Colin Turkington claimed the first ever victory for a Subaru in the British Touring Car Championship as he took the win in Round 10 at Oulton Park ahead of Sam Tordoff and team-mate Jason Plato.
Turkington led the fifteen lap contest from lights to flag and emerged 2.424 seconds clear of the BMW, with Plato some seven seconds further down the road.
Daniel Lloyd, who started the race alongside the double champion on the front row, came home fifth behind Gordon Shedden.
Wheelspin for Lloyd off the start gifted Sam Tordoff second on the first run down towards Old Hall as Turkington made good his escape up at the front. Tom Ingram was another driver to go backwards as the Toyota slipped from fourth to seventh in the first sector alone.
Joint standings leader Rob Collard spun at the Island hairpin three laps into the contest and rejoined at the very rear of the field, by contrast his championship rival Matt Neal led a lonely race to ninth, a result which gives him back the lead of the standings.
The middle part of the race was characterized by the firm overtaking moves of Plato, first dispensing with Lloyd into Island with a tap on the rear of the Honda Civic Type-R before then moving past defending champion Gordon Shedden into Old Hall after a number of laps attempting to outmaneuver the works Honda.
There was one small blemish on an otherwise near-perfect performance by Silverline Subaru BMR Racing as Warren Scott’s Levorg GT slowed on the slow-down lap with a small fire, suspected to be caused by an oil leak, though the team’s engineering staff are currently investigating the issue further.
The second race of the afternoon gets underway at 14:45, with a number of plot points finely posed, not least the first addition of success ballast into the Subaru cars.
Race result
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME/GAP | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 4 | M | Colin TURKINGTON |  |
Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 15 | 21:56.702 | 1:26.833 | 1 |
| 2 | 600 | C | Sam TORDOFF | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 2.424 | 1:26.950 | 3 |
| 3 | 99 | M | Jason PLATO | |
Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 15 | 9.954 | 1:26.673 | 6 |
| 4 | 52 | M | Gordon SHEDDEN | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 14.457 | 1:27.096 | 5 |
| 5 | 80 | Tom INGRAM | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 16.249 | 1:27.034 | 4 | |
| 6 | 23 | Daniel LLOYD | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 16.388 | 1:26.869 | 2 | |
| 7 | 66 | M | Josh COOK | |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 15 | 19.119 | 1:27.107 | 10 |
| 8 | 40 | Árón SMITH |  |
BKR | Volkswagen CC | 15 | 19.312 | 1:27.368 | 9 | |
| 9 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 20.395 | 1:27.562 | 8 |
| 10 | 77 | Andrew JORDAN | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 15 | 20.819 | 1:27.507 | 12 | |
| 11 | 53 | Hunter ABBOTT | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 15 | 21.064 | 1:27.018 | 11 | |
| 12 | 31 | C | Jack GOFF | |
Team IHG Rewards Club | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 21.367 | 1:27.071 | 15 |
| 13 | 24 | Jake HILL | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 22.008 | 1:27.403 | 17 | |
| 14 | 30 | Martin DEPPER | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 28.017 | 1:27.777 | 20 | |
| 15 | 11 | Rob AUSTIN | |
Handy Motorsport | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 28.401 | 1:27.814 | 19 | |
| 16 | 7 | Mat JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus | 15 | 29.407 | 1:27.927 | 25 | |
| 17 | 39 | M | Warren SCOTT | |
Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 15 | 31.797 | 1:28.109 | 23 |
| 18 | 20 | M | James COLE | |
Silverline Subaru BMR Racing | Subaru Levorg GT | 15 | 32.374 | 1:27.513 | 18 |
| 19 | 116 | M | Ashley SUTTON | |
MG Racing RCIB Insurance | MG6GT | 15 | 32.514 | 1:27.060 | 7 |
| 20 | 17 | Dan WELCH | |
Goodestone Racing | Proton Persona | 15 | 32.619 | 1:28.117 | 24 | |
| 21 | 55 | Jeff SMITH | |
Eurotech Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 37.672 | 1:27.860 | 13 | |
| 22 | 303 | Matt SIMPSON | |
Speedworks Motorsport | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 39.319 | 1:28.596 | 21 | |
| 23 | 100 | C | Rob COLLARD | |
Team JCT600 with GardX | BMW 125i M Sport | 15 | 39.893 | 1:27.667 | 16 |
| 24 | 33 | Adam MORGAN | |
WIX Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 15 | 41.874 | 1:28.932 | 27 | |
| 25 | 12 | Mike EPPS | |
RCIB Insurance Racing | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 42.26 | 1:28.543 | 22 | |
| 26 | 48 | Ollie JACKSON | |
AmD Tuning | Audi S3 | 15 | 45.759 | 1:28.701 | 26 | |
| 27 | 95 | Stewart LINES | |
Maximum Motorsport | Ford Focus | 15 | 45.914 | 1:29.029 | 32 | |
| 28 | 22 | Chris SMILEY | |
TLC Racing | Toyota Avensis | 15 | 47.526 | 1:29.317 | 30 | |
| 29 | 84 | Kelvin FLETCHER | |
Power Maxed Racing | Chevrolet Cruze | 15 | 54.693 | 1:28.795 | 28 | |
| 30 | 14 | Alex MARTIN | |
Dextra Racing with Team Parker | Ford Focus | 15 | 1:36.614 | 1:28.503 | 29 | |
| NC | 38 | Mark HOWARD | |
BKR | Volkswagen CC | 13 | 2 Laps | 1:28.801 | 31 | |
| NC | 16 | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 13 | 2 Laps | 1:28.687 | 14 |