Donohue recently had arrived in Austria for the Austrian Grand Prix at the Österreichring race track following the successful closed-course speed record attempt at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama just a few days earlier.
Donohue chegara recentemente a Austria para o Gran Premio de Austria de 1975 na carreira de Österreichring logo do exitoso intento de récord de velocidade no Talladega Superspeedway en Alabama uns días antes.