Donington Park programmes and Pat Fairfield winner's plaque, for the Derby & District MC restricted event Motor Car Races on 19 August 1933, 7 October
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Donington Park programmes and Pat Fairfield winner's plaque, for the Derby & District MC restricted event Motor Car Races on 19 August 1933, 7 October 1933, 12 May 1934, the International Car Races on 6 October 1934, the 12-hour Sports Car Race on 24 September 1937, the July 1938 Nuffield Trophy Race, the June 1939 Light Car Classic Road Race; together with a programme for The Coronation Trophy Car Races held on the Wednesday of King George VI's Coronation and a small bronze Donington Winner's plaque, featuring a circuit map in relief, a Derby & District MC crest in blue and green enamels, and engraved CORONATION DAY MEETING 12TH MAY 1937 and PAT FAIRFIELD, 4.5 by 6.5cm., 2 by 2?in. (9) After this victory in his E.R.A. at Donington, Pat Fairfield lost his life the following month after receiving multiple injuries in a six-car pile up at the Le Mans 24-hours race.