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Oulton Park - Race 3 Report - 10/6/12

By MJP Media | 10 June 2012

Matt Neal adds to his race 1 victory by winning the final race of the day at Oulton Park. With Gordon Shedden winning race 2, it's a clean sweep for the Honda Yuasa Racing Team at the Cheshire circuit.

Matt Neal after winning his 2nd race of the day
Matt Neal after winning his 2nd race of the day

Tom Onslow-Cole started the last race from Oulton Park in pole position thanks to the reverse grid system and got a good start as did his eBay Motors team-mates Rob Collard and Nick Foster who passed Liam Griffin off the line. Matt Neal soon moved up to 3rd place then up to 2nd behind Onslow-Cole with Jason Plato 3rd as Griffin dropped down the field.

On lap 4, Liam Griffin spun out and in a separate incident Daniel Welch's Proton Persona was hit by the Redstone Racing Ford Focus of Mat Jackson. Jackson was able to continue running however Welch's race was over and the safety car was deployed to allow the recovery of the stricken cars.

Matt Neal celebrates alongside Jason Plato and Tom Onslow-Cole
Matt Neal celebrates alongside Jason Plato and Tom Onslow-Cole

After several laps the safety car came in but as soon as the race had resumed, Andrew Jordan's Pirtek Racing Honda Civic spun off into the barrier after being tagged by Rob Collard's BMW 320si. In an unrelated incident, Aron Smith's Redstone Racing Ford Focus and Oliver Jackson's AmD Tuining.com's Volkswagen Golf also left the track and the safety car was deployed for a second time.

The race got under way again and on lap 14 Matt Neal passed Tom Onslow-Cole to take the lead. Onslow-Cole was then immediately under pressure from the MG KX Momentum Racing MG6 of Jason Plato who soon passed Onslow-Cole to take 2nd place. Gordon Shedden started putting pressure on Onslow-Cole who in turn was starting to attack Plato to recover the place he had previously lost.

Jason Plato on the way to his 2nd podium finish of the day
Jason Plato on the way to his 2nd podium finish of the day

At the finish is was victory for Matt Neal as Honda Yuasa Racing claimed their 3rd win of the day thanks to earlier wins by Neal and Gordon Shedden. Jason Plato finished the race in 2nd place with Tom Onslow-Cole 3rd. Shedden finished 4th ahead of Lea Wood in 5th for BINZ Racing and Rob Collard 6th.

Gordon Shedden now leads the championship on 173 points, just 5 points ahead of team-mate Matt Neal. Jason Plato is now 3rd in the standings on 161 points as the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship heads to Croft in North Yorkshire on June 23rd and 24th.

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