Turkington dominates race one

Colin Turkington dominated the first British Touring Car race at Croft as the WSR NGTC BMWs underlined their pace.

Turkington made an average start from pole but held the lead from Matt Neal’s Honda, while the WSR BMW of Rob Collard shot through from row three to challenge Jason Plato for third.

Contact between Collard and the MG spun the BMW around, allowing Turkington and Neal to make a break.

Plato appeared to struggle for pace and Gordon Shedden overtook him for third when the MG ran wide at Tower on lap two.

Shedden closed in on Neal and the two works Hondas then ran in formation to the flag.

Despite running on the soft tyres, Turkington kept his pace up and eventually finished almost 10 seconds clear, while team-mate Nick Foster (also on softs) shot through from 12th. He passed Plato at Hawthorn with four laps to go to take a fine fourth.

Andrew Jordan completed the top six after forcing his way back by a fast-starting Sam Tordoff, who brought his MG home in seventh.

After strong drives through the field, Michael Caine (Motorbase Ford Focus) and the recovering Collard both overcame Tom Onslow-Cole on the final tour to take eighth and ninth.

BTCC debutant Jake Hill won the Jack Sears Trophy for S2000 cars in the Motorbase Focus normally raced by Liam Griffin.

Results – 15 laps:
 
Pos  Driver            Team/Car             Time/Gap
  1.  Colin Turkington  WSR BMW            21m46.663s
  2.  Matt Neal         Honda                 +9.334s
  3.  Gordon Shedden    Honda                 +9.552s
  4.  Nick Foster       WSR BMW              +12.819s
  5.  Jason Plato       MG                   +18.580s
  6.  Andrew Jordan     Eurotech Honda       +20.810s
  7.  Sam Tordoff       MG                   +27.961s
  8.  Michael Caine     Motorbase Ford       +34.881s
  9.  Rob Collard       WSR BMW              +35.040s
 10.  Tom Onslow-Cole   Hard VW              +36.178s
 11.  Adam Morgan       Ciceley Toyota       +36.640s
 12.  Jeff Smith        Eurotech Honda       +36.943s
 13.  Rob Austin        Austin Audi          +38.686s
 14.  Aron Smith        Motorbase Ford       +41.608s
 15.  Will Bratt        Austin Audi          +45.050s
 16.  Jack Goff         Hard Vauxhall        +56.267s
 17.  Daniel Welch      Welch Proton         +58.775s
 18.  Jake Hill         Motorbase Ford     +1m00.819s
 19.  James Cole        Hard Vauxhall      +1m02.934s
 20.  Frank Wrathall    Dynojet Toyota     +1m08.478s
 21.  David Nye         Welch Ford         +1m10.053s
 22.  Lea Wood          Wood Vauxhall      +1m24.724s
 
Retirements:
 
     Dave Newsham      Speedworks Toyota      6 laps
      Mat Jackson       Motorbase Ford         5 laps
      Ollie Jackson     Speedworks Toyota      3 laps
      James Kaye        AmD VW                 3 laps
      Joe Girling       Finesse Chevrolet      0 laps
      Warren Scott      BMR SEAT               0 laps
 

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/touring-cars/btcc/turkington-dominates-race-one

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