Neal wins again in second race

The Honda Racing driver led race two from the start, chased by the WSR BMW of Rob Collard.

After an early safety car period to clear Tom Boardman's crashed SEAT, Neal pulled away from Collard, at one stage leading by over two seconds. A late charge from Collard allowed the BMW to close, but Neal was comfortable as he extended his championship lead.

The top two were well clear of the rest. Neal's team-mate, Gordon Shedden, made it past Mat Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus to run third, but seemed to struggle as the race progressed.

Andrew Jordan, who thrust his Eurotech Racing Vauxhall Vectra past Jackson at Tower with four laps to go, closed in on the Honda. When Shedden ran wide at Hawthorn, Jordan slotted by to complete the podium.

Shedden held on to fourth, but had a whole gaggle of cars behind him at the flag, led by Jackson.

Despite an early pitstop, Nick Foster was part of that group in his WSR BMW. He was the fastest man on the track in the closing stages and secured seventh by diving past Dave Newsham's Special Tuning SEAT into the hairpin on the final lap to finish right behind Tom Chilton's Arena Ford Focus.

Reigning champion Jason Plato was chasing Jackson for fourth in the first half of the race, but was forced to retire with a cv joint failure.

Results - 18 laps:

Pos  Driver           Team/Car                 Time/Gap
 1.  Matt Neal        Honda                  28m57.344s
 2.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW                  + 0.991s
 3.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall       + 17.643s
 4.  Gordon Shedden   Honda                   + 19.712s
 5.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford          + 20.367s
 6.  Tom Chilton      Arena Ford              + 20.597s
 7.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW                 + 20.876s
 8.  Dave Newsham     Special Tuning SEAT     + 21.648s
 9.  Andy Neate       Arena Ford              + 27.238s
10.  Tom Onslow-Cole  Arena Ford              + 32.428s
11.  James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall       + 32.825s
12.  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall       + 39.956s
13.  Shaun Hollamby   AmD Volkswagen          + 45.256s
14.  John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet    + 51.231s
15.  Lea Wood         Central Honda         + 1m07.463s

Retirements:

     Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet                 15 laps
     Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall         14 laps
     Chris James      ES Chevrolet              14 laps
     Rob Austin       Austin Audi               13 laps
     Jason Plato      Chevrolet                 11 laps
     Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet      10 laps
     Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota             9 laps
     Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT        3 laps
     Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford             2 laps