Donington - Sunday 5th February 2023

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

Hi,

 

A few of us are heading to Donington tomorrow morning to watch the Caterham (PT Sports Cars) track day.

 

We will be meeting at about 10am at the Garage 39 cafe next to the paddock if anyone wants to join us 👍

[Rob Hunter - Club Secretary]

A beautiful day for a meet, chilly but dry and sunny.

 

A late shout out on Saturday and we had a total of 6 Westfields, plus Tim's son in his Mk1 MX5, Michael in his 288GTO replica and Gavin in his electric Mercedes.

 

 

We headed to the garages and pit wall to look at the Caterhams. Lots of Academy cars using the track day as a pre season shakedown test plus a few road cars like the 620R and 420R.

 

Having done a track day at Donington (with at least one more planned this year) it was amazing to see how quick the Academy cars are around the track despite being only 125bhp!

 

We had a good mooch around the garages chatting to a few of the owners, one ex racer was giving his mates passenger rides in his 620R. The faces on their return to the pits was hilarious 😂 

 

 

We also spotted a stunning series 3 Elan in the paddock between sessions. Completely original with its Lotus twin cam the owner was definitely having great fun mixing it with more modern machinery.

 

 

Having had breakfast, Gavin, Tony, John, Dale and Michael headed home.

 

Steve, Tim and myself snapped a quick photo....

 

 

Before heading for the Factoryheads Cafe and the Superbike Factory at the other end of the circuit for a coffee.

 

 

 

A brilliant few hours with good friends and lovely cars, thanks everyone for coming along. Hopefully see you all again next weekend 👍

[Ian Kinder (Bagpuss) - Joint Peak District AO]

Some 2024 calendar pic material there @Rob Hunter Derby & Notts AO