Colin Turkington won the second British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Croft, with Gordon Shedden second once more and Matt Neal in third.
Turkington’s victory looked just as comprehensive on paper as his first earlier in the day, but in truth Shedden kept him honest for much of the race before falling away in the final four laps.
After problems on the grid in race one, polesitter Turkington made a superb getaway in the second encounter as his teammate Rob Collard moved into third, while there was once again mayhem at the start as Fabrizio Giovanardi – who had appealed a decision to be moved to the back of the grid – moved across on Rob Austin as he looked to bolt between the Italian and Dave Newsham. The Audi driver was propelled into retirement as he spun onto the infield. Newsham eventually had to back out with suspension issues, bringing his 100th BTCC race to a disappointing end.
32-year-old Turkington once again flew away as the race settled down, beating the lap record he had managed earlier in the day, but Shedden stayed with the eBay Motors driver as the pair dropped Collard.
Behind the front three, Neal found himself in the same position as Collard had a race earlier with Jason Plato again struggling for pace, but he was able to fight past the MG as he made a staunch move into Sunny In on lap five stick. Neal was later excluded from the results for failing the ride-height check.
Plato’s struggles became more apparent thereafter, as two laps later Andrew Jordan forced his way through with Alain Menu, Mat Jackson, Sam Tordoff, Tom Ingram and Giovanardi all joining a train behind the MG.
The race wasn’t quite as eventful as the first encounter, but there was still plenty to enjoy as Marc Hynes, Jack Goff, Adam Morgan, Aron Smith, Jack Clarke, Martin Depper and Nick Foster all spent time in the lower reaches of the points, squabbling amongst each other and swapping paint in a bid to hunt down a top ten finish.
After passing Plato, Neal had plenty of clear air ahead of him and used it to catch Collard, making his move for the final podium spot on lap 11 at Sunny In once again. That was the furthest he was able to recover to, but it did at least mark his return to the rostrum after an absence of six races.
With Jordan lonely in fifth behind Collard, the battle between Plato and Menu made for the most interesting, the Swiss having waited patiently for an opportunity to overtake. Once it was presented to him, he dived up the inside of Plato into Clervaux but had his right-rear corner clipped, sending him off into the gravel, with Plato racing home from there.
Plato currently retains his sixth-placed finish, having finished ahead of Jackson, Tordoff and Giovanardi – who currently is set to start from pole after drawing himself for the reverse-grid race – while a move from Jack Goff on Marc Hynes on the penultimate lap gave him 11th, with Hynes plummeting down the order to eventually finish in 16th.
Race three starts at 17:06 BST.
Top ten result
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 5 | I | Colin TURKINGTON |  |
eBay Motors | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 21:32.413 | 1:24.542 | 1 |
| 2 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Tourer | 15 | 6.243 | 1:24.645 | 2 |
| EX | 4 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Honda Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Tourer | 15 | 8.855 | 1:24.739 | 6 |
| 3 | 10 | I | Rob COLLARD | |
eBay Motors | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 10.43 | 1:25.249 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | I | Andrew JORDAN | |
Pirtek Racing | Honda Civic | 15 | 18.455 | 1:25.752 | 5 |
| 5 | 99 | M | Jason PLATO | |
MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save | MG6 | 15 | 23.22 | 1:25.473 | 3 |
| 6 | 6 | I | Mat JACKSON | |
Airwaves Racing | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 24.716 | 1:25.895 | 8 |
| 7 | 88 | M | Sam TORDOFF | |
MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save | MG6 | 15 | 27.835 | 1:25.906 | 9 |
| 8 | 80 | I | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 30.011 | 1:25.743 | 15 |
| 9 | 7 | I | Fabrizio GIOVANARDI |  |
Airwaves Racing | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 31.998 | 1:25.750 | 12 |
| 10 | 31 | I | Jack GOFF | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Vauxhall Insignia | 15 | 32.864 | 1:26.045 | 19 |
stunning driving by Colin.