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Porsche Carrera Cup GB heads for Croft
The Croft circuit in North Yorkshire is the setting for rounds eight and nine of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB (28/29 June) as the championship returns to the BTCC programme after a sensational race at Le Mans last time out.
The latest Type-991 911 GT3 Cup will make a spectacular sight at the challenging track as drivers return to domestic competition after a truly memorable event in France. At Le Mans, Ben Barker rejoined the championship with Parr Motorsport and took a magnificent overall victory in a weekend away from his campaign in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup.
Now, it is back to the UK for the next two rounds of the Carrera Cup GB and the focus will turn to the title race as Michael Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) bids for a third straight title. Inevitably, Meadows is the championship benchmark and with five maximum scores from seven races to dates he heads the points' table. A year ago, the Croft weekend was a troubled one for Michael, though not of his own making, and he will want to keep his title bid firmly on track this time around.
However, Meadows has a growing threat in the form of 2014/15 Carrera Cup GB Scholarship driver Josh Webster (Redline Racing), who won in the rain at Donington Park and battled ahead of Meadows during a mighty performance at Le Mans. Josh is now only 14 points behind Meadows and there is a long way to go yet in this title contest. The result at Le Mans will have been a timely boost to Josh's confidence and he rightly earned the 'driver of the weekend' award after battling from 18th on the grid to seventh at the flag.
Leading the pursuit of Meadows and Webster are popular Spanish racer Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing) and Paul Rees (In2 Racing) and both of them are contenders for overall victory. Rees really turned a corner at Le Mans when he demonstrated impressive pace and he will head to Croft with renewed confidence as his experience in the Porsche continues to build.
With Pro-Am1 points leaders Karl Leonard (Team Parker Racing) and Graeme Mundy (In2 Racing) due to miss the Croft weekend, the way is open for Justin Sherwood (Team Parker Racing) to claw back the points' gap in the category. Sherwood was a double winner at Croft a year ago in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.
Some of the best competition this season has been in the Pro-Am2 category, with three winners to date. A fine victory at Le Mans has helped Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) to a 20-point lead heading to Croft, but he has strong opposition from Peter Kyle-Henney (Parr Motorsport), Kelvin Fletcher (Redline Racing) and Will Goff (In2 Racing), while championship newcomer Paul McKay is a welcome addition to the grid with In2 Racing. The race between Liquorish and Kyle-Henney at Thruxton was a real season highlight and that contest will be rejoined at Croft. Meanwhile, Goff will be eager to get his title challenge back on track after missing the last two events.
The Croft circuit in North Yorkshire is the setting for rounds eight and nine of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB (28/29 June) as the championship returns to the BTCC programme after a sensational race at Le Mans last time out.
The latest Type-991 911 GT3 Cup will make a spectacular sight at the challenging track as drivers return to domestic competition after a truly memorable event in France. At Le Mans, Ben Barker rejoined the championship with Parr Motorsport and took a magnificent overall victory in a weekend away from his campaign in the Porsche Mobil1 Supercup.
Now, it is back to the UK for the next two rounds of the Carrera Cup GB and the focus will turn to the title race as Michael Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) bids for a third straight title. Inevitably, Meadows is the championship benchmark and with five maximum scores from seven races to dates he heads the points' table. A year ago, the Croft weekend was a troubled one for Michael, though not of his own making, and he will want to keep his title bid firmly on track this time around.
However, Meadows has a growing threat in the form of 2014/15 Carrera Cup GB Scholarship driver Josh Webster (Redline Racing), who won in the rain at Donington Park and battled ahead of Meadows during a mighty performance at Le Mans. Josh is now only 14 points behind Meadows and there is a long way to go yet in this title contest. The result at Le Mans will have been a timely boost to Josh's confidence and he rightly earned the 'driver of the weekend' award after battling from 18th on the grid to seventh at the flag.
Leading the pursuit of Meadows and Webster are popular Spanish racer Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing) and Paul Rees (In2 Racing) and both of them are contenders for overall victory. Rees really turned a corner at Le Mans when he demonstrated impressive pace and he will head to Croft with renewed confidence as his experience in the Porsche continues to build.
With Pro-Am1 points leaders Karl Leonard (Team Parker Racing) and Graeme Mundy (In2 Racing) due to miss the Croft weekend, the way is open for Justin Sherwood (Team Parker Racing) to claw back the points' gap in the category. Sherwood was a double winner at Croft a year ago in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge.
Some of the best competition this season has been in the Pro-Am2 category, with three winners to date. A fine victory at Le Mans has helped Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) to a 20-point lead heading to Croft, but he has strong opposition from Peter Kyle-Henney (Parr Motorsport), Kelvin Fletcher (Redline Racing) and Will Goff (In2 Racing), while championship newcomer Paul McKay is a welcome addition to the grid with In2 Racing. The race between Liquorish and Kyle-Henney at Thruxton was a real season highlight and that contest will be rejoined at Croft. Meanwhile, Goff will be eager to get his title challenge back on track after missing the last two events.