Kane takes debut Carrera Cup win

Steven Kane made it three winners in four races with a debut victory in round four of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Rockingham on Sunday.  Kane led from the start to win from Tim Harvey, while James Sutton starred by fighting from the back of the grid to third place.Absent from pole position at the start was Andrew Kirkaldy in the Porsche Motorsport car after driveshaft failure on the green flag lap. Instead, Kane (Motorbase Performance) was able to charge into the lead from Harvey (Red Line Racing), while a blistering start from Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) shot him briefly into third place.Kane quickly started to edge clear from Harvey as Michael Caine (Team Parker Racing) and Sam Hancock (Motorbase Performance) battled over fourth from Rice. Up from the back with a storming opening lap came Sutton (Red Line Racing) and he was into sixth place by the end of the first lap.While Kane and Harvey settled into their stride, main interest lay in the progress of Sutton, who took fourth when Hancock ran wide at Deene on lap 12. Sutton’s next target was Caine, and it took another ten laps of attack before he got the chance to dive through at Deene on the final lap to take a fine third place.But it was Kane who had dominated the race to score a resounding victory. “That’s definitely what I needed for the championship,” said Kane. “I made a clean start and it was just about keeping a consistent pace. We’ve worked hard with the car and everything has come together.” Motorbase Performance earned the ‘RAC team of the weekend’ award for their work.Harvey was content to retain his championship lead with second place. “It was damage limitation and that was better than yesterday’s race,” he said. Sutton, meanwhile, had impressed greatly with a mature drive through the field and was named ‘RAC driver of the weekend’. “That’s a perfect reward for the team. I couldn’t feel any better about it,” said Sutton, who might have challenged team mate Harvey for second had there been another couple of laps.Caine took fourth as Hancock slipped away in a secure fifth from Rob Collard (Team Parker Racing). “We’ve been making small improvements all weekend, but we’re still not quite there,” said Hancock. Having dropped behind Collard mid-race, Rice had to keep pushing on to fend off a challenge from Andy Britnell (Motorbase Performance) in the pro-am category. Only half a second split them at the flag after Britnell closed in over the closing stages. “That was a lot more interesting,” said Rice. “I got a mega start,” he added. Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing) completed the pro-am podium, but only just as Pete Osborne (Team O) closed back in again over the final couple of laps.Porsche Carrera Cup GB resultsDate: Sunday 22 April 2007

Venue: Rockingham

Event: Results, round 4 - 22 laps

1 Steven Kane Pro Motorbase Performance 30m17.107s2 Tim Harvey Pro Red Line Racing 30m24.658s3 James Sutton Pro Red Line Racing 30m25.544s4 Michael Caine Pro Team Parker Racing 30m26.512s5 Sam Hancock Pro Motorbase Performance 30m37.223s6 Rob Collard Pro Team Parker Racing 30m50.882s7 Nigel Rice Pro-am Red Line Racing 30m54.142s8 Andy Britnell Pro-am Motorbase Performance 30m54.601s9 Charles Bateman Pro-am Team Parker Racing 31m01.814s10 Pete Osborne Pro-am Team O 31m02.129s11 Colin Willmott Pro-am Willmott Racing 21 lapsDNS Andrew Kirkaldy - Porsche Motorsport Driveshaft


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