2018 Porsche Carrera Cup GB - Round 1 Brands Hatch Indy

Lewis Plato leading Dan Harper, Tio Ellinas and George Gamble through Paddock Hill Bend.

The Porsche Carrera Cup GB is the fastest one-make GT championship in the UK.   It features identical 485hp 4 litre flat 6 Porsche 911 GT3 Type 991cars.  The championship acts as a support category of the BTCC.  Three classes are run for Pro drivers, Pro-Am, drivers and Am drivers.  Which category a driver enters depends on their age, professional profile, past performances and sporting spirit.

The first race was really quite wet and here the cars head into Graham Hill Bend.

Brands Hatch held the first two rounds of the 2018 .Championship on April 8th.  Held on the 1.2 mile Indy circuit,  the weather on Sunday morning was rather wet.  Below are the top three drivers in each category and some of the racing action from race one..

Pro 1st - 8 Dino Zamparelli - Red Line Racing

Second in the championship last year, Dino is obviously looking to go one better and got off to a good start by winning the first round from pole position.

Pro 2nd- 11 Tio Ellinas - Slide Sports Engineering

Tio Ellinas is seen here at Druids leading Dan Harper and George Gamble.  Gamble and Harper were hampered by punctures.

Later in the race Tio has fallen behind Dan Harper but fought back to gain second place.

Pro 3rd - 77 Lewis Plato - JTR

Lewis Plato (no relation to Jason who races in the BTCC) leads a tight group into Graham Hill Bend.

Lewis Plato leads Dan Harper and Tom Wrigley through Paddock Hill Bend.

Pro-Am 1st - 71 Jamie Orton - JTR

Jamie Orton has been a chamopion in Caterams and is now looking to add a Porsche title to his CV.

Jamie Orton chases Tom Wrigley around Druids.  He was later to get past him.

Pro-Am 2nd - 76 Greg Caton - G-Cat Racing

Greg Caton at Druids on his way to second place in the Pro-Am category..

Greg Caton chases Seb Perez at Druids.

Pro-Am 3rd - 2 Rory Collingbourne - Welch Motorsport

Rory Collingbourne leads a group of cars into Graham Hill Bend on his way to a podium finish.

Am 1st - 22 Peter Kyle-Henney - IN2 Racing

Peter Kyle-Henney's lovely looking Porsche heads down the short straight into Graham Hill Bend.

Early in the race Peter chases some pro-Am cars at Druids.

Peter leading a group of cars through Paddock Hill Bend.

Am 2nd - 44 Peter Mangion - Team Parker Racing

Peter Mangion in car 44 chases Shamus Jennings through Paddock Hill Bend.

Am 3rd - 18 Gary Eastwood - G-Cat Racing

Gary Eastwood leads Fraser Robertson through Druids.

The only non-finisher was Seb Perez who ended up in the gravel trap at Clearways.

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The entry to Graham Hill Bend.

Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America, Final Rounds, Laguna Seca 2017

Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars exiting the Corkscrew at Laguna Seca on Saturday's Round 9.  Winner Austin Versteeg seen here in third place.

Rounds nine and ten of the 2017 North American Lamborghini Super Trofeo series took place at Laguna Seca supporting the Weathertech IMSA race.   It is a very fast one make series for race versions of the Lmborghini Huracán LP 620-2 Super Trofeo.  They have V10 engines developing around 620 bhp which power the carbon / aluminium chassis through a racing gearbox. Around 20 cars participated at Laguna Seca, so an expensive grid!   There are four classes for Pro, Pro-Am, Am and LB Cup.   Both races at Laguna Seca were of 50 minutes duration around this 2.2 mile 11 turn race course.   Young Pro-Am competitor Austin Versteeg in the Orange DXDT racing Lamborghini Dallas No. 7 car took victories in both of the races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.  Amateur competitor, Yuki Harata had a good meeting as well.  English Team DAC Motor Sports got on the podium in their first North American race.  On Sunday we were introduced to the new Lamborghini Huracán Evo Super Trofeo Evo - a wicked looking car (see below).

The new Lamborghini Huracán Super Trofeo thar will race in 2018.

JC Perez leads a group of Super Trofeo cars through Laguna Seca's Turn Four.   Perez won the LB Cup class.

The English DAC Motorsport car of Peter Aronson crosses the start/finish line.

Austin Versteeg happy to get a congratulatory hug after his second win of the weekend.

The top of the Corkscrew with the very compettiive Hindman / Agostini car who didn't quite have the luck over the weekend to get a win.

Champagne sprayed all over the podium on Sunday.

Todd Snyder slightly misjudges the Corkscrew on Saturday.

The winning car of Austin Versteeg descends the Corkscrew.

Yuki Harata on top of Sunday's Amateur podium.

Austin Versteeg laps the DAC Motorsport car at the final turn.

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Lamborghini Super Trofeo cars race through the Rainey Curve at Laguna Seca.