Turkington narrowly wins race two

Championship leader Fabrizio Giovanardi was putting the Team RAC driver under immense pressure through the final two laps of an incident-packed race. The Italian made a last-gasp bid to get past him across the line, but couldn't quite manage it.

Nevertheless, Giovanardi has extended his title lead over Jason Plato, who finished fifth. "I did not want to think about the championship, I wanted to try and win," said Giovanardi.

Independent racer Mike Jordan, in an older BTC-spec Honda Integra, rounded out the podium finishers in third place after some exciting dices with Matt Neal and Mat Jackson.

Most of the race, which took place in wet conditions, was spent under the safety car after a pair of separate incidents at the first corner.

Meanwhile, race one winner Gordon Shedden ended his race in the tyre barriers early on, after an incident with Plato and Tom Chilton. Adam Jones will start the third and final race of the day ahead of Darren Turner and Mat Jackson.

Classified:

Pos  Driver                 Make         Time
 1.  Colin Turkington       BMW          32:24.747
 2.  F.Giovanardi           Vauxhall     +   0.046 
 3.  Mike Jordan            Honda        +   0.988 
 4.  Matt Neal              Honda        +   2.963 
 5.  Jason Plato            SEAT         +   3.272 
 6.  Mat Jackson            BMW          +   4.248 
 7.  Darren Turner          SEAT         +   8.577 
 8.  Adam Jones             SEAT         +   9.648 
 9.  Tom Chilton            Vauxhall     +  11.664
10.  Matt Allison           SEAT         +  14.367
11.  John George            Honda        +  18.345
12.  Chris Stockton         Lexus        +  20.048
13.  Tom Onslow-Cole        BMW          +  21.253
14.  Martyn Bell            BMW          +  23.961
15.  Fiona Leggate          MG           +  24.893
16.  Rick Kerry             BMW          +  25.506
17.  Jim Pocklington        BMW          +  39.773

Not Classified:

     Driver                 Make         Laps
     Gareth Howell          SEAT           7
     Gordon Shedden         Honda          0
     Jason Hughes           MG             0
     Simon Blanckley        Honda          0
     Erkut Kizilirmak       Vauxhall       0
     David Pinkney          Alfa Romeo     0
     
Fastest lap: Jordan, 1:39.263 on lap 13