The Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli, Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli and Woods Foodservice Porsche Club Boxster Cup fields have already provided some great racing this season, and this weekend’s visit to Anglesey should be no exception. This season marks the 40th anniversary of the club’s premier race series, and this is only the third visit to the Welsh circuit, but last year provided two close exciting races.
Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli
Mark McAleer heads the Porsche Club Motorsport Championship with Pirelli points after six races having taken two wins, but the lead battles have been close with Simon Clark taking three wins, his points tally hit by a non-finish at Oulton Park last time out. Both 997 drivers are evenly matched, and it has been a lead trio in most races with Jake McAleer, son of Mark, right there and a winner two weeks ago at Oulton Park.
James Caley took a podium finish at Brands Hatch in May, but it is son Bill who has been more consistent and sits fourth in the points in his Cayman S and first non-997 C2S runner. Ed Hayes was second in the opening race at Oulton, best finish for a Cayman this season.
All season we have had some great battles in the middle of the top ten with 2024 champion Paul Simpson, now in a Cayman S, involved, while Jim Bryan has been pacey in his 996 and in the thick of it. Add in Chris Dyer and the ever-improving Julian Morris plus several others, and two great races are pretty much guaranteed.
Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship with Pirelli
The Porsche Club Motorsport AM Championship was previously class two and is now its own championship, and Angus Archer heads the points having hit the ground running with two wins at the season opener at Donington Park. Andrew Porter headed the points after four races, was a victim of a start line incident at Oulton Park and was out for the day so has slipped to sixth in the tightly fought points table, Darren Labbett, yet to finish off the podium, is second in his Boxster.
Jamie Callendar claimed his first win with a fine drive in race one at Oulton Park, while Jess Wilkinson, a graduate from the Boxster Cup and getting to grips with slick tyres, sits fourth in the points. Jason Brown took his Boxster to his first ever race win at Oulton Park and will be eager to add to his score.
Woods Foodservice Porsche Club Boxster Cup
The Woods Foodservice Porsche Club Boxster Cup has provided some great racing so far this season, and while each of the first four races featured a different winner the experienced Mike Thompson held sway two weeks ago at Oulton Park and won both races.
Thompson might be the only double winner of the season, but it is Ryan Charters who heads the points table after six races, having won the opening race of the season at Donington Park back in April. Wayne Gregory won the other race of the day and sits joint second in the championship, tied with Darren King, one of the men behind the Unique Racing team who tend to Gregory’s car.
Faye Noble-Evans, third overall in the points last season, sits fourth in the championship and was on the podium at Brands Hatch in early May. Just four points further back is Sarah Thomson, who went well at Anglesey last year and led over the line in race two at Brands Hatch only to be hit with a track limits penalty that dropped her out of the top three after a fine drive.
Perry Darling and Graham Heard both took their first Boxster Cup wins at that Brands Hatch meeting, Darling a regular and usually front runner while Heard is in his first season of Boxster Cup action. Ben Grewcock in the Porsche Centre Bournemouth car has impressed in his debut season, taking a fine fourth in race one at Oulton Park.
A number of drivers have made their race debuts this season, Charlie Dye claiming tenth in his first ever race last time out at Oulton Park, while Barrington Darcy, who had progressed from Porsche Club Motorsport’s track day programme, was also a top ten finisher in both races
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