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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