{"id":130169,"date":"2025-05-25T08:20:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130169\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:20:09","slug":"historics-racer-julian-grimwade-dies-in-crash-at-donington-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/130169\/","title":{"rendered":"Historics racer Julian Grimwade dies in crash at Donington Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

Popular historics racer Julian Grimwade was killed in a crash at a Vintage Sports-Car Club event at Donington Park, the second fatal accident in UK motorsport on Saturday (24 May).<\/p>\n

Grimwade was driving his Oakland Romano Special in the Mephistopheles & Lanchester Trophy contest for pre-1925 machines, which opened the day’s racing, when he crashed on the first lap.<\/p>\n

While the race was instantly red-flagged, two subsequent races were held at Donington before the rest of the single-day meeting was abandoned.<\/p>\n

Grimwade was a prolific historics competitor who tackled a wide variety of events, including hillclimbs, predominantly in pre-war cars. He was a regular at Goodwood, frequently tackling the SF Edge Trophy at the Members’ Meeting, including in a Frazer Nash Norris Special.<\/p>\n

Grimwade’s crash came just hours after leading British co-driver Dai Roberts was killed<\/a> in an accident on the Jim Clark Rally in Scotland.<\/p>\n

This was the second fatal accident at a VSCC fixture in the past two years, following Roger Twelvetrees’ death at Mallory Park<\/a> in August 2023.<\/p>\n

In line with the Roberts’ crash and other fatal accidents, British motorsport governing body Motorsport UK launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n

Autosport sends its sincere condolences to Grimwade’s family and friends.<\/p>\n

In this article<\/p>\n

Stephen Lickorish\n<\/p>\n

Historics\n<\/p>\n

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