Jason Plato won the first race at Snetterton as Chevrolet's dominated

Plato and team-mate Alex MacDowall (from third) initially got away well, but the power of the Honda Civics and a great start by Matt Neal meant they were under pressure into Riches.

Neal tried to go around the outside of Plato to take the lead, but contact between the two spun Neal round and sent him across the track in front of the pack. Everyone avoided the Civic, but Neal would only recover to 18th.

At the front, Plato gradually edged away from MacDowall. Gordon Shedden's Civic, carrying 25kg of ballast, shadowed the second ballast-free Cruze throughout but never got close enough to try a move.

After jumping James Nash's Triple 8 Vauxhall Vectra on the opening lap, Tom Chilton's Arena Motorsport Ford Focus held fourth early on. But he was soon under pressure from the impressive Frank Wrathall, having his best run yet in the Dynojet NGTC Toyota Avensis.

Chilton eventually made a mistake at Riches, allowing Wrathall to slip by. He then drew away to secure a strong fourth and the Independents victory.

Chilton slowed on the final lap, allowing Nash into fifth, while Mat Jackson (Motorbase Ford Focus) withstood intense pressure from Paul O'Neill's Tech-Speed Cruze to take sixth from 13th on the grid.

Results - 11 laps

Pos Driver           Team/Car                 Time/Gap
 1. Jason Plato      Chevrolet              24m12.064s
 3. Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet                + 2.242s
 3. Gordon Shedden   Honda                    + 3.419s
 4. Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota          + 10.113s
 5. James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall       + 15.397s
 6. Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford          + 18.928s
 7. Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet    + 19.196s
 8. Tom Onslow-Cole  Arena Ford              + 24.102s
 9. Tom Chilton      Arena Ford              + 26.035s
10. Dave Newsham     Special Tuning SEAT     + 26.884s
11. Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall       + 27.306s
12. Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall       + 32.633s
13. Nick Foster      WSR BMW                 + 33.330s
14. Martyn Byford    AmD Volkswagen          + 33.816s
15. Rob Austin       Austin Audi             + 40.162s
16. Andy Neate       Arena Ford              + 44.389s
17. Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford          + 46.453s
18. Matt Neal        Honda                   + 55.616s
19. John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet    + 56.625s
20. Chris James      ES Chevrolet          + 1m13.714s
21. Tony Hughes      Speedworks Toyota     + 1m16.042s
22. Daniel Welch     Welch Proton          + 1m43.854s
23. Rob Collard      WSR BMW                  + 2 laps

Retirements

    Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT        2 laps
    Lea Wood         Central Honda              0 laps
    Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall          0 laps