at Oulton ParkSteven Kane completed a weekend double when he won round ten of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Oulton Park today (Sunday 24 June) to extend his championship lead to 16 points at the halfway stage of the season.However, a tremendous race in front of a massive crowd looked set to deliver the first Carrera Cup win for Michael Caine until he spun two laps from home and handed victory to Kane. In the pro-am category, Andy Britnell also made it two wins at Oulton Park despite constant pressure from Charles Bateman in a thrilling battle.Caine (Team Parker Racing) got a superb start to beat Kane (Motorbase Performance) into the first corner. “He got a brilliant start and I bogged down,” said Kane, as Red Line Racing team mates James Sutton and Tim Harvey slotted into third and fourth on what had quickly become a dry track. For lap after lap, Caine drove superbly to fend off the championship leader, but from early in the race, Caine knew he had a problem under braking. “From lap two it was locking the rears. I wound all the brake bias to the front and it was still locking the rears,” explained Caine. Finally, into Knickerbrook for the penultimate time, the leading car slithered across the grass and spun. “I braked in exactly the same place,” said Caine. “There was a big bump in the grass and it was so wet that it turned me round.” Utterly dejected at the loss of what would have been his first Carrera Cup win, Caine rejoined in fourth behind Caine, Sutton and Harvey.“That was a real surprise,” said Kane of his win. “Michael has driven very well all weekend.” The result pushes Kane further clear in the points with 10 of the season’s 20 races complete. Sutton and Harvey took second and third, having run well in touch with Caine and Kane for most of the race, with Harvey constantly shadowing his younger team mate. “Tim’s always there; he’s the most consistent driver I’ve ever raced against,” said Sutton.Nathan Freke (Porsche Motorsport) grabbed fifth from Sam Hancock (Motorbase Performance) on the opening lap and fended off his rival until Hancock dived back ahead under braking for Old Hall Corner on lap seven.One of the best contests of the race was for the pro-am lead and seventh place overall as Andy Britnell (Motorbase Performance) had to fight off a mighty challenge from Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing). Seldom were the cars more than a few yards apart, but Britnell managed to defend all the way to the flag for a great victory. “What a scrap! It was a mega race and I just could not get away from Charles,” said Britnell. “Brilliant!” added Bateman. “That was the hardest race and he would just not let me through.” For his best weekend to date in the Carrera Cup, Bateman was named as ‘RAC driver of the weekend’, while Team Parker Racing won the ‘RAC team of the weekend’ award for an excellent team performance.Nigel Rice (Red Line Racing) chased Britnell and Bateman but had to settle for third in pro-am, while Colin Willmott (Willmott Racing) was a strong fourth in pro-am.Porsche Carrera Cup GB results - Date: Sunday 24 June 2007 - Venue: Oulton Park

Event: Round ten – 15 laps

1 Steven Kane Pro Motorbase Performance 21m26.093s2 James Sutton Pro Red Line Racing 21m26.883s3 Tim Harvey Pro Red Line Racing 21m28.677s4 Michael Caine Pro Team Parker Racing 21m32.638s5 Sam Hancock Pro Motorbase Performance 21m35.399s6 Nathan Freke - Porsche Motorsport 21m38.058s7 Andy Britnell Pro-am Motorbase Performance 21m52.232s8 Charles Bateman Pro-am Team Parker Racing 21m52.696s9 Nigel Rice Pro-am Red Line Racing 21m57.936s10 Colin Willmott Pro-am TWC/Willmott Racing 22m08.147s11 Pete Osborne Pro-am Team O 22m16.961s12 Peter Morris Pro-am TWC/Willmott Racing 22m26.256s13 Gary Britnell Pro-am Motorbase Performance 22m42.540sR Mark Stephenson Pro-am ABG Motorsport -