Bennett Brings ‘Famous’ Porsche Back to Porsche Club Racing

Class One racer Richard Bennett is a bringing a famous car back to Porsche racing this season, entering the 993 C2 taken by Johnny Mowlem to the 1996 and 1997 Porsche Cup titles in the 2012 Porsche Club Championship.

Bennett acquired the car, in which Mowlem won all 17 Porsche Cup races in 1997, last year and has now rebuilt the 993 ready to contest a full season in 2012. “In...

Porsche Club Championship Announces 2012 Race Dates

The Porsche Club Championship will be held over seven race meetings in 2012, six of which feature double-header race meetings, while as has become the norm in recent seasons, the final rounds will be on the Silverstone Grand Prix circuit with three races to close the season in style. In order to help control costs for competitors, all meetings bar Silverstone will be one day events.

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Mark Sumpter receives award as Porsche Club Champion 2011

The Porsche Club GB brought its 2011 race activities to a fitting close with an awards dinner at the Hilton Puckrup Hall Hotel near Tewkesbury on the evening of Saturday October 22nd. Class and overall winners were honoured for the Porsche Club Speed Championship, the Porsche Club Championship and the Porsche GT3 Cup challenge, with the evening hosted by the Club’s...

Sumpter Seals Porsche Club Championship at Silverstone

Mark Sumpter claimed the 2011 Porsche Club Championship title at Silverstone, third place in the final race of the season enough to see him outscore reigning champion Chris Dyer by just four points after seventeen races. Dyer did all he could, winning Class Two in all three races, but it was not enough to deny Sumpter’s Paragon Porsche 911 the overall crown.

“I raced...

Porsche Title Showdown at Silverstone Season Finale

It is a Silverstone showdown this weekend for the Porsche Club Championship runners, with the title to be settled over the three races on the full Grand Prix circuit. Class one pace setter Mark Sumpter heads 2010 champion and Class Two leader Chris Dyer by just six points, and with 20 points for a race win plus end of season bonus points, it is still all to play for the title contenders....

Class Performance as Dyer Samples Porsche Carrera Cup

2010 Porsche Club Championship champion Chris Dyer tasted the fruits of his success at Rockingham last weekend, September 17th and 18th, as he took part in the two rounds of the prestigious Porsche Carrera Cup GB at the Northants circuit. Driving a 420bhp Porsche 997 GT3 Cup car, Chris took fourth place in his class in both races, part of the supporting bill for the...

Top Marks as Porsche Club Championship Visits Combe

Mark Sumpter kept his 2011 Porsche Club Championship title challenge on track with two wins as the series made its annual visit to Castle Combe in Wiltshire, Mark McAleer runner up on each occasion. Pete Morris was third in race one with Mark Koeberle taking his first podium position with third in the second race of the Bank Holiday Monday afternoon.

Having arrived at Castle Combe tied...

Dyer and Sumpter Tied at the Top as the Porsche Club Visits Castle Combe

The Porsche Club Championship makes its annual Bank Holiday visit to Castle Combe on Monday August 29th, with title challengers Mark Sumpter and Chris Dyer locked together on points and each out to win their class and keep the pressure on. The two races around the rapid Wiltshire circuit could be pivotal in settling this year’s title, with just one meeting remaining after...

Dramatic Oulton Sees First Race Winners Lose Out in Race Two

Pete Morris and Marcus Carniel claimed the class wins in the first of the two Porsche Club Championship rounds at Oulton ParK on Saturday, August 13th, but both were eliminated in a double car destroying incident that saw race two stopped, the pair escaping with just minor injuries. Pre-Oulton championship leader Mark Sumpter then won race two, having had his first non-finish of...

Sumpter Points Ahead as Rivals Target Victory at Oulton

Mark Sumpter holds a handsome lead in the points as the 2011 Porsche Club Championship heads to Oulton Park, Cheshire, but it is rivals who have been doing the winning in recent races and they will be determined to peg back his score once more this coming Saturday, August 13th. None of his major challengers have been able to score more than one win, a record they will all be determined to...