Andrew Jordan ends winning drought with closely fought victory

Andrew Jordan claimed the honours in the second race of the day at Thruxton and took his first win in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship since Croft in 2014. Behind him came local hero Rob Collard and the winner of the opening race, Adam Morgan.

Jordan made the best start, passing Tom Ingram and claiming second whilst Morgan made a break further ahead. Ingram’s luck lasted barely a lap as he was penalised with a drive-through penalty for jumping the start, whilst further back Jeff Smith spun out on the exit of Seagrave whilst spearheading Eurotech’s charge inside the top ten.

Gordon Shedden completed a fantastic recovery drive after crashing out of the first encounter to finish fourth, and he could easily have completed the podium finishers, however team-mate Matt Neal was only able to manage eleventh despite both striking orange and black Type R machines having their ballast boxes emptied after their clash in race one.

There were a number of surprises in the top ten, with both series returnee Daniel Lloyd and Daniel Welch finishing in seventh and ninth respectively, however the MG duo of Josh Cook and Ashley Sutton were only able to make steady progress as they finished 12^th and 15^th.

The final race of the day gets underway at 17:17, and the reverse grid draw is imminent on ITV4.

Race result

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	ENTRANT	CAR	LAPS	TIME/GAP	BEST	GD
1	77		Andrew JORDAN		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus	12	15:59.415	1:18.692	3
2	100	C	Rob COLLARD		Team JCT600 with GardX	BMW 125i M Sport	12	0.401	1:18.656	6
3	33		Adam MORGAN		WIX Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	12	1.791	1:18.563	1
4	52	M	Gordon SHEDDEN		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	12	1.978	1:18.288	23
5	31	C	Jack GOFF		Team IHG Rewards Club	BMW 125i M Sport	12	2.786	1:17.848	8
6	600	C	Sam TORDOFF		Team JCT600 with GardX	BMW 125i M Sport	12	3.017	1:17.713	7
7	23		Daniel LLOYD		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	12	3.483	1:18.636	12
8	7		Mat JACKSON		Motorbase Performance	Ford Focus	12	6.201	1:18.533	21
9	17		Dan WELCH		Goodestone Racing	Proton Persona	12	7.034	1:18.694	9
10	11		Rob AUSTIN		Handy Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	12	7.26	1:19.053	14
11	25	M	Matt NEAL		Halfords Yuasa Racing	Honda Civic Type R	12	7.423	1:18.720	24
12	66	M	Josh COOK		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	12	7.921	1:18.492	25
13	303		Matt SIMPSON		Speedworks Motorsport	Honda Civic Type R	12	8.371	1:18.913	13
14	12		Mike EPPS		RCIB Insurance Racing	Toyota Avensis	12	8.399	1:18.562	11
15	116	M	Ashley SUTTON		MG Racing RCIB Insurance	MG6GT	12	8.605	1:18.703	27
16	16		Aiden MOFFAT		Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes-Benz A-Class	12	9.47	1:18.892	22
17	24		Jake HILL		RCIB Insurance Racing	Toyota Avensis	12	12.099	1:19.050	10
18	40		Árón SMITH		BKR	Volkswagen CC	12	13.777	1:19.575	20
19	14		Alex MARTIN		Dextra Racing with Team Parker	Ford Focus	12	16.312	1:19.571	16
20	80		Tom INGRAM		Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota Avensis	12	16.68	1:18.588	2
21	48		Ollie JACKSON		AmD Tuning	Audi S3	12	16.825	1:19.089	17
22	22		Chris SMILEY		TLC Racing	Toyota Avensis	12	20.421	1:19.917	18
23	84		Kelvin FLETCHER		Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	12	24.414	1:19.554	28
24	95		Stewart LINES		Maximum Motorsport	Ford Focus	12	26.094	1:20.374	19
25	55		Jeff SMITH		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	12	34.136	1:19.448	4
26	38		Mark HOWARD		BKR	Volkswagen CC	12	39.363	1:20.438	26
R	30		Martin DEPPER		Eurotech Racing	Honda Civic Type R	11	1 Lap	5
R	53		Hunter ABBOTT		Power Maxed Racing	Chevrolet Cruze	8	7 Laps	1:18.606	15
NS	99	M	Jason PLATO		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	–	DNS	1:17.870	–
NS	4	M	Colin TURKINGTON		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	–	DNS	N/A	–
NS	20	M	James COLE		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	–	DNS	N/A	–
NS	39	M	Warren SCOTT		Silverline Subaru BMR Racing	Subaru Levorg GT	–	DNS	N/A	–

Complete race results