Ian White took two very different victories as the Porsche Club Championship runners had two races on a busy Castle Combe Bank Holiday raceday. White was the fourth driver to take the chequer flag at the end of the first race after an incident on the circuit - but it was shown a lap late and he was awarded the result after leading the previous lap. His second win was more straightforward, while Class Two victories went to Richard Lambert and Tom Segrue, and Alex Eacock took two Class Three wins.

QualifyingMarcus Carniel claimed his first Porsche Club pole on a damp track at Castle Combe, the Class Two runner an impressive margin clear of the rest who were headed by class rival Fraser Robertson. "I was on new dry tyres ands scrubbing them in," explained Carniel, "I knew I was quick as I was staying with people but I've never had a class pole before let alone an overall one!"

Class One runners Mark McAleer and Lewis Tootell filled the second row of the grid in their 968s, while the combination of a slippery track and the high-speed Camp corner caught out several runners, including Snetterton race winner Ian White who slammed broadside into the tyres but continued. "I was off-line passing someone," said White, who ended up eighth on the grid, " and I'm just happy I hit sideways on - this must be my worst qualifying position in years."

Richard Lambert was another to be further down the grid than usual: "My pit crew were comparing my times to Ian White's," said Richard. "We were ahead of him so I thought we were doing fine!" Alex Eacock headed up Class Three.

Race OneCarniel got his 911SC off the line well to head the field away, while a blinding first lap by White saw him come through third. Both McAleer and White went past Carniel on lap two, with Tootell following through two laps later.

White went ahead on lap four, with Tootell sliding into second a lap later. A series of fastest laps saw White open a gap, but Tootell responded with his own quickest time and closed in. On lap fourteen he neatly boxed White behind a backmarker and went past, White looking to the inside at Camp a lap later and staying close on the run up to Quarry.

Into Camp on the next lap a move from White down the inside saw the two touch and slide wide in unison, White winning the drag race to the line, where the expected chequered flag did not appear. The two touched again at Quarry, White briefly going off and dropping down the order, while the closely following Fraser Robertson went off in avoidance and rolled his 944S2. Tootell took the flag at the end of the lap with Lambert's 911 Carrera in second, only for the official results to be rewound a lap to the 20-minute mark and White awarded the win, ahead of Tootell and Robertson.

"I was past Ian and comfortable when he tried to get past into the pit straight," said Tootell. "I always seem to struggle on the starts and then have to work my way through." His disappointment was obvious when news of the altered result came though: "You must be joking!" he exclaimed.

"It's poetic justice," was White's verdict.

Lambert was third and took the Class Two win just ahead of Robertson, who took no further part in the meeting after the damage to his car on the lap that never was. Another with dramas was McAleer, who slowed with brake problems.

"Ian and Lewis left me with nowhere to go," said Robertson," and I went off trying to avoid joining in."

"The class win was important for me," said Lambert, "for a moment when I saw everything happen in front of me at Quarry I thought I might get the overall win."

Alex Eacock brought his 944 home first in Class Three, pulling clear of Chris Berry as the race progressed.

Race TwoIn the second of the day's two races the drama was on the opening lap rather than the first, White heading the field away, while behind him Tootell, Lambert and Carniel touched through Folly, Lambert being spun round and the other two receiving damage that ultimately put them out the race.

White pulled open a gap on second placed Tom Segrue, who headed Class Two, with James Neal closing on Segrue in third. Neal went past on lap seven, but soon came under pressure from a rapidly moving McAleer, up from 17th on the grid. McAleer took second on lap 13, but White was over 10 seconds clear and took the flag unchallenged.

"I'm not sure what happened behind me on the opening lap," said White. "My car is a bit taped up from everything today but the handling was spot-on, it was a good win."

"It was good to come through the field like that," said McAleer, "some of the Class Two guys are pretty quick. I've never been here before, but now I feel as if at least I know which way the track goes."

Neal held on to take third, another to recover from problems earlier in he meeting. "I had electrical problems," he explained, " and missed qualifying and was at the back of the grids for race one. I started this one eighth and enjoyed that race."

With Richard Harrison fourth, Segrue took fifth and Class Two victory. "I saw Tootell coming at me as it all happened on the opening lap," said Segrue, "and I managed to drive around the lot of them into second. I had lots of Class One cars around me, so I kept out of trouble and let them past."

Eacock took a second Class Three win of the day, this time ahead of Chris Stewart, the two spilt by the recovering Lambert who finished 13th overall.

Results, Race One - 15 Laps:

1 Ian White (911 Carrera) 20m.06.230s (82.82mph); 2 Lewis Tootell (968CS) +0.066s; 3 Richard Lambert (911 Carrera); 4 Fraser Robertson (944S2); 5 Marcus Carniel (911SC); 6 Tom Segrue (944SC); 7 Richard Harrison (911 Carrera CS); 8 James Neal (964 C2); 9 Ian Oliver (911 Carrera); 10 Chris Milne (911SC). Class Winners: White; Lambert; Alex Eacock (944). Fastest Lap: Tootell 1m17.475s 

Results, Race Two - 15 Laps:

1 White 20m06.104s (82.82mph); 2 Mark McAleer (968) +14.345s; 3 Neal; 4 Harrison; 5 Segrue; 6 Oliver; 7 Gordon Matthew (968); 8 James Hilliard (944 S2); 9 Ben Demetriou (911SC); 10 Milne. Class Winners: White; Segrue; Eacock. Fastest Lap: McAleer 1m18.766s.

Next rounds: Silverstone, Northants, May 13th / 14th