Thruxton BTCC: Mat Jackson clinches race-three win for Motorbase

The Motorbase Performance driver started the race from second position and powered ahead of poleman Dan Welch on the dash to Allard.

Welch held third-placed Jack Goff at bay for several laps until the Proton slewed off the circuit with a breakage on lap five.

That allowed Goff's BMW into second place, but he was forced to defend from champion Gordon Shedden in the factory-backed Honda Civic Type R.

Shedden's attack for second on Goff was almost derailed when Rob Collard tried to force up the inside of the Scotsman at Goodwood on lap seven, a move that delayed them all and allowed Matt Neal to jump his Honda up to second place.

Neal gave chase to Jackson but was unable to get close enough to attack despite crossing the line just a fraction behind the Focus.

After Collard's attack, Shedden soon bounced back up to fourth place and was chasing Goff again when the two made contact into the chicane on lap 10, eliminating the Honda with suspension damage.

That allowed race-one winner Adam Morgan to take his Mercedes-Benz A-Class in to third place to cap a highly successful weekend.

Josh Cook and Ashley Sutton brought the factory MGs home in fourth and fifth ahead of Rob Collard's heavily-ballasted WSR BMW 125i M Sport.

Rob Austin (Handy Toyota Avensis) nicked seventh from Sam Tordoff's BMW at the final chicane.

Dan Lloyd (Eurotech Honda Civic Type-R) was ninth from Michael Epps' Team Hard Toyota Avensis.

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