Donington Park was in ‘Seven Heaven’ this past Saturday (June 20) as a quartet of Caterham Motorsport Championships joined the British Automobile Racing Club for a full-throttle race day in Leicestershire.

Basking in bright sunshine, the manufacturer-backed categories delighted those in attendance with the usual thrilling, edge-of-the-seat entertainment that has become synonymous with Caterham racing down the years.

Fresh faces graced the grid of the Caffeine and Machine Caterham Academy Championship and they all enjoyed an exciting introduction into the world of motor racing as they went wheel-to-wheel in two captivating contests.

William Mulholland emerged as the early pace-setter in the novice series – which this year has also introduced a brand-new engine – as he opened his account for the campaign by taking two wins from two races.

Mulholland could only muster fourth place in qualifying but when the lights went out for race one, he was a man on a mission and quickly worked his way to the front, before then pulling clear to triumph ahead of Tom Stanton and Barnaby Hussey-Yeo.

Race two saw a near repeat performance for the early championship pace-setter as he again reigned supreme in dominant fashion, albeit this time it was Hussey-Yeo and Tim George that led the chasing pack to complete the podium.

The Bilstein Caterham Roadsport Championship – which is the next step on the Caterham Motorsport ladder – continued its season with Kyle Townend and Oliver Smith enjoying a share of the spoils that were on offer.

Having both been some of the series’ leading lights so far this year, both Townend and Smith strengthened their respective championship challenges with measured performances towards the front of the field.

Townend struck first as he pipped Smith by just over a two tenths of a second to win race one, while Heinrich Watson-Miller kept a watching brief in third. Both Smith and Watson-Miller then each went one better in race two to finish first and second ahead of Matthew Fox.

Over in the FanDrive Caterham Seven 270R Championship, three different drivers underlined just how competitive the one-make series is as they each tallied a win apiece under the flightpath of East Midlands airport.

Fresh off of triumphing at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium, Brian Thornton maintained his recent run of fine form by charging to victory in a frenetic opener before Aaron Oliver came to the fore to triumph in race two. Paul Oggelsby then closed out proceedings with a flawless win of his own in race three.

The Vertex Caterham 310R Championship brought the curtain down on the action at Donington Park by dishing up three different winners of its own as well – with Tom Vincent, William Chadwick and William Harris all scaling the rostrum.

Vincent’s win in race one was arguably the pick of the bunch as he pipped Tom Wyllys by just 0.023s to win. Chadwick could well have triumphed as well as he finished just a tenth of a second behind the top two.

To view the full classification of results from Donington Park, CLICK HERE.