Jason Plato, who stopped out on
track during the end of qualifying yesterday, again stopped his KX Momentum MG
on track whilst making his way to the grid. The MG was returned to the pits,
and the Triple Eight team tried to find the issue.
The start of the race saw Andrew Jordan make a fantastic start off the line, however couldn’t hold on to Shedden’s start, as the Scot went into the lead ahead of Jordan and team mate Neal – making it a Honda 1-2-3 going into the first lap.
Further down the field, slight contact between Dan Welch and Dave Newsham, saw the ES racing Vectra hit the start-finish start wall hard – with Nick Foster in the eBay Motors BMW also becoming tangled up in the incident. The safety car was called out whilst the track was cleared.
After a lengthy safety car period, the race was restarted on lap five. With Gordon Shedden leading, it was Matt Neal in the second Honda Yuasa Racing Civic in third, and was battling to keep the position from fourth place man Rob Collard as they headed through the chicane.
Redstone Racing driver Liam Griffin was issued with a drive through penalty, whilst the third eBay Motors BMW of Tom Onslow-Cole was having a great on track battle with MG’s Andy Neate, who was having his most successful race of the year so far.
Matt Neal was starting to close on the Pirtek Racing Honda of Andrew Jordan, who gets pushed wide by Neal at the final hairpin. Neal takes the place, and Rob Collard takes advantage of this manoeuvre to take third.
One lap later and Tom Onslow-Cole makes a similar move at the hairpin on Mat Jackson’s Redstone Racing Ford, whilst behind them, Frank Wrathall has a bit of a moment and ends up on the grass.
Adam Morgan was rejoining the field, having had to pay a visit to the pits after getting on the grass and blocking up his radiator. Having made the move on Jackson, Tom Onslow-Cole spins at Tower and loses a lot of places. Race leader Gordon Shedden was now falling into the clutches of Matt Neal, with Rob Collard sticking to the back of the two Hondas in his eBay BMW.
On his return to the British Touring Car Championship, Paul O’Neill had had a great start to his race and was up into tenth position on track – however soon stopped out on turn one with another issue with the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis. Rob Austin was also running well in his RAR Audi A4, and was battling with Aron Smith for seventh place.
Frank Wrathall was running well, despite his early excursion, and was running in tenth position, whilst down at the complex, Pirtek Racing’s Jeff Smith had a spin and had a big impact with the safety barrier. Honda team mates Neal and Shedden were still fighting with each other for the lead of the race; however Rob Collard was not giving up his chances of a top step podium.
With Jason Plato out of the race, it was up to Andy Neate to bring home a strong finish for the Triple Eight team, and he wasn’t disappointing – he was up into fifth position and running well.
Matt Neal made a feisty move on Shedden for the lead, with Collard yet again taking advantage, leaving Shedden in third after the Jim Clark Esses. Tom Onslow-Cole was up into eighth position after his early spin at Tower cost him dearly. Although running well, Andy Neate couldn’t hold on to his fifth place, and soon lost out to Rob Austin at the final hairpin, who took the position in the Audi. RAR team mate Will Bratt was also having a fantastic race, and was up into tenth having started twenty-first.
Four laps left to run, and Frank Wrathall was off again in his Dynojet Toyota – forcing him to retire - whilst the top three were separated by less than a second heading into the final stages. Tony Gilham was now under pressure from the AmD Tuning VW Golf of Ollie Jackson, who was closing on the HARD Honda for eleventh. The Redstone Racing boys were also running well. Griffin was in the points in fifteenth after his early drive through penalty, Aron Smith was up in ninth and Mat Jackson seventh, although had lost some ground early on the race to the leaders.
Back to the leaders, and Rob Collard was really pushing hard for the race win, and was 0.6 seconds behind Matt Neal with two laps left to go – a two car race for the finish looked set to be on the cards.
Rob Collard couldn’t quite get past the Honda, as Matt Neal crossed the line to take his fourth race win of the season to Rob Collard and team mate Gordon Shedden in third – with Andrew Jordan having a quiet race after the start to finish fourth. A great first race for the Rob Austin Racing team saw both of their cars finish in the top ten, finishing fifth and ninth respectively. Andy Neate also had his best race of the season, finishing in sixth ahead of Tom Onslow-Cole – who finished the race with significant damage to his eBay BMW. Aron Smith had a moment on the final lap, which saw him take a trip across the gravel. He recovered from this to finish in tenth.
Paul O’Neill and Nick Foster finished a lap down from the rest of the field, after their race dilemmas.
Final Results:
The start of the race saw Andrew Jordan make a fantastic start off the line, however couldn’t hold on to Shedden’s start, as the Scot went into the lead ahead of Jordan and team mate Neal – making it a Honda 1-2-3 going into the first lap.
Further down the field, slight contact between Dan Welch and Dave Newsham, saw the ES racing Vectra hit the start-finish start wall hard – with Nick Foster in the eBay Motors BMW also becoming tangled up in the incident. The safety car was called out whilst the track was cleared.
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| Newsham retired early on in the race - the ES Vectra suffering heavy damage from the start-line incident. Photo Credit: Anthony Keenan. |
Redstone Racing driver Liam Griffin was issued with a drive through penalty, whilst the third eBay Motors BMW of Tom Onslow-Cole was having a great on track battle with MG’s Andy Neate, who was having his most successful race of the year so far.
Matt Neal was starting to close on the Pirtek Racing Honda of Andrew Jordan, who gets pushed wide by Neal at the final hairpin. Neal takes the place, and Rob Collard takes advantage of this manoeuvre to take third.
One lap later and Tom Onslow-Cole makes a similar move at the hairpin on Mat Jackson’s Redstone Racing Ford, whilst behind them, Frank Wrathall has a bit of a moment and ends up on the grass.
Adam Morgan was rejoining the field, having had to pay a visit to the pits after getting on the grass and blocking up his radiator. Having made the move on Jackson, Tom Onslow-Cole spins at Tower and loses a lot of places. Race leader Gordon Shedden was now falling into the clutches of Matt Neal, with Rob Collard sticking to the back of the two Hondas in his eBay BMW.
On his return to the British Touring Car Championship, Paul O’Neill had had a great start to his race and was up into tenth position on track – however soon stopped out on turn one with another issue with the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis. Rob Austin was also running well in his RAR Audi A4, and was battling with Aron Smith for seventh place.
Frank Wrathall was running well, despite his early excursion, and was running in tenth position, whilst down at the complex, Pirtek Racing’s Jeff Smith had a spin and had a big impact with the safety barrier. Honda team mates Neal and Shedden were still fighting with each other for the lead of the race; however Rob Collard was not giving up his chances of a top step podium.
With Jason Plato out of the race, it was up to Andy Neate to bring home a strong finish for the Triple Eight team, and he wasn’t disappointing – he was up into fifth position and running well.
Matt Neal made a feisty move on Shedden for the lead, with Collard yet again taking advantage, leaving Shedden in third after the Jim Clark Esses. Tom Onslow-Cole was up into eighth position after his early spin at Tower cost him dearly. Although running well, Andy Neate couldn’t hold on to his fifth place, and soon lost out to Rob Austin at the final hairpin, who took the position in the Audi. RAR team mate Will Bratt was also having a fantastic race, and was up into tenth having started twenty-first.
Four laps left to run, and Frank Wrathall was off again in his Dynojet Toyota – forcing him to retire - whilst the top three were separated by less than a second heading into the final stages. Tony Gilham was now under pressure from the AmD Tuning VW Golf of Ollie Jackson, who was closing on the HARD Honda for eleventh. The Redstone Racing boys were also running well. Griffin was in the points in fifteenth after his early drive through penalty, Aron Smith was up in ninth and Mat Jackson seventh, although had lost some ground early on the race to the leaders.
Back to the leaders, and Rob Collard was really pushing hard for the race win, and was 0.6 seconds behind Matt Neal with two laps left to go – a two car race for the finish looked set to be on the cards.
Rob Collard couldn’t quite get past the Honda, as Matt Neal crossed the line to take his fourth race win of the season to Rob Collard and team mate Gordon Shedden in third – with Andrew Jordan having a quiet race after the start to finish fourth. A great first race for the Rob Austin Racing team saw both of their cars finish in the top ten, finishing fifth and ninth respectively. Andy Neate also had his best race of the season, finishing in sixth ahead of Tom Onslow-Cole – who finished the race with significant damage to his eBay BMW. Aron Smith had a moment on the final lap, which saw him take a trip across the gravel. He recovered from this to finish in tenth.
Paul O’Neill and Nick Foster finished a lap down from the rest of the field, after their race dilemmas.
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| Winning streak: Matt Neal continued the success from Oulton Park to take his fourth win of the season. Picture Credit: Anthony Keenan. |
Final Results:
1) Matt Neal
2) Rob Collard
3) Gordon Shedden
4) Andrew Jordan
5) Rob Austin
6) Andy Neate
7) Tom Onslow-Cole
8) Mat Jackson
9) Will Bratt
10) Aron Smith
11) Ollie Jackson
12) Tony Gilham
13) Lea Wood
14) Liam Griffin
15) Adam Morgan
Fastest Lap: Tom Onslow-Cole - Lap 6 - 1:25:927
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