Jackson makes it two out of three

The RML Chevrolet driver made a rocket start from seventh on the grid to move up to third by the second lap, and then put a sensational late move on Colin Turkington to claim second at Maggotts next time round.

He then set off in chase of race leader Rob Collard, who started from pole in his Motorbase BMW, turning a three-second deficit into nothing in just a handful of laps.

He grabbed the lead at half-distance, passing Collard with an identical move to the one he used to claim the spoils in race one and, despite Collard managing his tyres better over the course of the race and coming back at him at the end, hung on to win.

The victory was Jackson's fourth of the season and RML's fifth from the last six BTCC races.

Behind the superb Collard, Colin Turkington finished third in his WSR BMW, increasing his championship lead over Fabrizio Giovanardi to 11 points.

Vauxhall driver Giovanardi, who spent the first half of the race trying to pressure Turkington into a mistake, was demoted a place by the second WSR car of Stephen Jelley near the end, costing him valuable points in the process.

Former grand prix star Johnny Herbert, who started second on the reversed grid, had a disastrous race. After slipping back to sixth at the start, he was spun off the track by Jason Plato early on and retired with the resultant damage.

Tom Chilton was another to exit proceedings through no fault of his own. The Arena Ford driver was collected at Luffield on the opening lap by Andrew Jordan, who was attempting to regain control of his Vauxhall after getting into a lurid slide at the previous corner.

Pos Driver                  Team               Time/Gap
 1. Mat Jackson             Chevrolet        22m46.584s
 2. Rob Collard             BMW                  +0.213
 3. Colin Turkington        BMW                  +6.155
 4. Stephen Jelley          BMW                  +6.616
 5. Fabrizio Giovanardi     Vauxhall             +8.102
 6. Jonathan Adam           BMW                  +9.848
 7. Jason Plato             Chevrolet           +14.385
 8. James Nash              Chevrolet           +14.844
 9. Paul O'Neill            Honda               +15.243
10. David Pinkney           Honda               +16.908
11. Harry Vaulkhard         Chevrolet           +17.338
12. Anthony Reid            BMW                 +19.114
13. Matt Neal               Vauxhall            +19.685
14. Tom Onslow-Cole         Ford                +20.264
15. Andrew Jordan           Vauxhall            +25.357
16. Martin Johnson          Vauxhall            +42.248
17. John George             Honda               +42.555
18. Martyn Bell             Honda               +59.117

Retirements

    Johnny Herbert          Honda                9 laps
    Tom Chilton             Ford                 2 laps