Shedden leads Honda one-two

Poleman Shedden held the lead at the start as team-mate Matt Neal fought Eurotech Racing's Andrew Jordan for second. Neal dived past the Vectra at Campbell on lap four and set off after his ballast-free team-mate.

Towards the end, the two Civics had enough of an advantage for Shedden to allow Neal to lead on lap 13, giving Neal an extra point, before Neal in turn moved aside.

The two turbo Civics, which were running with 0.1 bar less than last time out at Donington Park, crossed the line just a quarter of a second apart, with Jordan taking third over two seconds back.

Tom Chilton's Arena Motorsport Ford Focus finished fourth, having shadowed Jordan for much of the way.

Reigning champion Jason Plato (RML Chevrolet) had looked set to challenge Chilton for fourth before a suspected tyre failure caused him to crash at the chicane with two laps to go.

That allowed a combative Tom Boardman to complete the top five in his Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon. He had taken advantage of a scrap between Plato and Mat Jackson to jump ahead of Jackson's faster Motorbase Performance Ford Focus early on and held him off to the flag.

Their fight allowed Tom Onslow-Cole's AmD Milltek VW Golf, James Nash (Triple 8 Engineering Vauxhall Vectra), Jeff Smith (Eurotech Vectra) and Alex MacDowall to chase them across the line as they filled the top 10.

Results - 16 laps:

Pos  Driver           Team/Car                Time/Gap
 1.  Gordon Shedden   Honda                 21m28.457s
 2.  Matt Neal        Honda                   + 0.256s
 3.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall       + 2.651s
 4.  Tom Chilton      Arena Ford              + 4.361s
 5.  Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT     + 9.142s
 6.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford          + 9.611s
 7.  Tom Onslow-Cole  AmD Volkswagen         + 10.641s
 8.  James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall      + 11.382s
 9.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall      + 12.469s
10.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet              + 12.827s
11.  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall      + 19.416s
12.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW                + 20.068s
13.  Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet   + 20.786s
14.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford         + 32.348s
15.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW                + 33.482s
16.  Andy Neate       Arena Ford             + 39.931s
17.  John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet   + 45.057s
18.  Chris James      ES Chevrolet             + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Jason Plato      Chevrolet                13 laps
     Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota            3 laps
     Rob Austin       Rob Austin Audi           0 laps