Donington Historic Festival 2012

About the Event

The Donington Historic Festival 2012 was held 5-6 May at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. Thousands of spectators enjoyed the 2nd annual Donington Historics, with its great display of tight racing action, plus off-track entertainment and even an unexpected day of sunshine on the Sunday.

Event organiser Duncan Wiltshire, said, We could hardly have hoped for a more successful meeting with visitor numbers significantly up against last year. The weather on Saturday was a touch on the cold side, but against all expectations the sun came out on Sunday and shone on and off all day.

With 300 racing cars taking part in the 12 races, and some of the sport’s top drivers, we knew the racing action would be outstanding, but the nail-bitingly close finishes in some of the races were a bonus. As were the 54 car clubs who turned up to put on a display of around a thousand fabulous classic cars of all kinds, the historic karts belting round the Grand Prix Loop, the Trade Village in the race paddock and, of course, Sir Stirling Moss who is still an enthusiastic supporter of historic motorsport even though he retired from competition himself last year, continued Wiltshire.

Among the many highlights 2012 Donington Historic Festival were the four races organised by Motor Racing Legends Pre-War Sports Cars, 1950s Sports Cars, 1966-85 Touring Cars and Pre-1961 Sports-Racers.

While the Frazer Nash Super Sport of Fred Wakeman and Patrick Blakeney-Edward

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