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Saturday, 5th of April 2008
It's 2am and I ain't been to my bed yet, don't know if its the RedBull or the excitement that in a few hours I'll be at Donny. The weather was looking promising for the trip down so we set off around 3am on the Saturday morning and it was a very uneventful trip down and we arrived at a service station not far from the track at around 8am. Since the show didn't open till 9 so we went for a wee sleep to get ready for the long day ahead of us.
After our sleep we arrived at the track about 10 to 9 and the show was already buzzing with a lot of cars waiting to get in, a lot of them for the club stands. So we were one of the first in the queue to get in all we could hear was tyre squealing from the D1 drift boys. I swear there's nothing like burning rubber in the morning  The gates opened at 9am sharp and everybody piled in. The layout for Donny was different this year with the club stands where the Sunday market usually was and the camp-site on the other side. At this point the weather had took a turn for the worst with heavy rain showers so we headed straight for the Best in Britain display area inside for a heat.
When we got there we found what was believed to be the top 14 cars in Britain, one of them Scottish (Graeme's blue 206) so well done on getting in mate. A lot of cars were show regulars with only a few new cars on the scene, one of them being a totally one of a kind 406 two and a half years in the making that was really was something special. At this point the weather had perked up a bit so we went for a walk round the trade area and ICE village with all the regulars such as Fusion, Kicker and Vibe who had without a doubt the best stand as always sporting some of their new motors like the R8 and Civic. The weather went again but this time we were greeted to a snow shower so cover was provided from the Peugeot Eecosse marquee with stunning cars as always including their latest creations Nick's yellow 206 and Jay's 207. Anybody who follows X2C will have seen the WIPs on these cars. As the weather brightened up again we went on a search for the club stands and with over 70 stands in attendance the area was packed with rows of stunning cars. We headed straight for the SL display for a look at Steve's awesome red top Corsa which was my car of the show. Having followed his WIP on SL over the past year it was amazing to see the finished article in the flesh. As we walked round the other stands one certain car sitting in the corner caught my eye it was Scott's blue and white fiesta with it's new owner who looked like he was loving his new motor, we also spotted the purple Lupo with the Audi front end from up here looking as good as ever.
The show overall I thought was good though a lot of people are very disappointed with it but I think the weather played a major part in this with rain, hail and snow on Saturday and loads of snow on Sunday. But no point in letting that ruin an awesome weekend. Well done to everybody involved and a big well done to everybody on the SL stand for winning 2nd best club stand! Looking forward to next year already
Words: custom_corsa
Photos: custom_corsa & Brian Hayes
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