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Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 6:39 pm
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Thousands of motor racing fans will converge on Donington Park for a mass show of support next month.
The demonstration – also including car displays and rides – on March 7 comes after a torrid year for the East Midlands race circuit.
Not only did it lose the rights to the next British Grand Prix due to [...]

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Monday, February 1, 2010, 3:10 pm
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A huge congregation is expected tomorrow for the funeral in Liverpool of local motorcycle racer Keith Heckles who died suddenly on January 23 at the age of 75.
A far better rider than his record on paper might suggest, he chose to turn his back on the chance to compete internationally so he could stay [...]

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Monday, February 1, 2010, 3:10 pm
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A huge congregation is expected tomorrow for the funeral in Liverpool of local motorcycle racer Keith Heckles who died suddenly on January 23 at the age of 75.
A far better rider than his record on paper might suggest, he chose to turn his back on the chance to compete internationally so he could stay [...]

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009, 1:20 pm
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Yesterday, motor sport great John Surtees became the first person to drive a sports car through the Channel Tunnel as part of a charity event.
But he also spoke about his 18-year-old son Henry Surtees (pictured right with his father) who died in July after being struck on the head by a wheel during a race [...]

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Thursday, November 12, 2009, 5:58 pm
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Two fine businessmen have been added to Lasting Tribute today.
Leonard Steinberg, Baron Steinberg was founder of the betting firm Stanley Leisure that began in Belfast in the 1950s and made him a fortune of over £100 million.
Graham Nearn, on the other hand, started his firm Caterham Cars in the 1960s and became a legend to [...]

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Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 1:30 pm
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A book of condolence has been opened in memory of motorsport legend Tom Wheatcroft, who died at the weekend.
Staff at the Donington Park Grand Prix Exhibition have invited members of the public to leave their personal tributes in the book.
Mr Wheatcroft owned the world famous circuit since the 1970s. Flags there flew at half mast [...]

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Monday, November 2, 2009, 3:20 pm
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McLaren Formula One team principal Martin Whitmarsh has led the tributes to Tom Wheatcroft who died at the age of 87 on Saturday after a long illness.
Speaking in Abu Dhabi, at the final race of the season, Mr Whitmarsh said: “The term ‘legend’ is maybe used a little too liberally in the world of [...]

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Sunday, September 20, 2009, 5:50 pm
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It’s humbling sometimes to watch as images and memories are added to the tributes on our website – and we feel privileged to be part of the celebration of the lives of many people who were so well loved and respected.
Today, the picture gallery for Tom Pryce was filled with a host of pictures [...]

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Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 11:36 am
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The latest in the series of games bearing the name of legendary rally driver Colin McRae, Colin McRae: DiRT 2, will feature a special rally in memory of him.
Codemasters game design manager Robert Fulton says: “At the end of the game, when the player has competed in world tours, when he has won the X [...]

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009, 1:59 pm
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A round of the British Gurston Down Hillclimb Championships in Wiltshire was held in memory of one of the sport’s greatest exponents this month.
Tony Marsh, who died in May aged 77, was a six-time British Champion of the exhilarating motor sport and he also competed in Formula One, Formula Two and at the Le Mans [...]

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 12:48 pm
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Former racing driver John Surtees has issued a statement following the death of his son Henry in a motorports accident.
Henry Surtees died on Sunday after being struck by a wheel that had flown off another car while racing at Brands Hatch.
John said “Henry had followed his heart from the time he first sat in a [...]

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Sunday, July 19, 2009, 11:37 pm
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Tragic news tonight that Henry Surtees, a talented 18-year-old Formula Two driver, has died following an accident during a race at Brands Hatch.
Henry was the son of John Surtees, a Grand Prix motorycle road racer and former Formula One driver who is the only man to have won world championships on four wheels and two.

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:50 pm
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We’ve had reports that Peter Arundell, a Grand Prix driver who represented Team Lotus in the mid 1960s, has died at the age of 75.
His career was cut short by injury but he was considered a strong prospect for the future and a great supporting driver for Jim Clark who won two World Championships during [...]

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Thursday, May 21, 2009, 10:33 am
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Motorcyclist Mark Young, who was described as a rising star of Irish road racing, died doing what he loved doing, mourners at his funeral heard.
The 23-year-old, who was killed after crashing in the opening race of the North West 200 meeting last Saturday in Northern Ireland, was seriously injured two years ago in another [...]

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 4:05 pm
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The boat used by Donald Campbell in his fatal attempt to set a world speed record will be allowed to breach the 10mph speed limit on the lake where he died.
The jet-powered Bluebird K7 vessel was recovered in 2001 from Coniston Water in Cumbria, where Campbell was killed, and is currently being restored.
Today the [...]

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Monday, May 18, 2009, 10:07 am
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The prestigious North West 200 road race in Northern Ireland suffered another tragedy at the weekend with the death of 23-year-old rider Mark Young.
Mark died after crashing at the notorious Mather’s Cross section – the same place where the event’s all-time record winner Robert Dunlop died a year ago.
Mark, who was from Cookstown in County [...]

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Friday, May 15, 2009, 10:58 am
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Friends of a young Tae Kwon Do champion, who died unexpectedly in his sleep last month, are trying to raise money for a skate park in his memory.
Michael Patterson, 15, from Lichfield in Staffordshire, was a keen skateboarder, as well as being the reigning world Tae Kwon Do titleholder for his grade and weight.
One [...]

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Friday, May 15, 2009, 10:45 am
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British motor sport is in mourning for one of its rising stars, Joe Tandy, who was a Formula Palmer Audi champion and a 26-year-old team owner.
His professional record stood at 17 races with an impressive six wins and 11 podiums and he had founded Joe Tandy Racing in 2006 to compete in Formula 3 and [...]

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Friday, February 20, 2009, 3:18 pm
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A memorial has been unveiled to champion motorcycle racer Craig Jones, who was killed in a high speed crash last year, in his home town.
A cherry blossom tree and a bench with a plaque have been placed outside his family’s home in Northwich, Cheshire.
The plaque reads: “World Supersport Racer – Living the Dream.”
His mother [...]

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Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 4:20 pm
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An auction is being held to raise funds for a memorial to Tom Pryce, the only Welshman to win a Formula One race, in his home town of Ruthin.
Pryce was in his third year of Grand Prix racing when he was killed in a freak accident in South Africa in March 1977. He was [...]