Jackson wins Snetterton race three

BMW Dealer UK driver Jackson, whose weekend began with a 6g crash into the Coram tyre wall in practice and who had only amassed four points from the event prior to the final race, leapt into the lead from a front row start, and kept his rivals at bay for all 18 laps.

Another to make a brilliant start was Steven Kane, and after poleman Gordon Shedden (Halfords Honda) went off at Sear trying to pass him, the Northern Irishman was able to hold off Fabrizio Giovanardi's Vauxhall to take his first BTCC podium in second and the best ever finish for the Motorbase BMW team.

Giovanardi's result saw him increase his championship lead to 34 points over teammate Matt Neal, who finished fourth.

Tom Onslow-Cole (Vauxhall) and Tom Chilton (Halfords Honda) were fifth and seventh, sandwiching Colin Turkington's Team RAC BMW, after the pair started 14th and 15th on the grid.

SEAT's Jason Plato, who won both of the first two races of the day in dominant style, failed to finish. He was black-flagged for diesel smoke pouring out of his Leon TDI at mid-distance.

Pos  Driver               Car        Time
 1.  Mat Jackson          BMW        22:00.124
 2.  Steven Kane          BMW        +   0.770
 3.  Fabrizio Giovanardi  Vauxhall   +   2.351
 4.  Matt Neal            Vauxhall   +   7.674
 5.  Tom Onslow-Cole      Vauxhall   +   8.508
 6.  Colin Turkington     BMW        +  13.306
 7.  Tom Chilton          Honda      +  13.705
 8.  Adam Jones           SEAT       +  14.144
 9.  Stephen Jelley       BMW        +  14.626
10.  Rob Collard          BMW        +  16.848
11.  John George          Honda      +  28.395
12.  Michael Doyle        Honda      +  36.593
13.  Jason Hughes         Honda      +  36.873
14.  Erkut Kizilirmak     Vauxhall   +1:02.757
15.  Martyn Bell          Vauxhall   +1:12.382
16.  Harry Vaulkhard      Chevrolet  +   1 lap
17.  Darren Turner        SEAT       +  2 laps

Retirements:

     Driver               Car        Laps
     Jason Plato          SEAT       10
     Gordon Shedden       Honda      4
     Andrew Jordan        Honda      4
     Mike Jordan          Honda      0
     Alan Taylor          Honda      0