British Touring Car Championship
Knockhill - Race 2 Report - 25/8/13
By MJP Media | 25 August 2013
Colin Turkington storms to his 2nd victory at Knockhill with Rob Austin and Gordon Shedden also taking their 2nd podium finishes of the day.
Colin Turkington on the way to his 2nd victory of the day
Following his victory in the race one, Colin Turkington started the second race from Knockhill in pole position in his eBay Motors BMW 125i M Sport alongside local hero Gordon Shedden in his Honda Yuasa Racing Civic. Rob Austin started on row 2 in the WIX Racing Audi A4 with Jason Plato's MG KX Momentum Racing MG6 which had been promoted from 5th on the grid following a penalty given to Adam Morgan following race one. Morgan started on row 3 alongside Rob Collard.
Colin Turkington got a good start to the race as did Rob Austin who passed Gordon Shedden at the start to take 2nd place. Meanwhile, Turkington extended a significant lead over the battling Austin and Shedden with Jason Plato 4th and Rob Collard 5th. Turkington was on a real charge and for several laps extended his lead by around a second a lap.
Rob Austin under pressure from Gordon Shedden
As the race progressed, Colin Turkington continued to pull away from Rob Austin who was still being chased by Gordon Shedden. Behind the leaders, Rob Collard in the eBay Motors BMW 125i M Sport passed Jason Plato on lap 11 for 4th place after an intense battle then set about the task of catching Shedden.
In the following laps, Jason Plato lost 2 more places to the Honda Civics of Matt Neal and Andrew Jordan. Jordan then started putting pressure on Neal for 5th place, meanwhile Gordon Shedden was having to defend from the advances of Rob Collard.
Turkington, Austin and Shedden enjoy their 2nd podium of the day
At the chequered flag it was a second victory of the day for Colin Turkington and the eBay Motors team. Gordon Shedden and Rob Austin again shared the remaining podium positions, this time with Austin 2nd and Shedden 3rd. Rob Collard finished 4th with Matt Neal 5th and Andrew Jordan 6th. Liam Griffin again won the Jack Sears Cup for S2000 specification cars.
The random reverse grid draw was made by race-winner Colin Turkington who pulled out the number 6 ball meaning Andrew Jordan will start the final race of the day in pole position alongside Matt Neal. Rob Collard and Gordon Shedden will start on the 2nd row of the grid with Rob Austin and Turkington on row 3.
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