Gordon Shedden boosts British Touring Car points lead with Oulton Park race two win

Rob Collard's WSR BMW once again jumped poleman Matt Neal (Honda) at the start to lead. It soon became clear that the ballast-laden Neal was struggling and a fast-starting Mat Jackson (Motorbase Ford Focus) easily powered past to take second.

Shedden's Civic and the Eurotech example of Andrew Jordan also overcame Neal and closed on the battling BMW and Ford ahead.

On lap seven of 15, Jackson nudged Collard at the Island hairpin and the two clashed on the exit, giving both punctures that sent them to the pits. That allowed the two Hondas into first and second, with Jordan duly shadowing the works machine home.

Having also overtaken Neal, Dan Welch found himself in a lonely third after the Collard-Jackson clash, but on a charge was the MG of Jason Plato.

After his problems in race one, Plato started from the back. He was 16th at the end of lap one and continued coming through the field, helped by many offs and clashes in an incident-packed race.

He overtook Neal just after half-distance and edged towards Welch. When Welch defended at Lodge in the closing stages, Plato powered past the Proton to secure third. Fourth was nevertheless Welch's best BTCC finish.

Some way back, Neal held on to fifth, ahead of Nick Foster's WSR BMW and the Vauxhall Vectra of Lea Wood. With the trials of team-mates Jackson and Aron Smith, Motorbase's Liam Griffin took a fine eighth.

BTCC debutant Will Bratt was in the fight for the top eight early on, but retired when he went off at Knickerbrook in his Rob Austin Racing Audi.

Results - 15 laps:

Pos  Driver           Team/Car              Time/Gap
 1.  Gordon Shedden   Honda               22m17.805s
 2.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Honda        + 1.229s
 3.  Jason Plato      MG                   + 11.986s
 4.  Daniel Welch     Welch Proton         + 13.900s
 5.  Matt Neal        Honda                + 23.550s
 6.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW              + 26.178s
 7.  Lea Wood         Central Vauxhall     + 27.619s
 8.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford       + 29.643s
 9.  Tom Onslow-Cole  WSR BMW              + 30.025s
10.  Dave Newsham     ES Vauxhall          + 41.830s
11.  Tony Gilham      Gilham Honda         + 44.659s
12.  Tony Hughes      Speedworks Toyota    + 45.987s
13.  Chris James      ES Vauxhall          + 56.564s
14.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW            + 1m27.330s
15.  Ollie Jackson    AmD Volkswagen     + 1m31.430s
16.  Aron Smith       Motorbase Ford         + 1 lap
17.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota        + 2 laps

Retirements:

     Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford         12 laps
     Adam Morgan      Speedworks Toyota       6 laps
     Andy Neate       MG                      5 laps
     Will Bratt       Austin Audi             2 laps