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More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 18th, '09, 20:26
by Rsv4Col
Just gone into adminstration or should I say the owners of Donnington Park have......:twisted: :twisted:


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leic ... 366581.stm

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 18th, '09, 21:55
by deej
yeah its the lease holders donington park ventures ltd that have gone into administartion, my big sis finds out tomorrow if she still has a job, 24 years there and some jumped up nobhead comes along and in 2 years ruins a perfectly good business not sure where the future lies now as tom wheatcroft the circuits owner for the last 30 odd years died lat month and it was his vision to have f1 there he did succseed in 93 with the infamous senna win but the family may not be so keen to keep a business thats had such bad press thats not really their own fault

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 19th, '09, 09:47
by layne
Sad news – but I was waiting for it to happen :cry:

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 19th, '09, 11:37
by Smiler
Seemed inevitable :(

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 19th, '09, 13:45
by bambam
no surprise really.......facillities have been rubbish for years and they only did up the pits a few years back due to the mototgp boys threatening to go elsewhere.
would make a good site for a industrial estate with all that land and next to an airport :roll: :roll: :roll:

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 19th, '09, 14:19
by TLS-Moose
And I was told I was a fool when I posted this all the way back in January .... :roll:

http://southwestbikers.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=85315

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 19th, '09, 17:01
by deej
Who called you a fool

Its donington ventures limited that are in administation not donington park itself. There's a big difference between the two,its no difference to any franchisee whether it be a race circuit or a fast food restaurant. Hopefully someone will come in and step into DPVs shoes and continue to run it,if not the wheatcroft family may just run it themselves.I'm sure all will become clearer in the future. I have the official administraors email and does make interesting reading

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 20th, '09, 17:08
by layne
TLS-Moose wrote:And I was told I was a fool when I posted this all the way back in January .... :roll:

http://southwestbikers.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=85315
It was me you had a conversation with, you fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool, fool,ect. :)

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 20th, '09, 18:05
by TLS-Moose
and my carefully considered, well worded reply is:

Up Yours Kn*bber :mrgreen:

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 20th, '09, 19:51
by billinom8s
TLS-Moose wrote:and my carefully considered, well worded reply is:

Up Yours Kn*bber :mrgreen:

that's the most diplomatic and articulate i have ever known you be moosey boy :D

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 22nd, '09, 14:28
by julian
And now that motor sport has ceased there for the time being. And the local residents are enjoying the silence. We’ll have to wait and see how that changes any future noise restrictions………… :roll:

Re: More donington bad news

Posted: Nov 30th, '09, 22:14
by rik
:( :( Its all bo--ocks What a bloody waste. Can we as swb buy it for a pound and then run it . Imagine all those great swb track days !!! :wink:

Is the wsbk still gonna happen?