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Snetterton proved to be a doubly happy hunting ground for Irish Alexes.

Both Alex Denning and Alex Dunne took two wins in Norfolk. Graves Motorsport driver Denning claimed his maiden Mini Challenge victory at the previous event at Knockhill and continued that strong form last weekend by leading the opener throughout. He then doubled up in race two, but had to resist twin attacks, first from runaway points leader Sam Weller and then from

Jason Lockwood.

The latter had a brilliant run out of Murrays and drew alongside across the line but fell just 0.016 seconds short. However, the Irishman’s meeting ended on a disappointing note as his left-front wheel detached itself at Riches on the final lap when he was third as reversed-grid polesitter Jack Mitchell (JW Bird) defeated Lockwood.

After a sloppy Scottish weekend by his usual standards, Hitech driver Dunne was back to his imperious best at Snetterton to add more

British Formula 4 success.

He did lose out to Georgi Dimitrov at the start of the opener but then made a brilliant move around the outside of Turn 3 to reclaim the lead and take the win. He was later even more dominant in the finale, winning by 10s. Joseph Loake

(JHR) claimed the reversed-grid spoils after front-row starters Oliver Stewart and Louis Sharp tangled at the Wilson Hairpin.

Ginetta Junior produced some of the best action of the weekend with Will Macintyre, Liam McNeilly, Kanato Le, Harri Reynolds, Maurice Henry and Josh Rowledge all featuring in lead battles. Macintyre won the opener, defeating McNeilly by just 0.042s, before Le bounced back from being punted off by Sonny Smith in race one to win the second contest. Rowledge then made up for a disappointing qualifying to win the finale.

Team Parker racer Kiern Jewiss extended his Porsche Carrera Cup GB points margin by winning the opener before Matty Graham

(Redline) won the second encounter.

James Kellett scored another two Ginetta GT4 Supercup triumphs for Century, before Tom Emson

(Elite) took the finale with an excellent pass on Darren Leung around the outside of Coram and inside of Murrays.