shot in the arm with the success of the first round support race for the Bahrain Grand Prix. To ensure close...
The heavy toll on people and machinery over the summer months resulted in a somewhat thinner entry than hoped for,...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
Tom Wheatcroft, 82, owner of the Donington Park circuit and the Donington Grand Prix Collection, recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of Derby in England. The conferment of Honorary Doctor of the University (Hon. D. Univ.) to Wheatcroft was in recognition of his major contribution to motor racing,...
Britain’s Historic Sports Car Club held its season opener on Easter Day at Donington Park with a nine-race program. The...
Donington, UK March 27, 2005 A Lotus Elan gets it all wong in the Miller Oils Classic Sports Car race....
The Donington Grand Prix Collection put their first works Renault Formula 1 car on show during the “World Series by Renault” meeting at the Donington Park circuit in early September. The 1984 Renault RE50 Turbo Grand Prix car, as driven by Patrick Tambay and Derek Warwick, was handed over to...
Brooklands and Donington are two names that conjure up the halcyon days of British motor racing. Brooklands, near Weybridge in...
At the final press day for GPLive at Donington Park in the UK, the threat of snow failed to stop...
Back in late May, I flew over to England to, among other things, be a part of the GPLive event held at historic Donington Park. While England currently has over 16 different racing circuits, few if any, can claim the depth of history of Donington. Built in 1931, Donington Park...
Bobby Allison Bill Kraus 1 Stefan Bellof dies from injuries sustained in the crash of his Porsche 956 during the...
1984 Toleman TG184-01 When the Grand Prix circus returned to Europe after the American races in 1984, Ayrton Senna was...
Having grown up the son of racer and team owner Reg Parnell, it’s little wonder that Tim Parnell has lived a life dominated by motorsport. Whether going to pre-war races with his father, racing himself in F2 or leading the BRM race organization, Tim Parnell has played an integral role...
Following an extremely successful inaugural season in 2007 the GT & Sports Car Cup race series for Pre-66 GTs and...
Donington Park, UK April 19-20, 2008 Brandon Smith-Hilliard puts the power down in his Masertai 250F CM9.Photo: Peter Collins Become...
It may sound corny, but Dick Seaman’s short life really was the stuff of Hollywood movies. He was tall, handsome, Britain’s top racing driver, married to a BMW heiress, needed Adolf Hitler’s personal approval to join the Mercedes-Benz motor racing team, and then poked the Nazis in the eye by...
Mercedes-Benz rocked Donington Park with its mighty “Silver Arrow” confrontation with Auto Union in 1937 and 1938. Back then, the...
Attendees at this year’s British Grand Prix at Silverstone were drawn by celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the British...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney Straight Maserati 8CM. He would finish 5th overall. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION PMB 219 – 65 High Ridge Road, Stamford, CT 06905-3814 USA., Tel: (203) 461-9804 • Fax:...
In 1938, Tazio Nuvolari left Alfa Romeo after narrowly avoiding serious injury when the uncompetitive car he was driving burst...
1937 Donington Grand Prix – When The Germans Came to Donington by Rodney Walkerley The Donington Grand Prix of 1937...
1993 European Grand Prix – Racing Returns to Donington & We See Some True Senna Magic by Robert S. Butsch Easter Sunday, 1993, saw the first Grand Prix at Donington Park since the immortal Nuvolari’s win 55 years earlier. The crowd was not spectacular by F1 standards, the weather was...
May 2009 At the Donington Grand Prix in England on October 22, 1938, Silver Arrows pilot Dick Seaman applies the...
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The grounds around Cholmondeley Castle, Cheshire, England, were alive to the sound of horsepower! On land, water, and in the air, there was much for the 35,000 “Pageant of Power” crowd to enjoy. For the second running of this event, subtitled the “Goodwood Festival of the North,” the displays of...
Vintage Racecar was stunned to learn of the tragic death of Henry Surtees while he was competing in Round 4...
Motor racing lost a vibrant and influential figure with the October 31 passing of Tom Wheatcroft. The man who brought...
When I were but a lad, my notion of a perfect Saturday was to walk down to the train station in our suburban village and ride the half hour into New York City, where I would spend hours upon hours wandering the marvel-strewn halls of the American Museum of Natural...