Michael Meadows takes important victory to extend title leadDan Lloyd beats Rory Butcher in race for secondDan De Zille heads Pro-Am1 from Victor JimenezMichael Meadows took an important victory in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Silverstone in an excellent round 17 today (Sunday 29 September) as battles raged in his wake.While Meadows (Samsung Smart Motorsport) worked ahead of early leader Dan Lloyd (Team Parker Racing), there was a mighty battle for third place as Dean Stoneman (Redline Racing), Rory Butcher (Celtic Speed) and Jonas Gelzinis (Juta Racing) fought tooth and nail.Up front, Meadows was able to steadily build his lead and score an emphatic victory to extend his points’ lead with three races still to run. However, behind the leader, the result was far from settled. Butcher finally battled ahead of Stoneman after an absorbing contest and then set about hunting down Lloyd. Into the final corner, Butcher got half a gap on the inside of Lloyd and they ran side-by-side to the line with Lloyd hanging on by two-hundredths of a second.Stoneman slipped back a little in fourth after a gritty challenge while Gelzinis took fifth as Pro-Am1 winner Dan De Zille (Redline Racing) chased him to the line. Victor Jimenez dropped back to take second in Pro-Am1 for Redline Racing after being slowed by a gearbox problem. Peter Smallwood (Parr Motorsport) won Pro-Am2 after a spin following contact with one of the GT3 Cup Challenge cars.Michael Meadows (Samsung Smart Motorsport) first overall:“That feels good: it’s a really good result. The pace at the start wasn’t that great but the car was fantastic just when I needed it. I’m really happy with another win and good championship points.”Dan Lloyd (Team Parker Racing) second overall:“Michael had the edge, but I did what I could. He got a run on me out of Becketts and down to Brooklands. On the last lap, Rory got up the inside into Luffield and it was so hard to hold him off on the race to the line.”Rory Butcher (Celtic Speed) third overall:“I made a stupid mistake on lap one and lost a place to Dean. He did a good job of defending and I should have got back past Dean sooner. Then I almost got Dan on the line but he did a good job of holding me off.”Dan De Zille (Redline Racing) first in Pro-Am1:“I got another good start and then Dean Stoneman went round the outside of me at Copse on the first lap. Then I just got my head down: it was good to be attacking rather than defending.”Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing) second in Pro-Am1:“I had back luck with a gearbox problem and only had fourth and fifth gears. The most important thing was to finish and get more points for the championship.”Round 17 result:Pro category: 1 Michael Meadows; 2 Daniel Lloyd; 3 Rory Butcher.Pro-Am1 category: 1 Dan De Zille; 2 Victor Jimenez; 3 Steven Brewster.Pro-Am2 category: 1 Peter Smallwood.