Aron Smith achieved the first win the Chrome Edition Restart Racing team in today’s third and final Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship race at Oulton Park.
The Irishman led from lights to flag despite a brief safety car period in the early stages to clear Old Hall after Jack Goff, Matt Neal and Hunter Abbott all went off whilst trying to avoid Tom Ingram – whose Speedworks Toyota stopped off the line.
Gordon Shedden finished in second place with the Honda Yuasa Racing Tourer from Jason Plato. The MGs tyres wore better than the eBay Motors BMW of today’s two-time race winner Colin Turkington, who had to settle for fourth.
The second eBay BMW of Collard started at the top of the field; however a spin at Lodge after some contact with Plato in the race’s early stages saw him drop down the order to come across the line eleventh.
Rob Austin capitalised on his earlier podium and held off from Sam Tordoff in the second MG to finish fifth with Alain Menu seventh.
A disappointing weekend for Andrew Jordan saw him finish the third race in eighth with Mat Jackson – who spun after the restart – and Fabrizio Giovanardi rounding out the top ten for Airwaves Racing.
In terms of the championship, Colin Turkington goes into Croft leading ahead of Gordon Shedden – with Andrew Jordan having dropped to third place in front of Jason Plato.
You can see all the action from Croft on the 28th/29th June – with a full review of Oulton Park coming in the next few days.
Race Classification:
1) Aron Smith
2) Gordon Shedden
3) Jason Plato
4) Colin Turkington
5) Rob Austin
6) Sam Tordoff
7) Alain Menu
8) Andrew Jordan
9) Mat Jackson
10) Fabrizio Giovanardi
11) Rob Collard
12) Glynn Geddie
13) Marc Hynes
14) Warren Scott
15) Nick Foster By Nikki Thompson photos by Marc Waller
