FollowUp early this morning for a trip to Donington Park. It’s a truck meeting, but there’ll be plenty of other things to watch.
Pit crew surround the Renault factory truck.
A marshall tries his luck with a grid girl. Don’t think he got a phone number, but full marks for trying.
The trucks seem huge compared to other racing cars, but the competition is furious, and very noisy!
They fly past the pits..
Trucks are surprisingly vulnerable to damage. This one got a bump at the back which destroyed a rear tyre.
Next up are the Formula Ford single-seaters. These are driven by a mixture of kids wanting to become the next Lewis Hamilton, plus a few guys of my age who have more money than sense.
The kids didn’t all make it to the finish.
Donington Park is right next to East Midlands airport. This can lead to some slippery track conditions as the jets spray the tarmac with fuel on take off.
The winner of both truck races. A mechanic struggles to change a wheel in the background.
Jim, with an enormous American truck.
Next up we have a Porsche race. I know some of the drivers from the Porsche internet forum. Everyone here is an amateur, but the cars are really well turned out. Here are Fraser and Andrew.
Marcus and Ben in the Hartech Boxsters. The beauty of this class is that you can enter pretty much any car you like as long as it’s a Porsche.
Mark in his 996 Carrera. He won the first race.
Despite the apparent difference in performance amongst the Porsches, racing is very close. Performance is evened-out by making the more powerful cars carry some ballast.
At the end of the day there’s plenty of time to see the cars before everyone packs up and leaves.
