Shedden triumphs in race one

The Honda driver out-dragged polesitter Alex MacDowall when the lights went out, held a massive slide at the first corner when the pair made contact, and led the whole race.

MacDowall took a career-best second place in his Chevrolet, 1.5 seconds behind Shedden, while Motorbase BMW driver Steven Kane completed the podium after passing Matt Neal for third on the penultimate lap.

Neal held off the advancing Tom Chilton (Arena Ford) and Jason Plato (Chevrolet) for fourth, although Plato still increased his championship lead to 15 points over Tom Onslow-Cole.

Arena Ford driver Onslow-Cole was involved in frenetic scenes in the midfield, triggered largely by the failure of the marshals to show the blue flags to debutant Jeff Smith - who was about to be lapped and did not, therefore, move aside for the quicker cars. Paul O'Neill dived inside the Triple 8 Vauxhall driver at McIntyres on lap 19, both ending up off the track and creating a titanic scrap for seventh between himself, Onslow-Cole, Mat Jackson's Motorbase BMW and Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Vauxhall.

Rob Collard had departed the battle after backing his WSR BMW into the tyres at Duffus Dip as a result of contact with both Onslow-Cole and Jordan. James Nash had also left the fray at the same corner, Jackson spinning the Triple 8 driver into the gravel. Onslow-Cole eventually claimed seventh ahead of O'Neill, Jordan and Jackson.

The race featured two safety car periods; both for debris on the track. The debris in the first instance was caused by first-corner excursions for John George (Tech-Speed Honda) and Andy Neate (WSR BMW).

Pos  Driver           Car           Time/Gap
 1.  Gordon Shedden   Honda       25m26.498s
 2.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet     + 1.592s
 3.  Steven Kane      BMW           + 5.630s
 4.  Matt Neal        Honda         + 6.303s
 5.  Tom Chilton      Ford          + 6.520s
 6.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet     + 6.949s
 7.  Tom Onslow-Cole  Ford         + 17.256s
 8.  Paul O'Neill     Honda        + 17.308s
 9.  Andrew Jordan    Vauxhall     + 18.190s
10.  Mat Jackson      BMW          + 18.329s
11.  David Pinkney    Vauxhall     + 20.948s
12.  Andy Neate       BMW          + 21.175s
13.  Shaun Hollamby   Volkswagen   + 35.060s
14.  Jeff Smith       Vauxhall       + 1 lap

Retirements:

     Tom Boardman     SEAT        21 laps
     Rob Collard      BMW         18 laps
     James Nash       Vauxhall    12 laps
     John George      Honda       2 laps