Andrew Jordan signed off his British Touring Car Championship weekend at Knockhill with an accomplished victory to keep himself in the heart of the title fight.
The Eurotech man was drawn on pole position for the final reversed grid event and powered to a comfortable win, leading every lap to cross the line nearly four seconds clear.
The victory means he has zeroed in on points leader Matt Neal, who brought his works Honda home in second place. Jordan is six points adrift.
He had overcome an early disruption when the safety car had to be used to remove a stricken car.
“I was nervous when that happened, but the car was simply great,” said Jordan. “I needed that to maintain my title hopes.”
Neal had battled his way ahead of the hard-charging Rob Collard, who had taken his WSR-run BMW 1 Series into second place away from the startline. Neal had to work hard to force an opening and managed it with six laps remaining with a bold late-braking move.
Behind Collard, his BMW team-mate Colin Turkington, twice a winner earlier in the day, consolidated a strong weekend with a fourth place finish and he was hard on the heels of the fight for second.
Rob Austin ended a strong weekend for the Rob Austin Racing Audi with a fifth placed finish. He was ahead of works MG man Jason Plato, who was struggling with the handling of the Triple Eight-run MG6.
The major drama of the race was the retirement of Gordon Shedden, whose works Honda Civic burst into flames with a suspected engine problem as he was running in fifth place at the start of the 17th lap.
In the Jack Sears Trophy, Liam Griffin’s winning streak came to an end when he was bumped off the track by a backmarker. That allowed Lea Wood to collect his 10th class victory of the season.
Results - 26 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda 24m04.003s 2. Matt Neal Honda +3.962s 3. Rob Collard WSR BMW +4.440s 4. Colin Turkington WSR BMW +5.359s 5. Rob Austin Austin Audi +9.206s 6. Jason Plato MG +12.782s 7. Daniel Welch Welch Proton +15.899s 8. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford +16.450s 9. Nick Foster WSR BMW +16.646s 10. Adam Morgan Ciceley Toyota +16.967s 11. Will Bratt Austin Audi +27.162s 12. Ollie Jackson Speedworks Toyota +27.969s 13. Lea Wood Wood Vauxhall +1 lap 14. Kieran Gallagher Hard Vauxhall +1 lap 15. David Nye Welch Ford +1 lap 16. Aron Smith Motorbase Ford +1 lap Retirements: Paul O'Neill Hard Vauxhall 19 laps Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 18 laps Gordon Shedden Honda 16 laps Tom Onslow-Cole Hard VW 12 laps Mike Bushell IP Chevrolet 12 laps Dave Newsham Speedworks Toyota 12 laps Warren Scott BMR VW 2 laps Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 1 lap Aiden Moffat Finesse Chevrolet 0 laps Sam Tordoff MG 0 laps
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