Newlyweds have racey photoshoot to celebrate their motorsport passion
Steve and Anna Barden met at the race track, so it made sense to celebrate their wedding there, too
It’s fortunate when the person you want to marry shares the same passion as you, but it’s not always that the bride and groom choose to celebrate it in such a way.
This pair of racing drivers tied the knot with a motorsport themed wedding, and followed it up with a special photo shoot – and the destruction of the bride’s wedding dress – at Donington Park.
Anna Barden first met Steve at Donington, during her first ever race with the Classic Touring Car Racing Club (CTCRC), who run a selection of championships for saloon cars of various eras. She said: ‘We wanted to have our wedding at Donington but that wasn’t possible, so we settled for a photoshoot and a track day after our honeymoon.’
‘A lot of people were shocked by what we did to the dress and asked why. It was either put it in a box in the loft, sell it or trash it doing the things we both love! Putting our personality into it!’
She added: ‘It’s currently hanging up in the barn above the race cars!’
Steve has been a racer since he was eight years old, and has taken championship victories within the CTCRC, and while Anna only began racing in 2016, she has long been a fan of cars and motorsport.
‘Racing side by side as husband and wife for the first time at Silverstone last month was such a wonderful experience – here’s to many more race weekends!’
