The third annual Donington Historic Festival, scheduled for May 4-5, 2013, will celebrate the career of three-time Formula One World...
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Maserati, Motor Racing Legends and the Maserati Club UK are staging a historic Maserati...
In 1938, Tazio Nuvolari left Alfa Romeo after narrowly avoiding serious injury when the uncompetitive car he was driving burst into flames. He declared that he would never race an Alfa Romeo again! The same year, Auto Union was in crisis after having lost their star driver Bernd Rosemeyer to...
The organizers very wisely had the foresight to provide off-track entertainment, the most popular of which were 16 sessions of...
Kevin Wheatcroft, son of noted collector and Donington Park owner Tom Wheatcroft, has announced that his father’s famous racecar collection...
Tim ParnellPhoto: Pete Austin It was my father, Reg Parnell, who first went to Donington Park in 1934. Living near Derby it wasn’t too far for him to travel. While at this first meeting, purely as a spectator, I think he became intoxicated with the sights, smells and aura of...
May 2009 At the Donington Grand Prix in England on October 22, 1938, Silver Arrows pilot Dick Seaman applies the...
December 2008 The Donington Grand Prix; Donington, October 3, 1936. Prince Bira coming out of Holly Wood with the ex-Whitney...
The Gunnar Nilsson Trophy was a non-championship BMW Procar Series event held at Donington Park on June 4, 1979, where Toine Hezemans finished 5th in the Alimpo BMW M1. Photo courtesy of: THE KLEMANTASKI COLLECTION Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to...
From the Donington Grand Prix, held at Donington Park on October 3, 1936, we see Prince Bira coming out of...
At the final press day for GPLive at Donington Park in the UK, the threat of snow failed to stop...
Donington Park, UK April 19-20, 2008 Brandon Smith-Hilliard puts the power down in his Masertai 250F CM9.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you...
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...
The outrageous Group B cars from the World Rally Championship of the 1980s have been added to the Donington Historic Festival scheduled for the weekend of April 29–May 1. Ultimately banned from the sport for being too fast, the Group B cars were truly wicked machines that showcased what could...
Following an extremely successful inaugural season in 2007 the GT & Sports Car Cup race series for Pre-66 GTs and...
Hans Ruesch has had an amazing life. At age 23, he won the Donington Grand Prix (with Richard Seaman as...
Vintage Racecar was stunned to learn of the tragic death of Henry Surtees while he was competing in Round 4 of the FIA Formula Two Championship at Brands Hatch, England. The accident happened, on Sunday, July 19th, midway through race 2 when he was struck by an errant wheel from...
In what is believed to be one of the few one-make series in historic racing, Masters Historic Racing has launched...
Tom Wheatcroft, 82, owner of the Donington Park circuit and the Donington Grand Prix Collection, recently received an honorary doctorate...
The Historic Racing Drivers Club (HRDC) has announced plans for an important invitation race for Classic & Historic Alfa Romeos at Donington Park on October 14 . The ethos behind this accessible invitation race is to promote a possible Series in 2019, which will champion close racing within a proper...
Spring is in the air and the dawn of a new season of racing with the Historic Racing Drivers Club...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK March 17–18, 2012 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Donington Park, Castle Donington, UK March 19–20, 2011 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership removes most ads, lets you enjoy unlimited access to all our premium content, and offers you awesome discounts on...
Donington Park, Castle Donington UK March 17, 2013 Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About...
Britain’s Historic Sports Car Club held its season opener on Easter Day at Donington Park with a nine-race program. The...
Donington, England Apr. 8 Howard Culley piloted his unique 1964 Attila MkIII in the RJB Thundersports Championship race for sports racers.Photo: Peter Collins Become a Member & Get Ad-Free Access To This Article (& About 6,000+ More) Access to the full article is limited to paid subscribers only. Our membership...
Donington, UK March 27, 2005 A Lotus Elan gets it all wong in the Miller Oils Classic Sports Car race....
A number of years ago, in the early days of Vintage Racecar when I think we were still in “black...
Nearly 50 years ago I stood on the bank at Mulsanne Corner and watched the bright French sun flash on the windscreen of the #24 Matra driven by Henri Pescarolo and Johnny Servoz-Gavin. There were so many things that made a lasting impression on my first visit to Le Mans...