{"id":369337,"date":"2011-05-03T11:30:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=34689"},"modified":"2024-01-16T12:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T12:16:45","slug":"donington-historic-festival-2011-report-and-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/donington-historic-festival-2011-report-and-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Donington Historic Festival (2011) &#8211; Recap &#038; Photo Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Donington Historic Festival was held 30 April to 1 May, 2011 at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England.<\/p>\n<p>More than 12,000 people and two days of non-stop sunshine greeted the historic racing cars out on track. The Donington Historic Festival 2011 saw more than 300 vintage racing cars battling it out in a packed programme of vintage races that included: single-seaters to Touring Cars; pre-War racers to Group C; Astons, Ferraris, Jaguars and Maseratis to Listers, Lolas and Bentleys; and demonstrations of Group B rally cars and historic karts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was the first time we\u2019d run the Festival, so we couldn\u2019t be absolutely certain how it would turn out,\u201d said event organiser Duncan Wiltshire, \u201cbut it exceeded our most optimistic expectations in every way: the spectators, the weather, the revitalised circuit, but above all the racing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe saw huge grids of some of the best historic cars in Europe, with racing that was incredibly close and unbelievably exciting. The advantage of Donington, of course, is that it\u2019s such a spectacular circuit for watching the action: from the restructured infield you have a fabulous view of the twists, turns and gradients. There are few places in Europe which offer such a superb \u2018amphitheatre\u2019 from which to watch a race,&#8221; continued Wiltshire.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and complete race results, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doningtonhistoric.com\">www.doningtonhistoric.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Source: Donington Historic Festival]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural Donington Historic Festival was held 30 April to 1 May, 2011 at Donington Park near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. More than 12,000 people and two days of non-stop sunshine greeted the historic racing cars out on track. 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