Collard gives Motorbase first win

Collard made a great start in his BMW 320si to move up from fourth on the grid to second by the first corner. Then, after following the similar WSR machine of Colin Turkington for most of the race, nosed inside his rival at Druids on the penultimate lap.

The victory was the third of Collard's career and his first for four years - the last one coming, ironically, for WSR at the same circuit.

Turkington finished on Collard's tail to seal his second podium of the day, while Matt Neal, who started from pole position in his Vauxhall, added to his race one victory by taking the final spot on the podium, maintaining his championship lead in the process.

Neal trailed his Vauxhall team-mate Fabrizio Giovanardi for most of the race, but the Italian suffered a left-front puncture with five laps to go and, after pitting for new rubber, emerged a lap down in 16th place.

Stephen Jelley finished right on Neal's tail in a career-best fourth place. The WSR driver had lost ground early in the race when he put two wheels in the gravel at Clark Curve while trying to fend off the advances of Giovanardi.

Andrew Jordan and Gordon Shedden both put in tremendous performances after race one retirements left them down in 16th and 17th places on the grid. The Vauxhall and Team Dynamics Honda drivers ended up fifth and sixth, ahead of Adam Jones and Dan Eaves in the Clyde Valley Racing SEATS.

Jonathan Adam - another to start near the back - came home ninth in the second Motorbase car, while RML Chevrolet driver Jason Plato completed the top 10, having had a brief trip into the gravel at Clearways after contact with Shedden.

Pos Driver              Car               Time   
 1. Rob Collard         BMW          20:10.761
 2. Colin Turkington    BMW             +1.026
 3. Matt Neal           Vauxhall        +3.258
 4. Stephen Jelley      BMW             +3.654
 5. Andrew Jordan       Vauxhall       +15.464
 6. Gordon Shedden      Honda          +18.714
 7. Adam Jones          SEAT           +19.218
 8. Dan Eaves           SEAT           +19.552
 9. Jonathan Adam       BMW            +23.022
10. Jason Plato         Chevrolet      +24.790
11. Harry Vaulkhard     Chevrolet      +25.023
12. Martyn Bell         Honda          +26.540
13. David Pinkney       Honda          +30.180
14. Tom Chilton         Ford           +32.097
15. Alan Morrison       Ford           +41.430
16. Fabrizio Giovanardi Vauxhall        +1 lap
17. Nick Leason         BMW             +1 lap

Retirements

    John George         Honda          16 laps
    Liam McMillan       SEAT            6 laps
    Martin Johnson      Vauxhall        3 laps


Fastest lap, Neal 49.324