Jeremy Ellis maintained his perfect win record in the Motorsport News Caterham Roadsport Challenge at
Silverstone at the weekend [14/15 April], taking victory in both races to extend his Roadsport class points lead.
In Roadsport B there were twin wins for Gareth Thomas, who accelerates into the championship lead.
Both of Ellis' victories were by the tiniest of margins. It took Jeremy 13 laps to make it to the front in race one, and his tussle for victory with another former Caterham champion, Luke Embling, was a highlight. Several cars came a cropper in an opening lap accident caused by oil in the track; among the retirements were Toby Talbot, Kevin Dodd and Academy Champions Lewis Hopkins and Kevin Sharrock, who rolled but was unhurt.
In race two Ellis, David Pearce and Toby Dicker duelled for the duration and finished, in that order, with less than a second between them. Andrew Walton fought through from 17th on the grid to fifth behind Mike Robinson to secure the Driver of the Meeting award.
Simon Young, Dax Humberstone and Graham Johnson were among the non-finishers, the trio tangling at the complex on the 18th lap as they disputed fourth place.
A great battle for the lead of the first Roadsport B encounter was won by Gareth Thomas, who led almost all the way from pole position. Paul Storton was the driver who nosed ahead of him briefly, but he slipped back to fourth by the end behind second placed David Tansley and Andrew Thomas in third. Stuart Patterson and Richard Edwards were both going well until colliding at Becketts on the fifth lap.
In race two Gareth Thomas overcame a serious late-race challenge from Chris Legg to win once again by a two-second margin. Erstwhile series leader David Tansley was in the bidding also but was summoned to the pits with a dangling exhaust system. Paul Latimer earned himself third place and the Driver of the Meeting award.
![Jeremy Ellis [Pic credit: Daniel Overton]](http://pix.crash.net/thumbs/311600.jpg)
