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Brands Hatch - Race 3 Report - 1/4/12
By MJP Media | 1 April 2012
Jason Plato wins the final race of the day at Brands Hatch for MG KX Momentum Racing following an action-packed race.
Dave Newsham, Jason Plato and Andrew Jordan
From pole position, the AmD Tuning.com Volkswagen Golf of Ollie Jackson was quickly caught and passed by the BMW 320si of Rob Collard as the eBay Motors driver sought to repeat his earlier victory.
Drama unfolded on lap 3 when Mat Jackson tore off an oil line on his Redstone Racing Ford Focus in the gravel trap at Paddock Hill and left oil on the entrance to the Druids hairpin which resulted in 7 cars going off and the race being red-flagged. There was then a lengthy clean-up operation and recovery of the affected vehicles before the race was restarted as a 20 lap event.
Jason Plato on his way to victory in race 3
Collard got a good re-start but was slowly hunted down and caught by both Andrew Jordan in the Pirtek Racing Honda Civic and Jason Plato's MG KX Momentum Racing MG6. Andrew Jordan kept the lead for a number of laps before being passed by Plato going into Clearways with 3 laps to go.
Behind the leaders, Collard found his tyres going off and he was overtaken by Dave Newsham in the Team ES Racing.com Vauxhall Vectra, Jeff Smith in the second Pirtek Honda and Rob Austin's Audi A4. At the chequered flag it was a win for Jason Plato with Andrew Jordan 2nd and Dave Newsham 3rd. Jeff Smith finished 4th ahead of Rob Austin 5th and Rob Collard 6th.
Andrew Jordan being hunted down by Jason Plato
After a thrilling day of racing action, Jason Plato leads the Drivers Championship on 52 points with Matt Neal on 48 and Andrew Jordan on 45 as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship heads to Donington Park on April 14th and 15th.
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Jason Plato wins the final race of the day at Brands Hatch for MG KX Momentum Racing following an action-packed race.
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Matt Neal takes victory in the 2nd race as Jason Plato gets his first podium finish for MG KX Momentum Racing.
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Rob Collard and Andrew Jordan top the timesheets in free practice at Brands Hatch ahead the first race of the 2012 BTCC season.
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