Snow gonna stop us (Yes, I know, but try it with a Glasgow accent… see?)

Race circuits around the country staggered, and sank to their knees under the weight of the snow, ice, and slicing winds that tried to wipe out the Easter racing weekend.
But at Donington Park they’re made of sterner stuff.
Despite the fact that, from the commentary box, the 360-degree view of the surrounding hills showed an unrelenting carpet of white, the track surface at Donny was clear.
High-tech heaters? Nuclear sandblasters? The downdraught from a bevy of Boeings, sliding diagonally across the wind, as they try to sink to the runway at East Midland?
Nope.
Try a giant rag. Well, rug.
The might of Donny’s Maintenance lapped the track, dragging what looked like an offcut from an Allied Carpets closing-down fest, and guess what?
It worked.
Brilliant.
Bemsee entered the weekend with an ambitious 33-race programme, and with massive help and efforts from all, they completed it, in ironic sunshine, on Sunday afternoon. Good job, well done.
Super Superteenie
Superteenie Fraser Rogers had never been to Donington before and on lap four of just five laps of qualifying (no practice at all) he bunged it on pole on a wet and freezing track. Is there anyone in the history of racing at Donington has ever pulled a pole out of the bag with only four laps experience? Doing well for his third meeting.

Is the Island unmanned?

It must be.
They’re all over here!
A very impressive crop of young riders has been tempted over from the Isle of Man this season.
We’ve already talked about 14-year old David Pearce, who, at Donington, again starred, this time picking up a couple of Superteen wins.
But in the same series was fellow Manx rider, Ryan Cringle, improving with every lap after a DNF in the first race.
Gavin Hunt, from Douglas, grabbed the Pirelli-Metzeler 1000 pole, but was one of many to bin it during the first race. His second race, a charge through the grid that saw him finish point three of a second shy of Dave Moxon’s win, was wonderful to behold.
And then there’s Mark Cringle, another from Douglas. He’s contesting the Triumph Triple Challenge and the Dyno Pro MRO Supersport 600s, and his seven races this weekend, in all sorts of weather conditions, netted him a fourth, a third, four seconds, and a well-deserved win.
Points make prizes? That’s not the point!

The brand new Marshals/Medics trophy, supported by a £100 Steve Jordan Motorcycles voucher, was awarded to Anthony Hoare, a Rookie in the Yamaha Past Masters
That’s the bald fact – but what story does it tell?
One win? Two? Or More?
A gritty battle with the eventual winner, swapping fastest laps, and bringing it home with loose bodywork, dragging its exhaust, flogging it across the line, beating his thigh like a demented Lester Piggott?
Don’t think so.
He fell off at the Old Hairpin, on his first lap of qualifying.
So why the pot?
Attitude. Sportsmanship. Spirit.
As the Marshals reached him in the gravel trap, he smiled. He helped them haul his bike to safety. He stood with them, and smiled and joked and shuddered as he shared their perspective, in the freezing wind, of his fellow competitors.
And when another Yamaha maestro bit the grit, the Marshals found there was an extra pair of hands to help.
The irrepressible Anthony was with them, and they rewarded him.
He, and they, won’t forget.