Andrew Jordan claimed the honours in the second race of the day at Thruxton and took his first win in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship since Croft in 2014. Behind him came local hero Rob Collard and the winner of the opening race, Adam Morgan.
Jordan made the best start, passing Tom Ingram and claiming second whilst Morgan made a break further ahead. Ingram’s luck lasted barely a lap as he was penalised with a drive-through penalty for jumping the start, whilst further back Jeff Smith spun out on the exit of Seagrave whilst spearheading Eurotech’s charge inside the top ten.
Gordon Shedden completed a fantastic recovery drive after crashing out of the first encounter to finish fourth, and he could easily have completed the podium finishers, however team-mate Matt Neal was only able to manage eleventh despite both striking orange and black Type R machines having their ballast boxes emptied after their clash in race one.
There were a number of surprises in the top ten, with both series returnee Daniel Lloyd and Daniel Welch finishing in seventh and ninth respectively, however the MG duo of Josh Cook and Ashley Sutton were only able to make steady progress as they finished 12th and 15th.
The final race of the day gets underway at 17:17, and the reverse grid draw is imminent on ITV4.
Race result
POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME/GAP | BEST | GD |
1 | 77 | Andrew JORDAN | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 12 | 15:59.415 | 1:18.692 | 3 | ||
2 | 100 | C | Rob COLLARD | Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 12 | 0.401 | 1:18.656 | 6 | |
3 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | WIX Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 12 | 1.791 | 1:18.563 | 1 | ||
4 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 12 | 1.978 | 1:18.288 | 23 | |
5 | 31 | C | Jack GOFF | Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 12 | 2.786 | 1:17.848 | 8 | |
6 | 600 | C | Sam TORDOFF | Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 12 | 3.017 | 1:17.713 | 7 | |
7 | 23 | Daniel LLOYD | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 12 | 3.483 | 1:18.636 | 12 | ||
8 | 7 | Mat JACKSON | Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 12 | 6.201 | 1:18.533 | 21 | ||
9 | 17 | Dan WELCH | Goodestone Racing | Proton Persona | 12 | 7.034 | 1:18.694 | 9 | ||
10 | 11 | Rob AUSTIN | Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 7.26 | 1:19.053 | 14 | ||
11 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 12 | 7.423 | 1:18.720 | 24 | |
12 | 66 | M | Josh COOK | MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 12 | 7.921 | 1:18.492 | 25 | |
13 | 303 | Matt SIMPSON | Speedworks Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R | 12 | 8.371 | 1:18.913 | 13 | ||
14 | 12 | Mike EPPS | RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 8.399 | 1:18.562 | 11 | ||
15 | 116 | M | Ashley SUTTON | MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 12 | 8.605 | 1:18.703 | 27 | |
16 | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 12 | 9.47 | 1:18.892 | 22 | ||
17 | 24 | Jake HILL | RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 12.099 | 1:19.050 | 10 | ||
18 | 40 | Árón SMITH | BKR | Volkswagen CC | 12 | 13.777 | 1:19.575 | 20 | ||
19 | 14 | Alex MARTIN | Dextra Racing with Team Parker | Ford Focus | 12 | 16.312 | 1:19.571 | 16 | ||
20 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 16.68 | 1:18.588 | 2 | ||
21 | 48 | Ollie JACKSON | AmD Tuning | Audi S3 | 12 | 16.825 | 1:19.089 | 17 | ||
22 | 22 | Chris SMILEY | TLC Racing | Toyota Avensis | 12 | 20.421 | 1:19.917 | 18 | ||
23 | 84 | Kelvin FLETCHER | Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 12 | 24.414 | 1:19.554 | 28 | ||
24 | 95 | Stewart LINES | Maximum Motorsport | Ford Focus | 12 | 26.094 | 1:20.374 | 19 | ||
25 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 12 | 34.136 | 1:19.448 | 4 | ||
26 | 38 | Mark HOWARD | BKR | Volkswagen CC | 12 | 39.363 | 1:20.438 | 26 | ||
R | 30 | Martin DEPPER | Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 11 | 1 Lap | 5 | |||
R | 53 | Hunter ABBOTT | Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 8 | 7 Laps | 1:18.606 | 15 | ||
NS | 99 | M | Jason PLATO | Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | – | DNS | 1:17.870 | – | |
NS | 4 | M | Colin TURKINGTON | Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | – | DNS | N/A | – | |
NS | 20 | M | James COLE | Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | – | DNS | N/A | – | |
NS | 39 | M | Warren SCOTT | Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | – | DNS | N/A | – |