Carrera Cup GB winners celebrated
Tim Bridgman, Glynn Geddie and Simon Leonard all picked up the keys for new road-going Porsche 911s during the championship's annual awards dinner for the 2009 Porsche Carrera Cup GB at the Forest of Arden Hotel on Saturday evening (28 November).Along with cheques for over £60,000 in end-of-season prize money, the keys for brand new 911s were presented to overall champion Bridgman, pro-am1 winner Geddie and Leonard of Red Line Racing, winner of the teams' championship. Each of the three key awards winners now has the use of the 911 for a year.Bridgman, James Sutton and Tim Harvey collected cheques for £15,000, £10,000 and £6000 respectively for finishing one-two-three overall in the championship. "This is definitely my best championship win to date," said Bridgman. "I love the cars and the championship." Both Sutton and Harvey sportingly acknowledged that the best man won the title. "Tim is a worthy champion," said Sutton. "Even though I didn't win it, this was the most enjoyable season of racing I've ever had."Geddie stepped up to collect the pro-am1 title and was also presented with the award for the 'most improved driver of the year'. He then underlined his ambitions for the 2010 season. "The last races at Brands Hatch showed where we are going to be starting next year," he said, after claiming two overall podium places at Brands in October.Robert Lawson and Ollie Jackson took second and third places in pro-am1 and a share of the £13,000 end of season pro-am1 prize fund. In pro-am2, Glenn McMenamin, Paul Hogarth and Robin Clark shared £9000 in prize money. "I couldn’t have dreamt of a better first season in racing," said McMenamin.In the teams' championship, Red Line Racing won the top award, with Team Parker Racing in second and Motorbase Performance in third. The THB Clowes Mechanics' Award of £3200 went to the crew at Red Line Racing.Finally, the BARC Marshals' Fund benefited by over £2300 from the raffle organised during the evening.