Westbrook collects prize Porsche

Richard Westbrook has been presented with the £58,000 road-going Porsche 911 Carrera that was his prize for winning the 2004 Porsche Carrera Cup GB. Westbrook was presented with his prize by Andy Goss, managing director of Porsche Cars GB, during a hand-over ceremony at Porsche Cars GB at Reading. After a mighty season-long contest, Westbrook pipped arch-rival Tim Harvey to the title and in the process earned one of the biggest prizes in British motor racing."Seeing the car now makes me realise what last year was all about," said Westbrook. "It's taken a long while to sink in. It's the best prize in British motorsport!" Westbrook will shortly announce an extensive 2005 racing programme, which will build on his successful 2004 campaign.A total prize fund of more than £150,000 has been put in place for the 2005 Porsche Carrera Cup GB. The headline award will once again be a brand new road-going 911 Carrera for the overall champion, a prize with a value of more than £58,000.For each of the 20 races there is a fund of over £3000, with a race win netting £750 followed by £600 and £500 for the other two podium finishers. Prize money in each race will awarded all the way down to 10th place, while a new award for each of the 10 race weekends will be £500 for the driver of the day as judged by an independent panel of experts.Other end of season awards total £14,000, with £6000 for the championship runner-up and a new award of £1000 for the most improved driver over the course of the season.Finally, the teams' championship, won in 2004 by Red Line Racing, will be just as hotly contested as a prize fund of £16,500 will be split across the top three teams at the end of the season.

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