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Adam takes maiden win at Brands

Jonathan Adam claimed his maiden British Touring Car win in the final race of the day at Brands Hatch, putting the Motorbase Performance BMW squad on the top step of the podium for the second time in the space of a few hours

Adam, who started the race from second on the grid, grabbed the lead at Paddock Hill Bend on lap two, hitting Jason Plato's RML Chevrolet hard from behind and forcing the 2001 champion to catch the massive resultant tank-slapper and keep his car on the track.

After that, Adam was able to run and hide, eventually winning by 2.5 seconds at the end of the 25-lap race.

Plato ran second from then on, although he came under severe pressure from the Vauxhall of race one winner Matt Neal during the closing stages.

Neal made contact with Plato to snatch second, although his rival was back in front by Paddock. Then, as the pair came up to lap the AFM BMW of Nick Leason on the final lap, Plato just managed to keep in front to the flag.

Colin Turkington too was in close contention and came home fourth with his BMW, Neal and Plato were covered by just half a second.

Neal's three podiums from three races means he leaves Brands Hatch with a six-point lead over Turkington at the top of the championship.

Gordon Shedden, who ran third for much of the race, finished fifth in his Team Dynamics Honda, while Dan Eaves and Adam Jones were next up, ensuring that new squad Clyde Valley Racing scored points in all three races.

Rob Collard finished eighth, although the Motorbase driver was left playing catch-up after an incident on the second lap.

Collard and WSR's Stephen Jelley banged wheels at Druids and did so at least three more times on the run down to Graham Hill Bend, resulting in Jelley, on the grass and unable to stop, spinning Collard off, putting his own car out of the race and forcing Fabrizio Giovanardi to drive his Vauxhall off the circuit in avoidance.

Giovanardi later retired with resultant damage, while Andrew Jordan also pulled out of the race with a mechanical problem, allowing Harry Vaulkhard's Tempus Chevrolet and Martyn Bell's Tech-Speed Honda to complete the top-10.

Pos Driver                Car                     Time
 1. Jonathan Adam         BMW                21:18.500
 2. Jason Plato           Chevrolet             +3.845
 3. Matt Neal             Vauxhall              +4.123
 4. Colin Turkington      BMW                   +4.245
 5. Gordon Shedden        Honda                 +6.115
 6. Dan Eaves             SEAT                  +9.731
 7. Adam Jones            SEAT                 +10.502
 8. Rob Collard           BMW                  +10.599
 9. Harry Vaulkhard       Chevrolet            +11.302
10. Martyn Bell           Honda                +21.067
11. Tom Chilton           Ford                 +27.094
12. Alan Morrison         Ford                 +35.579
13. Martin Johnson        Vauxhall             +38.602
14. John George           Honda                +39.119
15. Nick Leason           BMW                   +1 lap


Retirements

    Andrew Jordan         Vauxhall             23 laps
    Fabrizio Giovanardi   Vauxhall             17 laps
    Liam McMillan         SEAT                  7 laps
    Stephen Jelley        BMW                    1 lap
    David Pinkney         Honda                 0 laps


Fastest lap, Adam 49.597

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