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Ash Sutton extends championship lead after record win at Snetterton

A lights to flag victory for Ash Sutton means the NAPA Racing UK driver has extended the gap at the top of the table. It is the first time anyone has won four on the bounce since 1997.

Sutton, unlike the rest of the podium places, used the soft tyres to get the launch and the opening lap to jump clear of the pack. After lap four the gap out front was 5.1 seconds and it never dipped below 4.2 seconds again.

Jake Hill brought the MB Motorsport car home into second after also starting on the front row. Hill had Team BMW driver Colin Turkington for company throughout the entire race but held the four-time champion just at arms length. Turkington finished 0.756 seconds behind Hill.

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After all three drivers on the podium did not change position one time during that race, the first driver to have changed position is in fourth. Dan Rowbottom used the soft tyres to drive himself through the field starting in seventh and missing out on the podium by 0.283 seconds.

You cannot separate the other Team BMW drivers as Adam Morgan led Stephen Jelley to the line after doing so in race one. The gap between them was 3.7 seconds but the gap in race three will be metres as they start the reverse grid race locking out the front row.

Tom Ingram was the first and last runner to use the hard tyre in race two. The EXCELR8 driver will be gutted to not have pole on the medium tyre for race three missing out by one position.

The first driver to not be either a Ford or a BMW is followed by another in Rory Butcher in eighth. The Toyota Gazoo Racing UK car had a race of late defence as he was on the mediums whereas the drivers behind were on softs.

Sam Osborne was the first of these finishing only 0.422 seconds behind Butcher. That gap is huge in comparison to Dan Lloyd behind who nearly beat Osborne to the line only missing out by 0.080 seconds.

Dan Cammish, who lost the championship lead in race one, had a frustrating race on the medium tyres. This was after the NAPA Racing UK car dropped back at the start before making his way back up to his starting position. The only Ford or BMW not in the top 10 finishing 11th.

Race results

POS NO CL NAT DRIVER ENTRANT CAR LAPS TIME GAP GD
1 116 M Ashley SUTTON NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 12 23:28.479 1:54.871 1
2 24 M Jake HILL Laser Tools Racing with MB Motorsport BMW 330e M Sport 12 3.614 1:56.766 2
3 4 M Colin TURKINGTON Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 12 4.370 1:56.744 3
4 32 M Daniel ROWBOTTOM NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 12 4.653 1:56.455 7
5 33 M Adam MORGAN Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 12 10.968 1:57.153 5
6 12 M Stephen JELLEY Team BMW BMW 330e M Sport 12 14.681 1:57.297 6
7 1 M Tom INGRAM BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 12 15.769 1:57.412 4
8 6 M Rory BUTCHER TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 12 20.304 1:57.554 9
9 77 M Sam OSBORNE NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 12 20.726 1:57.562 13
10 123 I Daniel LLOYD Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils CUPRA Leon 12 20.806 1:57.327 15
11 27 M Dan CAMMISH NAPA Racing UK Ford Focus ST 12 22.715 1:57.342 11
12 40 I Árón TAYLOR-SMITH CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 12 31.389 1:58.075 10
13 37 M Ricky COLLARD TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 12 31.878 1:57.552 27
14 14 M Ronan PEARSON BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 12 32.543 1:57.749 12
15 3 M Tom CHILTON BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 12 32.851 1:57.614 24
16 42 M George GAMBLE TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK Toyota Corolla GR Sport 12 33.901 1:58.469 14
17 16 I Aiden MOFFAT One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 12 34.392 1:58.739 19
18 11 I Andrew WATSON CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 12 34.800 1:58.082 18
19 88 I Mikey DOBLE CarStore Power Maxed Racing Vauxhall Astra 12 35.349 1:58.072 17
20 19 I Bobby THOMPSON Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils CUPRA Leon 12 36.828 1:57.936 16
21 96 I Jack BUTEL Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown CUPRA Leon 12 38.203 1:58.097 21
22 17 I Dexter PATTERSON Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. CUPRA Leon 12 38.542 1:58.393 20
23 70 I Will POWELL One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 12 41.861 1:58.066 22
24 28 I Nicolas HAMILTON Go-Fix with Autoaid Breakdown CUPRA Leon 12 52.186 1:59.209 23
25 22 M Nick HALSTEAD BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 Hyundai i30 N Fastback 12 54.757 1:59.050 26
26 99 I Jade EDWARDS Re.Beverages and Bartercard with Team HARD. CUPRA Leon 12 55.852 1:58.426 25
27 66 I Josh COOK One Motorsport with Starline Racing Honda Civic Type-R 11 + 1 LAP 1:56.991 8
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