GT40\'s racing at Donnington yesterday
I went to a very wet Donnington park circuit yesterday to spectate the final round of the 750 MC SR & GT championship. Graham Turner & Trevor Taylor were competing in GT40's amongst a field of Cobra's, Porsches, D & E types plus a few others.
The conditions were nothing short of horrendous, a wet track was getting steadily wetter & the rain just got harder & harder. Having raced in the rain myself,I can really hand it to the guys for braving zero grip & terrible visibility.
The winning 600+bhp cobra was audibly spinning the wheels 3/4 of the way down the main straight!
Unfortunatley the yellow GT40 of Trevor Taylor had a 'meeting' with a 911 on the start & suffered bodywork damage, but this didn't stop either car completeing the race!
It was a very evocative sight seeing & hearing 40's & cobras doing battle on the circuit, very inspiring stuff... All in all a very exciting race! Hat's off to all involved!
I went to a very wet Donnington park circuit yesterday to spectate the final round of the 750 MC SR & GT championship. Graham Turner & Trevor Taylor were competing in GT40's amongst a field of Cobra's, Porsches, D & E types plus a few others.
The conditions were nothing short of horrendous, a wet track was getting steadily wetter & the rain just got harder & harder. Having raced in the rain myself,I can really hand it to the guys for braving zero grip & terrible visibility.
The winning 600+bhp cobra was audibly spinning the wheels 3/4 of the way down the main straight!
Unfortunatley the yellow GT40 of Trevor Taylor had a 'meeting' with a 911 on the start & suffered bodywork damage, but this didn't stop either car completeing the race!
It was a very evocative sight seeing & hearing 40's & cobras doing battle on the circuit, very inspiring stuff... All in all a very exciting race! Hat's off to all involved!