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Chilton leads Ford 1-2 in race two

Tom Chilton led home his team-mate Tom Onslow-Cole in a one-two finish for the Arena Ford squad in a sensational wet second British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Brands Hatch

Chilton ran second during the early stages after being beaten off the line by Gordon Shedden, but the Honda driver slid wide at Clearways after clipping the grass while restarting after a safety car period, and gave away seven places.

After that, Chilton was unchallenged, despite the safety car coming out twice more during the race, and sped off to a five-second victory to add to the one he secured earlier on in the day.

Onslow-Cole's race was far more eventful. With a few laps to go he was part of a five-car battle for second place with Mat Jackson, Alex MacDowall, the recovering Shedden and Paul O'Neill.

Jackson looked to have taken the spot, but the Motorbase BMW driver slid wide at Paddock with two laps to go, and after the five became bunched up as they negotiated the next few corners, Jackson spun down the field at Surtees.

That allowed Shedden back up to third, with MacDowall taking his best BTCC finish yet for Chevrolet in fourth and O'Neill fifth in his Tech-Speed Honda.

Andrew Jordan, who started 16th, latched on to the back of the group on the final lap and finished a well-deserved sixth.

Tom Boardman took seventh in his Special Tuning UK SEAT, a result that gives him pole position for the final reversed grid race.

Jackson's late spin, and further offs during the closing stages for James Nash (Triple 8 Vauxhall) and Rob Collard (WSR BMW), elevated Matt Hamilton to 10th position. It was the TH Honda driver's first points finish.

Collard, in fact, spun twice during the race, the first one coming on the opening lap as he, O'Neill and Matt Neal's Honda all got together at Surtees.

Neal, who took to the grass and dropped to near the tail of the field in the process, later retired with an apparent mechanical problem, while a similar fate befell championship leader Jason Plato, whose Chevrolet pitted for good on lap two.

Pos  Driver          Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Tom Chilton     Ford        33m58.277s
 2.  Tom Onslow-Cole Ford          + 4.935s
 3.  Gordon Shedden  Honda         + 4.944s
 4.  Alex MacDowall  Chevrolet     + 5.720s
 5.  Paul O'Neill    Honda         + 5.884s
 6.  Andrew Jordan   Vauxhall      + 6.718s
 7.  Tom Boardman    SEAT          + 8.789s
 8.  Steven Kane     BMW          + 10.017s
 9.  David Pinkney   Vauxhall     + 10.187s
10.  Matt Hamilton   Honda        + 12.456s
11.  James Nash      Vauxhall     + 14.291s
12.  Mat Jackson     BMW          + 15.910s
13.  Rob Collard     BMW          + 32.079s

Retirements:

     Shaun Hollamby  Volkswagen  17 laps
     Matt Neal       Honda       14 laps
     Martin Johnson  Vauxhall    12 laps
     Martin Depper   BMW         11 laps
     Andy Neate      BMW         4 laps
     Jason Plato     Chevrolet   3 laps
     Arthur Forster  BMW         1 lap
     Lea Wood        Honda       0 laps

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