Michael Meadows scores perfect double in ScotlandJordan Witt takes impressive Pro-Am1 doubleChampionship newcomer Carl Brown wins Pro-Am2
The battle for the overall title in the 2014 Porsche Carrera Cup GB hotted up even further at Knockhill (23/24 August) as Michael Meadows took a double win to close in on championship leader Josh Webster as the latest type-991 911 GT3 Cups raced in front of a huge BTCC crowd at the Scottish track.By taking a perfect weekend score of 44 points in rounds 12 and 13, Meadows (Reading: Samsung UHD TV Racing) pared Webster’s lead down to just eight points with six races still to run. Carrera Cup Scholarship racer Webster (Stowmarket: Redline Racing) had never raced at Knockhill before and claimed two second places in a weekend of damage limitation. Victor Jimenez (Madrid: Redline Racing) qualified superbly in second and claimed third in the opening race. Then, a clutch problem before race two forced him to start from the pit lane and he raced through to finish sixth and earn the ‘driver of the weekend’ award, while Samsung UHD TV Racing was named as ‘team of the weekend’.Jordan Witt (Nantwich: Redline Racing) was the class of Pro-Am1 and won twice to give himself an outside chance of catching points’ leader Justin Sherwood (Loughborough: Team Parker Racing). In Pro-Am2, championship newcomer Carol Brown (Falkirk: In2 Racing) scooped an impressive double win at her home track as Peter Kyle-Henney (Romsey: Parr Motorsport) and Steven Liquorish (Didcot: Team Parker Racing) continued their season-long battle for the category title.Rob Smith (Maldon: Redline Racing) won a set of tyres as part of Michelin’s long-standing support of the championship. Before the start of testing at each race weekend, a name is drawn from a hat to receive the tyres, with a value of more than £1200.Provisional Carrera Cup GB championship points after round 13:Overall: 1 Josh Webster 246; 2 Michael Meadows 238; 3 Victor Jimenez 171.Pro-Am1: 1 Justin Sherwood 77; 2 Rob Smith 71; 3 Karl Leonard 65.Pro-Am2: 1 Steven Liquorish 121; 2 Peter Kyle-Henney 111; 3 Kelvin Fletcher 33.Teams: 1 Redline Racing 417; 2 In2 Racing 284; 3 Samsung UHD TV Racing 238.Next rounds: 6/7 September, Rockingham.
