Scammonden racer Daniel Lloyd managed to keep hold of his position in the top four of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB championship standings despite a tough outing at North Yorkshire’s Croft circuit.

Lloyd had hoped to continue his recent ‘podium-finishing’ form, especially after qualifying third fastest for rounds nine and 10 of the season, but the Team Parker Racing driver was caught-up in crashes in both encounters – limiting him to a best finish of sixth place in the meeting’s first outing.

Making a good start to the first 15-lap race, the 21-year-old looked to try and pass series leader Michael Meadows for second place through the first turn, but contact pitched him into a spin which dropped him to last place.

Mounting a strong recovery, Daniel carved his way back through the order and charged through into the top six before the finish to salvage some hard-earned points and limit the damage to his championship position.

Determined to make amends in the second race, Lloyd again got away well to maintain third place and followed Meadows and race leader Dean Stoneman closely through Clervaux.

At the exit of the corner though, Stoneman braked sharply which caused a concertina-effect for the cars behind and resulted in Meadows hitting the back of the leader’s car, in turn causing Lloyd to tag the back of Meadows.

Rory Butcher and James Birch didn’t have time to react either, Butcher ramming the back of Daniel’s Porsche as Birch ploughed into the Scotsman.

With the incident eliminating no less than five cars, officials decided to exclude Stoneman for his part in the incident.

Although Lloyd didn’t score any points, retiring shortly after the contact with damage to his radiator and engine, Stoneman’s exclusion does mean the impact to the Porsche Scholar’s title bid wasn’t as bad as it might have been and he goes into the summer break only 12 points shy of third place.

“I got off to a good start off the line, into the first corner it all looked good,” said Lloyd.

“It was pretty obvious there’d be no overtaking into the second tight corner so I just got ready to brake as normal but, before we knew it, Dean Stoneman had stamped on the brakes as if he was coming to halt.

“Michael Meadows hit Dean, I then hit Michael, and then Butcher and Birch didn’t have chance to stop either.

“We think it may have wrecked the engine as well, so it’s pretty bad to be honest.”

Following a lengthy six-week summer sojourn, the second half of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship season will get under way August 3-4 at Snetterton 300 Circuit in East Anglia.