It was Scotland’s own Gordon Shedden who came home to take the win during Race Two at Knockhill circuit, winning just ahead of team mate Matt Neal in second.
A quiet start to the race saw everyone get off the line fairly cleanly, and also saw Alex MacDowall run off the circuit in his Chevrolet but managed to hold it together and rejoin the circuit, despite losing grid position.
Mat Jackson’s luck looked to be improving after a disappointing first race, as he set the fastest lap early on in the race, only to be fraught with a broken splitter and significant damage to the front of the race, forcing the Airwaves driver to retire once again, losing more valuable championship points in the process.
It was also another disappointing race for the AmD Miltek crew, when Martin Byford went off on the circuit backwards into barriers leading to the safety car being brought out for the second race in succession.
After the re-start, Tom Chilton was coming under pressure from Honda Racing’s Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden who were lying in second and third. The Team Aon driver was clearly struggling with the 45 kilos of ballast on his Global Ford Focus, and eventually lost the lead and further places to Neal, Shedden and now third place man Frank Wrathall in the Dynojet Toyota Avensis.
Scotland’s Shedden took the lead from team mate Matt Neal during the closing stages of the race, and went on to win the second race of the day in a 1-2 result for Honda, building up their lead in the championship.
Frank Wrathall scored himself and his NGTC spec Toyota a first ever podium in third position, giving the team some positive points, behind Tom Chilton, Rob Collard, Tom Boardman and Jason Plato.
Tom Onslow-Cole finished in 11th place having started from the back following his heavy impact with the tyre wall in race one. After race two Shedden was now leading the championship standings with 176 points.
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