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GVR Newsletter - Snetterton - Monday 21 June 2004

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21st June 2004

Snetterton double-header: 12th & 13th June

Craig Rapp defends 2nd in Race 1

Michelin Porsche Club Championship:
Rounds 6 & 7

Chris Egginton [968CS], Richard Lambert [Carrera] and Fraser Robertson [944] all picked up double class wins at Snetterton; but only after some great battles.
Egginton got a poor start in race 1, with Peter Morris [968CS] taking the lead and the 911's of John Williams and Craig Rapp also getting ahead. But Williams spun on cold tyres on lap 1 and Egginton passed Rapp at Riches on lap 3. After his spin John Williams stormed back from 14th to 4th and was pushing Ian White [3.2 Carrera] for 3rd by the end of the 20 minute race. Meanwhile, Egginton caught Morris and took the lead off him as he went wide at the Esses on lap 6. In Class 2 Mark Rogers [SC Coupe] had a great race & held off Richard Lambert's Carrera until a mistake on the penultimate lap gave away the Class win.

Race 2 on Sunday saw Egginton get a flying start and with Williams, White and Morris all fighting for 2nd, he managed to establish a lead that wasn't threatened. Morris and White battled until lap 6 when Morris passed at Riches. Williams was running in 2nd until a damper failure finally got the better of him and he dropped back to 3rd.
Richard Lambert won Class 2 after a race long battle with Rob Williams.
In Class 3 Fraser Robinson continued his domination with two further wins in his 944.

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Rogers leads Class 2
Mark Rogers lead Class 2 until
the penultimate lap in race 1.

Craig Rapp's GT3 wins the Porsche Open race 1.

Michelin Porsche Open Series
Rounds 4 & 5:

Craig Rapp enjoyed his first start from pole in his Class 2 GT3, beating Richard Chamberlain who was driving the 930 Turbo of Ty Watkins. The pair were expecting a good battle in the race, but the transmission breaking on the 930 Turbo at the start gave Rapp an untroubled lights to flag victory in race 1. Chamberlain returned with his 935 for Sundays race and resumed his winning form.
Tony Brown had sorted out previous problems with his 964 RSR and was rewarded with 3rd on the road and 2nd in Class for both events.

The GT3's of Henry Firman and Gerald Harrison enjoyed a great race long battle on Sunday, with Firman taking 3rd in Class after Harrison's transmission problems resurfaced.
Chris Egginton took the spoils in Class 3 after defeating the 944 turbo of Gordon Matthew.
Alex Eacock and Tim Bevan in the 944 Class enjoyed another couple of close races, but Eacock once again proved unstoppable claiming another couple of wins.

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Harrison & Firman battle
The GT3's of Gerald Harrison & Henry Firman
battled the distance in race 2

Picture galleries

Once again Team GVR's photographer Keith Neilson has surpassed himself with a fantastic collection of pictures from the Porsche Club and Porsche Open qualifying sessions and races at Snetterton.
A good selection of these, along with paddock photos are now up on the gallery pages - so grab a coffee a take a flick through!

I Club photo gallery I I Open photo gallery I

Photo CD Offer:
If you would like a photo CD of the pictures taken by Keith Neilson of your car qualifying and racing at Snetterton (there'll be loads more than make it on to the gallery pages), then you can request one by e-mailing Keith or Kate.

Tony Brown's 964 RSR is on form at Snetterton

Other news...

Race cars for sale:
The Porsche 930 Turbo run by Richard Chamberlain at Snetterton is up for sale. To find out more about this car and others available for race or track take a look at race cars for sale.

Congratulations!
Well done to Chris Egginton and Peter Morris for another fantastic couple of races at Snetterton in the TeamGVR.com 968 Club Sports. Chris cleaned up with four 1st place finishes in Class from both the Porsche Club and Open races; while Peter was hot on his heels with two 2nd place finishes in Porsche Club. This now puts Chris 2nd in the overall Porsche Club Championship points, behind Richard Lamberts Class 2 Carrera 3, with Peter just one point behind Chris in 3rd.

Egginton & Morris

And finally...

We hope you enjoy the reports, information and photographs on teamgvr.com. If you have any comments or suggestions we're always pleased to get your feedback, or if you're a competing driver or team why not submit your race report or press releases.

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The Michelin Porsche Club and Open calendar is now it's seven week summer break, so enjoy your relaxing summer weekends and we'll keep you posted on any news before racing resumes at Oulton Park on 31st July.

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