Clark 2020 Champion as Porsche Season Declared Over

After the recent cancellation of the rescheduled final meeting of the 2020 Petro-Canada Lubricants Porsche Club Championship with Pirelli, the decision has been made to end the season at this point after eight races. That means that the points after the second visit of the season to Oulton Park in early October now become the final tally for each driver this season, which means Simon Clark is the overall and class one champion, James Coleman takes the class two title, while the Porsche Classic Boxster Cup goes to Paul Simpson.

“We made this decision after careful consideration and communications with teams and drivers,” explained Events and Motorsport Manager Mandy Sear. “The chances of rescheduling the cancelled Donington Park round were slight and some people were looking to sell or strip cars down in preparation for the 2021 season. We also have to consider the COVID-19 implications of people moving around the country. 
 
“2020 has been a very unusual and difficult year for everyone but we are extremely happy to have been able to complete the four rounds. We have spoken to Motorsport UK and the Porsche Club Motorsport Board have held a meeting and we can confirm that we can declare the 2020 race season a Championship.”
 
Clark takes the overall title having scored 244 points in his County Classics-run Cayman S – the first Porsche Club Championship with for the mid-engined Cayman - with a pair of double-champions next up in class one, Mark McAleer taking second after pushing Clark hard for most of the season, and Pete Morris third. Fortunes had ebbed and flowed in class two but it was Coleman topping the points after the eight races, a fine performance from racing rookie Charles Clark seeing him second ahead of Matt Kyle-Henney, all three racing the Boxster S model.
 
“The team and I are over the moon to take the title” said Clark. “We took two first place finishes and six seconds from the eight races so a really consistent and successful year for us. It’s our third season with the Cayman so we have got a handle on the set-up for each circuit now, but it was a tough season, Mark McAleer was right with me in pretty much every race.
 
“There are not just one or two quick drivers, you have six or seven people who could be challenging for a win every weekend and some very experienced racers and you have to work hard in every race.”
 
Entrants in the Porsche Classic Boxster Cup have their own title to battle for and Simpson was the man to beat all season taking six wins from the eight scoring rounds. Mike Thompson was next up with the car shared by Alistair Nelson and Sam Beckett third in the series that shared track time with the Porsche Club Championship runners.
 
Sadly the usual end of season awards evening has also had to be postponed given the current level of the pandemic in the UK, and it is hoped that something can be organised for early 2021 if the situation improves.

Picture: Gary Hawkins