Meadows wins Carrera Cup GB round five

Michael Meadows wins from Josh Webster at ThruxtonGraeme Mundy takes Pro-Am1 victoryPeter Kyle-Henney wins Pro-Am2 thrillerMichael Meadows scored a resounding victory in round five of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Thruxton this morning (Sunday 4 May) as Josh Webster led the chase. While Graeme Mundy won Pro-Am1, a fantastic battle for Pro-Am2 victory finally fell to Peter Kyle-Henney.Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) jumped ahead at the start, but had to defend initially from Carrera Cup Scholar Webster (Redline Racing) as they edged clear of the pack. Until mid-distance, there was little to split the two leaders but Meadows was later able to ease clear as tyre wear came into play.Guest racer Oscar King (Parr Motorsport) fought back from a poor start to battle through to third ahead of Victor Jimenez (Redline Racing) and Paul Rees (In2 Racing) after some fine racing. Jimenez came back at King over the closing laps and was just a tenth of a second down at the flag.While Graeme Mundy (In2 Racing) headed Pro-Am1, there was a wonderful contest in Pro-Am2 as Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) led Kyle-Henney (Parr Motorsport) and Kelvin Fletcher (Redline Racing). It was nip and tuck all race as Fletcher battled into second but then had a moment into the Complex and spun. Kyle-Henney took up the fight with Liquorish and dived ahead into Allard when Liquorish was marginally slow out of the chicane.Michael Meadows (Samsung UHD TV Racing) first overall:“I got a decent start and had to defend into the Complex from Josh. We had similar pace early on but I had better pace over the second half of the race. The tyres lasted really well and I could have pushed a bit more if I’d needed to.”Josh Webster (Redline Racing) second overall:“That was a good learning experience. I learnt a lot and I worked the tyres too hard early on. I didn’t have the pace to go after Michael in the second half of the race.”Oscar King (Parr Motorsport) third overall:“I massively enjoyed that! It was a really good race, but I couldn’t have held on much longer with the rear left tyre and I was glad to get to the finish. I lost a lot off the start and had to fight back from sixth place.”Graeme Mundy (in2 Racing) first in Pro-Am1:“At the start it was brilliant but later on the car was a handful and I lost a big chunk of time. I was trying to change the brake bias because I was struggling to get it stopped.”Peter Kyle-Henney (Parr Motorsport) first in Pro-Am2:“That was very, very hard work. How Kelvin didn’t take us all off the Complex, I really don’t know, but it all ended okay. Every lap I was still learning the circuit and it took five or six laps to hook it all up. It was a very exciting race.”Steven Liquorish (Team Parker Racing) second in Pro-Am2:“That was the wrong result but a good race! Fair play to Peter for his win: Karl came at me as well. I was confident in the quicker stuff, but struggled a bit in the slower corners.”Results round 5:Pro category: 1 Michael Meadows; 2 Josh Webster; 3 Oscar king.Pro-Am1 category: 1 Graeme Mundy.Pro-Am2 category: 1 Peter Kyle-Henney; 2 Steven Liquorish; 3 Kelvin Fletcher.


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