Most cars and bikes don't set competition times up the winding 1.16 mile hill. The track is narrow and run-off areas are tiny. After all, this isn't a race track for the other 361 days of the year - it's Lord March's driveway. Most of the cars, and drivers, are just too valuable to take the hill at full chat. Plus the spectators want to see the vehicles for more than a couple of seconds so donuts, burn-outs and wheelies are the order of the day.
Over the course of the event an eclectic range of 45 cars set timed runs in the hope they would be included in the top 20 shoot-out on Sunday. Amongst those in the top 20 were a Jaguar XJR 8/9, a Williams Cosworth FW08c and a Nissan GTR GT. But the car and driver combination to win, with a fastest time of 46.46 seconds and an average speed of 117mph, was a Speedmonkey favourite - Anthony Reid in a Chevron GT3, which he currently races in the British GT championship.

Many readers will remember the famous Donington race in 1998 when Nigel Mansell joined the grid in a Ford Mondeo. If not, have a look here.
That race has gone down in history - hard racing, hard rain, cars spinning and the prospect of Mansell winning - but Anthony nearly won it. A couple of laps before the end his tyres were overwhelmed by the sheer volume of water on track and he aquaplaned off.

But what most people don't know about Anthony Reid is that he did, once, have the opportunity to enter Formula 1. On the wall of his bathroom at home is a framed letter. It is from Eddie Jordan - at the time an F1 team owner. In the letter Eddie offers Anthony a drive in his F1 team - but that he has to bring a budget. Anthony didn't have the budget and Eddie Irvine got the drive. C'est la vie