Richard Westbrook made it a perfect weekend by taking his second win of the day in round ten of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Croft yesterday afternoon

Westbrook (Red Line Racing) had to fend off a race-long challenge from championship rival Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing) to win by just over a second and extend his championship lead to nine points. Behind Faulkner, Tim Harvey (Team RPM) completed the podium finishers.As in the first race, the start was critical and it was extremely crowded as the pack funneled into the first corner. But Westbrook got the start he wanted to dive ahead of Harvey and before the end of the lap Harvey had been edged back to third when Faulkner dived through at the hairpin. “I had to overtake Tim as early as I could,” said Faulkner. With his car’s handling not right, Harvey chased, but was unable to re-challenge Faulkner as the race developed.Up front, Westbrook started to build his lead and went as far as two seconds clear before Faulkner started to close the gap down again. Little by little, the margin reduced, but Westbrook always stayed in control and his rival was just too far away on the final lap to launch an attack. “There’ll be a good celebration tonight,” reckoned Westbrook of his eighth win of the season.Faulkner acknowledged that taking the fight to Westbrook is a big task. “He’s driving well; there was nothing I could do today.” Harvey, meanwhile, had to keep one eye on his mirrors for Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing), but the former BTCC ace had the final podium place secure.As many as four cars ran in the contest for fifth, but it was always Stephen Shanly (Red Line Racing) who controlled the position. However, he had to fend off Richard Lambert (Porsche Cars with Team Autosport), Steve Clark (Team RPM) and Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) to secure the place. In fact, off the line, a brush with Shanly sent Rice spinning onto the grass and he dropped to last before he rejoined. He then battled back to seventh, but could not close in on Lambert. “I just had a lot more confidence in the car that time,” said Lambert of sixth, while Clark earned the ‘driver of the day’ award for his performances across the pair of races.Provisional results (12 laps):1 Richard Westbrook (Red Line Racing)                   17m03.439s2 Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing)          17m04.661s3 Tim Harvey (Team RPM)                               17m09.745s4 Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing)          17m11.388s5 Stephen Shanly (Red Line Racing)            17m28.349s6 Richard Lambert (Porsche Cars Team Autosport)          17m30.742s7 Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing)                             17m32.244s8 Steve Clark (Team RPM)                               17m50.932s9 Michael Corridan (Team Parker Racing)          11 laps