British Superbike News

Donington Park

Despite the recent problems at Donington Park, their website has issued a statement declaring it’s business as usual.  The statement reads;

“Donington Park staff have confirmed that, for the foreseeable future, it is a case of “business as usual” as they re-commence their full programme of race meetings in mid-May.

The Grand Prix Master event, with its array of F1 cars and high powered sportcars, remains on schedule to go-ahead over 9/10 May and the following weekend, the HiQ British Touring Car Championship is set to power into the circuit.

Completing a hectic month, the third round of the ViSK British Superbike Championship is planned to be hosted over Spring Bank Holiday, 23/24/25 May.

The two feature events of the calendar, bringing world championship racing to the Park with World Superbikes and MotoGP, will go ahead as scheduled.

The British, and only round of the World Superbike series in the UK, will be held on 26/27/28 June with Noriyuki Haga and ‘rookie’ Ben Spies continuing their duel for supremacy.

And the following month, 24/25/26 July, the sport’s elite riders, led by eight times World Champion Valentino Rossi and including local hero James Toseland, will be in action in the British MotorCyclePrix. Grand

Race fans and competitors are assured that the scheduled programme of car, motorcycle and truck racing also continues as planned.”

Kevin Wheatcroft and his father Tom, owners of Donington Park are suing the track organisers Donington Ventures Ltd. for the reported £2.5 million owed to them in rent.

The organisers allegedly have arrears dating back to September 2008 and the owners feel they have no further options left to them but to take legal action.