Mat Jackson claims fourth reverse-grid win to move into the championship lead

Jackson found a way by the polesitting Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon of Dave Newsham on lap two and drove away.

His cause was helped by Newsham holding the pursuers back as Jackson set three consecutive fastest laps in his Motorbase Ford Focus.

Paul O'Neill finally found a chink in Newsham's armour at the Montreal hairpin on lap six. He pulled clear, but could not catch the leader.

Reigning champion Jason Plato (Chevrolet Cruze) was the next driver in the train to challenge the SEAT, but he didn't find a way past until Newsham ran wide at Nelson on the penultimate lap to finally cede third.

Matt Neal's Honda Civic, up from row nine, finally took fourth. He charged through the field and passed Newsham on the final run down Bentley Straight.

Newsham was denied a well-deserved top-five finish when a tap from Alex MacDowall's Chevrolet forced him off at Murrays and he fell to eighth on the run to the line.

Gordon Shedden, who had taken the lead in the title race with victory earlier in the day, struggled with 45kg of ballast.

He was given a warning flag for flapping bodywork, but deliberately removed it on the soft barrier on the exit of Williams, allowing him to come home seventh.

Twenty points now covers the top four in the title race, with Jackson leading Shedden, Neal and Plato.

Results - 12 laps

Pos Driver           Team/Car                 Time/Gap
 1. Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford          24m16.307s
 2. Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet     + 3.340s
 3. Jason Plato      Chevrolet                + 6.740s
 4. Matt Neal        Honda                    + 9.117s
 5. Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet               + 10.770s
 6. James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall       + 11.087s
 7. Gordon Shedden   Honda                   + 11.933s 
 8. Dave Newsham     Special Tuning SEAT     + 12.084s
 9. Nick Foster      WSR BMW                 + 14.507s
10  Rob Austin       Austin Audi             + 15.888s
11. Tom Onslow-Cole  Arena Ford              + 17.568s
12. Rob Collard      WSR BMW                 + 21.810s
13. Tom Chilton      Arena Ford              + 22.738s
14. Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall       + 23.701s
15  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall       + 24.812s
16  Martyn Byford    AmD Volkswagen          + 29.800s  
17. Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall       + 33.267s    
18  Lea Wood         Central Honda           + 52.267s
19. Daniel Welch     Welch Proton          + 1m15.318s

Retirements

    Chris James      ES Racing Chevrolet        7 laps    
    John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet       4 laps
    Andy Neate       Arena Ford                 1 laps
    Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford             0 laps