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Harry Foster (Team Parker Racing) was unstoppable in the triple-header Porsche Sprint Challenge, winning all three races to assert himself with more wins than anyone and to leave Kent as the championship leader. Steve Roberts (Redline Racing) chased him hardest, but never quite found that last few tenths to challenge, while Sunday’s races featured a fierce fight between
Team Parker Racing team-mates
Matt Armstrong and erstwhile championship leader Charles Clark.
Harley Haughton (Elite Motorsport) took Ginetta GT5 honours in Saturday’s opener, before his runnerup team-mate Will Jenkins won race two. Sunday’s closer produced a great lead scrap between Haughton and Jenkins. Then, within the last five minutes, Haughton was quicker out of Sheene Curve and dived to the inside at Stirling’s but, as Jenkins turned in, contact was made. Jenkins pirouetted into the gravel, the red flag was shown and Haughton got a 20-second penalty. That allowed Mikey Doble’s Xentek-entered car to win.
The bigger Ginettas, in the GT Academy, were also lively, with Tom Holland and Marc Warren the men to beat. The two Raceway Motorsport drivers shared the wins, with
Holland winning the opener and leading the bulk of race two until a brave dive by Warren on the inside at Druids translated to the lead at Graham Hill Bend.
Warren triumphed in race three from Holland and Walker while honours in the Rookie class fell to newcomer John McGuinness after the TT legend guided his W2R car to 15th place overall. Warren’s win secured the championship with races at Donington still to come.
GB4 pacesetter Nikolas Taylor (Fortec Motorsports) threw away a race-one win when he slithered off, handing victory to Tom Mills (Kevin Mills Racing). Honours were reversed on Sunday as Taylor bounced back for a commanding win and Mills had to pit at the end of the opening tour for a tyre change after contact with team-mate Jarrod Waberski exiting Druids. Jack Sherwood (Elite Motorsports) was the race-three hero, starting fourth and leading by Hawthorns after a brave round-theoutside pass on Chloe Grant (Graham Brunton Racing), while Taylor hustled up to second from eighth on the grid.