Tom Ingram made it two British Touring Car Championship wins from two with a second lights to flag victory at Oulton Park.
It was a full green flag race for the second British Touring Car Championship race of the weekend, but the top two were separated by less than a second when the chequered flag fell.
Ingram enjoyed another relatively simple race, controlling the field from the front. Second placed Ashley Sutton challenged the Exceler8 Motorsport driver early on, but couldn’t find a way past.
It wasn’t long before Ingram had shaken Sutton off his tail. From that point on, a faultless race for Ingram left no opportunity for the NAPA Racing UK driver to snatch the victory.
As in race one, the battle for third was one of the closest fought in the field. After attempting to pass Sutton off the line, Toyota’s Rory Butcher found himself under attack from Team BMW’s Colin Turkington. The pair ran nose-to-tail for a number of laps, with Turkington unable to make a move stick on Butcher’s Toyota.
Turkington attempted a move around the outside of the Island Bend, staying side by side with Butcher throughout the corner until he was finally able to get ahead on the exit.
The battle for third wasn’t caught by those behind, as fifth placed Dan Cammish was forced to defend in a five-way fight for position.
Gordon Shedden, who had earlier been handed a three-place penalty for contact with Adam Morgan in the opening race, led the train of drivers behind him, with Dan Lloyd, Josh Cook, and Jake Hill all close behind.
Cammish put on an impressive defensive performance, rubbing wheels with Shedden when the pair went side by side, but Shedden was finally able to find a way through on lap ten of 15.
Cammish couldn’t fight back and Shedden pulled away from the NAPA Racing driver. Lloyd and Hill continued to try to find a way past Cammish, only to get into a battle among themselves. That gave Cammish some breathing room and he came through to finish sixth. Hill held off Lloyd for seventh, with Josh Cook close behind.
Ricky Collard and Aiden Moffar rounded out the top ten.
Aiden Moffat beat Stephen Jelley to 11th, with Michael Crees, Bobby Thompson and Aron Taylor-Smith completing the points paying positions.
From the back of the grid after his race one accident, Adam Morgan narrowly missed out on a points paying position, finishing 16th after a tight battle with Jason Plato.
Ingram’s second victory has seen him draw level on points with Cook at the top of the drivers’ standings, with the pair now sharing 154 points, whilst Sutton is only three adrift after a fifth straight podium finish.
The reverse grid draw for race three will see the top 12 finishers reversed, giving pole position to Team BMW’s Stephen Jelley, with Laser Tools Racing’s Aiden Moffat alongside on the front row.
The final race of the day is scheduled to get underway at 17:10 BST.
Race result
| POS | NO | CL | NAT | DRIVER | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | BEST | GD |
| 1 | 80 | M |  |
Tom INGRAM | Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 15 | 21:46.431 | 1:26.171 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | M | |
Ashley SUTTON | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 0.979 | 1:26.132 | 2 |
| 3 | 50 | M | |
Colin TURKINGTON | Team BMW | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 2.281 | 1:26.326 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | M | |
Rory BUTCHER | Toyota GAZOO Racing UK | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 15 | 9.482 | 1:26.512 | 3 |
| 5 | 52 | M | |
Gordon SHEDDEN | Halfords Racing with Cataclean | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 10.037 | 1:26.557 | 6 |
| 6 | 9 | M | |
Dan CAMMISH | NAPA Racing UK | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 12.271 | 1:26.516 | 5 |
| 7 | 24 | M | |
Jake HILL | ROKiT MB Motorsport | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 13.076 | 1:26.560 | 13 |
| 8 | 123 | M | |
Daniel LLOYD | Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 15 | 13.824 | 1:26.534 | 7 |
| 9 | 66 | I | |
Josh COOK | Rich Energy BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 14.913 | 1:26.357 | 8 |
| 10 | 21 | M | |
Ricky COLLARD | Toyota GAZOO Racing UK | Toyota Corolla GR Sport | 15 | 15.150 | 1:26.514 | 10 |
| 11 | 16 | I | |
Aiden MOFFAT | Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 15 | 15.385 | 1:27.180 | 12 |
| 12 | 12 | M | |
Stephen JELLEY | Team BMW | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 15.603 | 1:27.081 | 11 |
| 13 | 777 | I | |
Michael CREES | CarStore Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 15 | 18.266 | 1:27.067 | 14 |
| 14 | 19 | I | |
Bobby THOMPSON | Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero | CUPRA Leon | 15 | 21.410 | 1:26.899 | 15 |
| 15 | 40 | I |  |
Árón TAYLOR-SMITH | Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing | CUPRA Leon | 15 | 22.086 | 1:27.126 | 16 |
| 16 | 33 | I | |
Adam MORGAN | Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 22.286 | 1:26.589 | 29 |
| 17 | 11 | I | |
Jason PLATO | Rich Energy BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 23.775 | 1:26.689 | 17 |
| 18 | 42 | I | |
George GAMBLE | Car Gods with Ciceley Motorsport | BMW 330e M Sport | 15 | 26.341 | 1:27.165 | 18 |
| 19 | 99 | I | |
Jade EDWARDS | Rich Energy BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 31.390 | 1:27.443 | 21 |
| 20 | 17 | I | |
Dexter PATTERSON | Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 15 | 32.621 | 1:27.206 | 23 |
| 21 | 77 | M | |
Sam OSBORNE | Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 33.169 | 1:27.384 | 19 |
| 22 | 97 | I | |
Ash HAND | CarStore Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 15 | 33.219 | 1:27.216 | 27 |
| 23 | 96 | M | |
Jack BUTEL | Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 15 | 33.462 | 1:27.232 | 24 |
| 24 | 48 | M | |
Ollie JACKSON | Apec Racing with Beavis Morgan | Ford Focus ST | 15 | 36.778 | 1:27.351 | 20 |
| 25 | 62 | I | |
Rick PARFITT JR | Uptonsteel with Euro Car Parts Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 15 | 37.131 | 1:27.566 | 25 |
| 26 | 32 | M | |
Daniel ROWBOTTOM | Halfords Racing with Cataclean | Honda Civic Type R | 15 | 49.722 | 1:26.262 | 9 |
| 27 | 28 | I | |
Nicolas HAMILTON | Yazoo with Safuu.com Racing | CUPRA Leon | 15 | 1:26.989 | 1:28.230 | 22 |
| R | 3 | M | |
Tom CHILTON | Bristol Street Motors with EXCELR8 TradePriceCars.com | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 14 | DNF | 1:27.131 | 28 |
| NC | 20 | I | |
Will POWELL | Autobrite Direct with JourneyHero | CUPRA Leon | 12 | NCF | 1:28.499 | 26 |