George Gamble made a sensational return to competitive action during the final weekend of the Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge season at Donington Park Grand Prix Circuit, on Sunday, 6th October, to claim a memorable double win on his debut for Wednesbury’s Total Control Racing.The Nottingham 17-year-old, who has been on the motorsport sidelines since competing in the Protyre Formula Renault Winter Series last November, brought TCR’s entry back up to three cars for the series finale at his home track and starred with a remarkable showing.“I didn’t really expect this”, said Gamble, “There was no pressure though, you probably do things you wouldn’t do if you were fighting for the championship and you can push that little bit more. It’s been great working with TCR, the team has done a great job, and I want to say a big thank you to my grandad and his business, Rad Storage, for getting me out there this weekend – it’s been fantastic.”Qualifying sixth fastest on his first outing in the Ginetta Challenge specification Ginetta G40, a more powerful version of the car he raced in Ginetta Junior in 2011, Gamble rapidly sliced his way through the order to take a richly deserved two second victory on his category race debut.Moving into the top three on lap one alone, the TCR newcomer then produced a fantastic pass on the brakes into Melbourne Hairpin on lap two to usurp eventual champion Oli Basey-Fisher. Setting off after race leading team-mate Jake Giddings, who began the encounter in third position, Gamble closed up and managed to get ahead on the fourth tour.Giddings’ race disappointingly came to an all-too-early conclusion soon after when a spin on lap five, while re-challenging Gamble for the lead, resulted in a highly unfortunate retirement. After a short Safety Car period, racing resumed and Gamble made a perfect re-start and set the fastest lap of the race as he scorched away to win his first ever Protyre Motorsport Ginetta GT5 Challenge race.In a drama-filled second outing – which had to be re-started after a horrifying roll for one of the G20 class competitors on the opening lap – Gamble and Giddings lined-up on the second row of the grid in third and fourth respectively, but the Wisbech driver managed to get ahead on lap one.After an early Safety Car period, racing resumed on lap four with Gamble challenging Giddings hard but the latter produced a supremely late move on the brakes to take the lead from Luke Davenport at Redgate.At the same time, Gamble was elbowed back to fourth but as the cars headed down to the Old Hairpin several came to grief on some oil – although Giddings and Gamble emerged in first and second. With a number of cars spinning off into the gravel, the race was red flagged and over a new distance of just 12 minutes the final race was eventually re-started.Lining-up in second and third on the fresh grid, Giddings and Gamble battled closely from the off and the latter moved into second at Redgate before then grabbing the lead from Davenport. As the TCR man rocketed into the distance on his way to a dominant 3.2 second victory, Giddings looked well set to end the season on the podium but he was barged back to an eventual finish of fourth.For TCR’s regular Ginetta Challenge racer Callum Pointon, the Donington Park finale marked another excellent weekend in terms of his ever-improving pace and he managed to end the event with a deserved top six in race two following a highly unfortunate retirement in the opening encounter.Shuffled back to eighth place on lap two of Sunday morning’s race, having started seventh, the Cheddleton racer was then elbowed down to 10th on the very next tour but he battled back into eighth prior to the Safety Car period.Then profiting from a second incident while the race was neutralised, he moved back into sixth and after the re-start Pointon held position until the final lap when an unfortunate excursion led to his retirement – the first of the young karting graduate’s maiden season in cars.In the final race, Pointon began the re-started encounter in sixth position and managed to avoid the spinning car of Brad Bailey on lap one to emerge in seventh place. After the ensuing Safety Car period, the youngster was then shuffled down to ninth place prior to the aforementioned stoppage.When the action was able to resume, Pointon made a good start to hold seventh before taking sixth a couple of laps later. Closing up behind the battling Will Burns and Basey-Fisher, Pointon initially looked to be sizing them up for a challenge but in the end settled for sixth which also secured him seventh in the championship.“George has had a superb weekend, we knew he’d be quick but we didn’t quite expect him to be as quick as he was with the two wins”, said TCR team principal Lee Brookes, “I don’t know what Jake has to do, he’s just had bad luck this weekend – he really should have been on the podium in both races and he had the pace to win.“Callum’s been very strong again, he’s going to be one to watch for the future as he’s really come on well during the year. We’ve had a good day, brilliant to win and good performances from all three drivers. We’re just a bit gutted for Jake.”While the Ginetta Challenge season is now complete, Total Control Racing will be back on track next weekend, 12th/13th October, at Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit in Kent for the final rounds of the Renault UK Clio Cup and Michelin Ginetta GT Supercup.