Tom Wheatcroft
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Frederick Bernard "Tom" Wheatcroft was an English businessman and car collector. He made his fortune through building and construction, and was known for resurrecting the Donington Park motor racing circuit and founding the Donington Grand Prix Collection museum.
Tom Wheatcroft
Derek Bell in the Wheatcroft Racing Brabham BT30 at the Nürburgring in 1970
Donington Park
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Donington Park is a motorsport circuit located near Castle Donington in Leicestershire, England. The circuit business is now owned by Jonathan Palmer's MotorSport Vision organisation, and the surrounding Donington Park Estate, still owned by the Wheatcroft family, is currently under lease by MotorSport Vision until 2038. It has a capacity of 120,000, and is also the venue of the Download Festival.
Donington Park showing Spitfire sculpture and track (2005)
Casey Stoner at the 2009 British motorcycle Grand Prix.
Donington's Dunlop Bridge
Superleague Formula cars on the Wheatcroft Straight at Donington Park in 2008