Races four and five in the Michelin Porsche Open Series will be at Snetterton over the weekend (22/23 May).
To date, Richard Chamberlain (935) has been the dominant force in the series with a hat-trick of wins; two at Croft and one at Silverstone. He will now head to one of his local circuits aiming to make it five wins from five starts, but a pair of half-hour races will put the cars and drivers under considerable pressure.
Rupert Lewin will arrive at Snetterton hoping to give Chamberlain a real fight. The fast Norfolk track really suits the awesome 996GT2R of Lewin and he is determined to build on three second places. If Lewin is to topple Chamberlain this season, Snetterton should represent one of his best chances.
While the cars of Chamberlain and Lewin dominate the overall race, the Silverstone race had a strong class one entry that included Brian Robinson (930) and Steve Donovan (911GT3RS). Donovan is planning a full season in his ex-PK Sport car and is likely to lead the pursuit of Chamberlain and Lewin at Snetterton.
A cracking class two entry at Silverstone was topped by Craig Rapp in his 911GT3 Cup car, and he will surely be the man to beat at Snetterton. It will be a challenging weekend for Craig who will also race his 3.2 Carrera in the Porsche Club races, meaning four half-hour races in the two days! Tony Brown made an encouraging debut in his 964RSR at Silverstone and is sure to be even quicker at Snetterton once the ABS problem that dogged his Silverstone weekend are resolved. Other 911GT3 Cup cars will be campaigned in class two by Kevin Harrison, Henry Firman and Gerald Harrison.
With Croft winner Paul Howell (993) absent from Silverstone, series newcomer Gordon Matthew (944 Turbo) scored an excellent class three win for Horizon Motorsport.
The new class four for 944s has already been a great success, with close racing and sporting competition amongst half a dozen evenly matched cars. Alex Eacock is the pacesetter with a trio of wins, while Tim Bevan and Nigel Ainge have been his major rivals and enjoyed a race-long battle for second at Silverstone, which narrowly went to Bevan.
