Watts takes Carrera Cup double

Danny Watts clinched his second victory of the weekend in round six of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Oulton Park today (Sunday, 14 May). Watts held off fierce challenges from Tim Harvey and Damien Faulkner to win, while Phil Quaife also took a weekend double in the pro-am category.For much of the race the top three were covered by less than a second as Watts (Team Irwin with Red Line Racing) headed Faulkner (Team Parker Racing) and Harvey (Motorbase Performance) and the three cars made a great sight as they raced neck and neck in front of a packed BTCC crowd. Faulkner had dived ahead of Harvey on the opening lap but Harvey later got the place back with a tremendous move at Lodge on lap seven.As Faulkner attacked Watts, Harvey saw his chance and jinked back inside Faulkner under braking. It was a fine move that put Harvey back onto the leader’s tail for the closing laps. “It was a good touring car move,” said Harvey after the race. However, he could not unseat Watts, who claimed a fine victory to complete a perfect weekend. “To get two poles and two wins is fantastic. But Tim was always there and he was quicker than me in some parts of the lap.”Faulkner was disappointed with third. “I was pushing really hard, but later in the race I was getting more and more understeer,” he reported. Although he had a relatively lonely race, Richard Williams (IN2RACING) was a strong fourth to maintain his title challenge. He also earned the ‘driver of the weekend’ award for two more excellent performances. “I got it off the line OK this time and I’m really pleased with the weekend.”Another driver with reason to celebrate was Quaife (Motorbase Performance) after completing a pro-am double. However, mid-race he came under pressure from Sam Edwards (Team Parker Racing) and had to up his pace to retain his lead. “I saw his lights in my mirror so I had to push again,” said Quaife after chalking up his fourth pro-am win on the trot.Edwards, meanwhile, was lucky even to finish after getting caught up in a clash off the startline. He was squeezed into the pit wall in an incident that launched Phil Hindley’s Tech 9 car off the ground. Hindley was out along with Pete Osbourne (Team O) and Paul Hogarth (IN2RACING), but Edwards managed to keep going, even with two damaged wheels and his steering knocked out of line.Up from a lowly grid position, Mark Cole (Tech 9 Motorsport) did well to battle through to seventh, while Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) took the final pro-am podium position and fended off Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing) for eighth in the process.Provisional results (18 laps):1 Danny Watts (Team Irwin with Red Line Racing)       25m48.413s2 Tim Harvey (Motorbase Performance)                  25m48.834s3 Damien Faulkner (Team Parker Racing)                25m50.465s4 Richard Williams (IN2RACING)                        26m08.122s5 Phil Quaife (Motorbase Performance)                 26m12.044s6 Sam Edwards (Team Parker Racing)                    26m13.571s7 Mark Cole (Tech 9 Motorsport)                       26m19.615s8 Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing)                        26m24.611s9 Jason Templeman (Team Parker Racing)                26m24.731s10 Jason Young (Red Line Racing)                      26m36.447s

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