Thunder in the Park

by Tom Wheatcroft and Michael Cable

The long-awaited autobiography of one of motorsport's most colourful characters. Thunder In The Park tells the extraordinary story of the remarkable Tom Wheatcroft, a man whose contribution to motorsport in this country has been widely acknowledged with a string of honours and lifetime awards. After leaving school at 13 and having been written off by his teachers as a boy without any great future, Tom Wheatcroft left school to take a job as an apprentice plasterer before going on to become an enormously successful, multi-millionaire building contractor. His lifelong passion for motorsport then led him, almost singlehandedly, to rescue the derelict pre-war motor racing circuit at Donington Park from oblivion and finally restore it to its former glory.

Available from The Donington Grand Prix Collection, Donington Park, Castle Donington, DE74 2RP. T: 01332 811027. www.doningtoncollection.com

Price £20 plus £5 p&p

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