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Gordon Shedden wins penultimate 2011 race to keep title battle alive

Gordon Shedden kept himself in contention for the British Touring Car crown with a win in the penultimate race of the season at Silverstone this afternoon

Shedden managed to jump Honda team-mate and points leader Matt Neal on the first run to Copse.

Tom Onslow-Cole's Ford Focus also slipped by the second Civic, but Neal remained close. A sideways moment for Onslow-Cole at Brooklands gave Neal the opportunity he needed and he soon closed on Shedden.

Despite pressure from Neal - and having to cope with a restart after Nick Foster's WSR BMW crashed at Woodcote and brought out the safety car - Shedden held on to win. His sixth victory of the season moves him to within six points of Neal going into this afternoon's reversed-grid finale.

Onslow-Cole was a fine third, while Dave Newsham continued his strong weekend with fourth in his Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon.

Team-mate Tom Boardman stormed from row 12 to sixth, behind Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Vauxhall Vectra.

Many cars were involved in contact, including James Nash's Triple Eight Vauxhall Vectra, Rob Collard's BMW and Daniel Welch's Proton - which ran in the top 10 early on.

Jason Plato is now mathematically out of contention to retain his title. After a puncture in race one, he started 25th and charged through to seventh. That nevertheless leaves him 30 points behind Neal with just 17 on offer.

The reversed-grid draw drew nine, meaning Alex MacDowall will start from pole, with Plato third and the Hondas eighth and ninth.


Pos  Driver                   Car                   Time
 1.  Gordon Shedden           Honda           26m44.480s
 2.  Matt Neal                Honda             + 0.595s
 3.  Tom Onslow-Cole          Ford              + 1.242s
 4.  Dave Newsham             SEAT              + 2.346s
 5.  Andrew Jordan            Vauxhall          + 3.029s
 6   Tom Boardman             SEAT              + 3.495s
 7   Jason Plato              Chevrolet         + 3.963s
 8.  Tom Chilton              Ford              + 7.710s
 9.  Alex MacDowall           Chevrolet         + 7.727s
10.  Daniel Welch             Proton            + 8.464s
11.  Andy Neate               Ford             + 12.346s
12   Rob Austin               Audi             + 12.794s
13.  Ollie Jackson            Vauxhall         + 15.496s
14.  Liam Griffin             Ford             + 16.409s
15.  James Nash               Vauxhall         + 17.571s
16.  Jeff Smith               Vauxhall         + 17.752s
17.  Lea Wood                 Honda            + 24.351s
18.  Chris Swanwick           Audi             + 24.477s
19   Tony Gilham              BMW              + 27.532s
20.  John George              Chevrolet        + 27.913s
21.  Tony Hughes              Toyota           + 28.756s
22.  Chris James              Chevrolet        + 45.922s
23.  Rob Collard              BMW                + 1 lap
24   Martin Byford            Volkswagen         + 1 lap
25.  Frank Wrathall           Toyota            + 2 laps
26.  Mat Jackson              Ford              + 3 laps

Retirements:

     James Thompson           Ford               20 laps
     Nick Foster              BMW                13 laps
     Paul O'Neill             Chevrolet           3 laps

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