Matt Jackson's Brilliant Win and Gordon Shedon's Historic Victory

Matt Jackson took a brilliant win for Motorbase Performance at the final round of the British Touring Car Championship, securing second spot in the process. The on-going orange Civic pulled away into the middle distance as Matt watched, unable to intervene further.

Meanwhile, Adam Morgan's Mercedes eventually crossed the line ahead of Tor Off, who was unfortunate enough to finish fourth, despite a valiant effort to reclaim his position. Meanwhile, Andrew Jordan took the Independent Drivers Trophy and Motorbase Performance won the independence team honors after a season long battle with Michael EPS.

Gordon Shedon Celebrates Historic Victory

The Checkered Flag fell on the last race of the Season as Sheldon fended off attacks from Morgan's Racing Mercedes, securing third spot superbly. This victory marked a remarkable comeback for the 37-year-old driver, who had been fighting back throughout the year following a challenging start to his title defense.

Shedon's success was all the more impressive as he became the first driver to win back-to-back Titles since Fabrizio Gancarossi in 2007 and 2008. The victory was particularly sweet, given that Shedon had been narrowly defeated by Tor Off in the previous year's championship, with a margin of just two points.

BMW Secures Manufacturers Constructor Championship

The BMW Team secured the manufacturers constructor championship for the season, while Team JAS, with Guardex, won the team title. The Jack Sears Trophy, which was awarded to Ash Sutton, who had an impressive maiden BTCC campaign with MG Racing RCB Insurance, was also given out.

Sheldon Celebrates Historic Victory

For Sheldon, the victory marked a historic moment in his career, as he became the first driver to win back-to-back titles since 2007. The victory was all the more impressive, given that Shedon had been under pressure throughout the season, and that he had narrowly missed out on the drivers' crown by just two points.

Sheldon's Success Was a Surprise

Many pundits had predicted that Sheldon would not win the title, given his lack of form mid-season. However, he was able to claw back from his poor performance to take the championship by a narrow margin. The victory was a testament to Shedon's determination and skill as a driver.

The Last Lap was Crucial for Sheldon

The final lap of the season was crucial for Sheldon, as it allowed him to secure the title. Adam Morgan put pressure on him during this lap, but Sheldon remained focused and calm, ultimately securing the championship.

Sheldon Reflects on his Victory

When asked about his victory, Sheldon reflected on the significance of the win. He stated that he had been enjoying the season and was not feeling confident coming into the final round. However, he was able to find a rhythm and secure the title in the end. He also praised Adam Morgan's performance, stating that he had good pace but was unable to pass him.

Sheldon's Reaction to his Victory

When asked about his reaction to winning the championship, Sheldon stated that it was an amazing feeling. He said that he had enjoyed the season and was thrilled to have come out on top. When questioned about his thoughts during the final lap of the season, Sheldon revealed that he had a bit of a panic when Sam Craven started to close in on him. However, he remained calm and focused, ultimately securing the victory.

The Future Ahead for Sheldon

With his back-to-back titles secured, Sheldon is now set to enjoy a well-deserved rest. He will undoubtedly be remembered as one of the greatest drivers in British Touring Car Championship history, and his victory will go down in the annals of racing history as one of the most impressive.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enan unprecedented number of drivers remained In Contention to win the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship as the grand finale at the iconic Brans hatch Grand Prix circuit approached a record 12 drivers had won races in an unforgettable btcc campaign up to this stage and eight of those tint top Stars still had a chance of claiming the most coveted prize in British Motorsport wsr Sam toov led the way heading to Kent but he faced opposition from a number of deadly Duos plus his own teammate Rob Collard Honda's Partnership of Gordon shedon and Matt Neil had been there before as had Subaru Colin turkington and Jason Plato whilst motorbase performances combination of Matt Jackson and Andrew Jordan had fast become one of the most talented lineups in the series The Scene was set for three unmissable rounds to determine the outcome to one of the hardest fought championships in history a record 45,000 strong crowd descended on the hallowed venue with many many more watching every second live exclusive on itv4 Colin turkington claimed pole position in the final qualifying session of the season after the Silver Line Subaru BMR racing driver produced an incredible effort the 30-minute session was punctuated by a rain shower and a stoppage following a dramatic accident involving Aaron Smith Volkswagen but it was double champion turkington who starred as the checker flag fell the elman's imperious series of laps on a difficult drying track securing that all important poll and doing his championship chances no harm at all the Subaru driver followed up on Saturday's Promise by ensuring his championship chances were kept alive with a Sublime lights to flag victory in the opener it was a commanding display from Pole Position the Subaru lorg made a steady getaway off the line as did the rest of the pack retaining a status quo in terms of track position as the cars shot Off the Grid a safety car ensued after Hunter Abott Rob Collard and Matt Neil Tangled the latter two avoided race ending trouble but fellow Championship Contender Andrew Jordan was unsighted and struck Abbott pting Chevrolet ending his hopes of a last ditch title push from there turkington gradually pulled clear of the chasing pack and set the fastest lap for good measure on his way to a fourth victory of the season with an imperious Gap C the checker flag the best of the rest was led by handy Motorsports Rob Austin who fended off the attentions of Jason Plato and Josh cook for the duration of the contest for second place his best result of the Season Plato lost a position on the podium at the last corner of the last lap to Cooks mg he would be out of the running in the title fight reigning Champion Gordon shennon scrapped to a fifth place finish after he saw off Jack G's BMW in an early battle as a result the Scotsman was just six points off the standing Summit as he clawed into Sam too's lead Adam Morgan wedged his wits racing Mercedes in between the two Hondas as Matt Neil also made ground in his quest for a record equaling fourth btcc title turkington was very much proving to be the man on form starting race two even better than he had race one immediately ripping away from the rest of the field as the second race of the day got underway there was drama for one of the title contenders on lap three as M Neil's hopes spiraled into the tire barrier the Halford USA racing driver had just set the fastest lap of the race and was on a charge but his Honda engine started out of Paddock Hill Ben before contact was made with Ash Saturn's mg on the run down to Graham Hill bend the incident speared the Honda Civic typar into the tire wall and most unfortunately out of the championship picture having been just 10 points shy of toor off at this stage a lengthy Interruption followed in order for the btcc medical team to attend to the shake and Neil and the triple Champion was later diagnosed with M concussion Victory looked secure for turkington during the opening half of the race but everything changed when hisam teammate Jason Plato and Honda's Gordon shedon eventually musle their way past Rob Austin's handy Motorsport Toyota Plato SED into turkington's advantage and was right on the sister of or's tail by lap 10 the stable mates battled for a number of laps with Plato incredibly pressuring turkington at this critical stage of the Season eventually the call came from the team and Plato relented backing the chasing pack up in the process and allowing turkington to take Victory Josh cook and S Tor off dive bombed by Austin's handy Motorsport machine and the laser tools racing Mercedes of Aiden Mofford immediately followed suit Austin retired shortly after with what looked like a mechanical issue Matt Jackson took seventh and with it the reverse grid pole for race three although his championship chances were over Rob Collard completed the top 10 order but with that he too was out of the running to off's lead was cut to just two points from shedon heading into the finale while turkington was a further back though the reverse grid draw was not kind to the Silver Line Subaru BMR racing man as he would line up seventh making the task of outdoing the other challenges an almost impossible one as happened in 2015 the final destination of the btcc crown would be decided in the final round of the Season Scotsman Gordon shedon needed to overcome a two-point deficit to standings leader Sam Toof heading into the final race of the season and with the Honda behind the BMW on the race three grid shedon would need to pass his rival on track the final lights out of the Season saw Matt Jackson and Aiden Moffett fire away and up the road as the battle for the championship unfolded behind the huge crowd lining The Spectator Banking and packing the grand stand held its Collective breath as Sharon hauled his Honda Civic typar right up to the rear bumper of the JCT 600 with guardex 125 I M sport machine if toov held on it would be enough for a maiden btcc TI title but despite the very best of his efforts he couldn't parking the BMW in the right places only worked for so long in stopping the Honda's Relentless charge shedon had been in this position before on lap seven the opportunistic Team Dynamics main stay saw his Gap sliding through on the inside of the final turn as the yorkman wrestled to keep his place the momentum was with shedon on the run down to clearways and the move was down by the exit of Clark curve from there toov could only watch as the onong orange Civic pulled away into the middle distance Matt Jackson took a brilliant win for motorbase performance while a stunning standout drive to Second spot came from laser tools racings Aiden Moffett with Adam Morgan's Mercedes eventually crossing the line ahead of the unfortunate Tor off in fourth shedon fended off attacks from Morgan's racing Mercedes And even a late safety car period to maintain third position superbly securing the title in the process by the slimmest of margins just two points the now triple Champion had been fighting back throughout the year following a challenging start to his title defense and the 37-year-old finally returned to the summit as The Checkered Flag fell on the last race of the Season shed's success was all the more impressive as he became the first driver to win backtack Titles since fabrio ganard in 2007 and 2008 despite toov narrowly missing out on the drivers Crown wsr secured the manufacturers Constructor Championship for BMW while team Jason TT 600 with guardex won the team's title Andrew Jordan took the Independent Drivers Trophy and motorbase performance won the independence team honors after a season long battle with Michael EPS the jack Sears trophy eventually went to Ash satam with the mg racing RCB Insurance driers starring throughout his Maiden btcc campaign when the dust settled on an unforgettable day it was shedon celebrating winning the most coveted prize in British Motor Racing for the third time in his career career pipping Tor off by just two points Matt Jackson claimed third overall ahead of turkington with Collard and Neil rounding out the top six in the championship for Gordon shanon it was a third British Touring Car Championship title and not surprisingly for him there was much to celebrate congratulations Champion once again and uh what's a familiar little trophy in your hands now yeah I mean I generally didn't think they we'd win it coming into this weekend you know Sam seven great mid season but we've been clawing back clawing back and I desperately didn't want to finish second of got so close but yeah absolutely delighted nobody could feel overconfident in in the last few few races that we have about you know taking a grip on this title battle but for you Siler maybe was the key I mean the whole second half of the year we've really been on it you know I think after crof I was nth eth nth in the championship I think everyone had WR me off but we CL it back we got there and w i me there's a surprise Bri te going down to the last race of the Season isn't it it always works out that way it's been fantastic Tim's enjoyed it Paul's enjoyed just tell us about that last lap with Adam Morgan putting you under so much pressure yeah Adam had good Pace but then the safety card just gave me you know a couple laps to cool everything down make sure I was happy and you know ultimately I could have let Adam go but sometimes if you break your Rhythm you know you can make a mistake or pick up some deis so I was just keeping on going keeping it tight and trying to win that Championship oh one tap and I could be out of this but you survive yeah yeah but you got 30 races so you know you just got to hope that you know you can get it back in one piece but it's amazing how many funny noises you hear in the car on the last lap after the safety car that's for sure backto back Champion yeah fantastic but a very different race to last year wasn't it a really different makeup yeah you know to to know actually to sit on the grid and to know that I had to pass Sam was actually a really good thing um you know it was lighter he was starting in front but then it was just quite simple I have to I have to be in the top five and I have to be in front of you know to win by two points so wow absolutely wow I did you have a bit of a panic when Sam started to come back he had his headlights on and he had the fastest lap of himself I thought it's game on here yeah um you know he kind gained a little bit of bag but then I think you know Aiden kind of settled into a bit of a rhythm and then I just had to make sure that he didn't start defending and slowing us down and you know keeping an eye on it but I was I was happy with what I had and um you know could have may be gone again I didn't needed to fantastic and uh we had our congratulations we'll have a season review we'll have another interview with you in our season review which I think goes out in the middle of November but congratulations once again Gordon Shen go and continue the celebrations just as you did last year Gordon top man have a goodan unprecedented number of drivers remained In Contention to win the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship as the grand finale at the iconic Brans hatch Grand Prix circuit approached a record 12 drivers had won races in an unforgettable btcc campaign up to this stage and eight of those tint top Stars still had a chance of claiming the most coveted prize in British Motorsport wsr Sam toov led the way heading to Kent but he faced opposition from a number of deadly Duos plus his own teammate Rob Collard Honda's Partnership of Gordon shedon and Matt Neil had been there before as had Subaru Colin turkington and Jason Plato whilst motorbase performances combination of Matt Jackson and Andrew Jordan had fast become one of the most talented lineups in the series The Scene was set for three unmissable rounds to determine the outcome to one of the hardest fought championships in history a record 45,000 strong crowd descended on the hallowed venue with many many more watching every second live exclusive on itv4 Colin turkington claimed pole position in the final qualifying session of the season after the Silver Line Subaru BMR racing driver produced an incredible effort the 30-minute session was punctuated by a rain shower and a stoppage following a dramatic accident involving Aaron Smith Volkswagen but it was double champion turkington who starred as the checker flag fell the elman's imperious series of laps on a difficult drying track securing that all important poll and doing his championship chances no harm at all the Subaru driver followed up on Saturday's Promise by ensuring his championship chances were kept alive with a Sublime lights to flag victory in the opener it was a commanding display from Pole Position the Subaru lorg made a steady getaway off the line as did the rest of the pack retaining a status quo in terms of track position as the cars shot Off the Grid a safety car ensued after Hunter Abott Rob Collard and Matt Neil Tangled the latter two avoided race ending trouble but fellow Championship Contender Andrew Jordan was unsighted and struck Abbott pting Chevrolet ending his hopes of a last ditch title push from there turkington gradually pulled clear of the chasing pack and set the fastest lap for good measure on his way to a fourth victory of the season with an imperious Gap C the checker flag the best of the rest was led by handy Motorsports Rob Austin who fended off the attentions of Jason Plato and Josh cook for the duration of the contest for second place his best result of the Season Plato lost a position on the podium at the last corner of the last lap to Cooks mg he would be out of the running in the title fight reigning Champion Gordon shennon scrapped to a fifth place finish after he saw off Jack G's BMW in an early battle as a result the Scotsman was just six points off the standing Summit as he clawed into Sam too's lead Adam Morgan wedged his wits racing Mercedes in between the two Hondas as Matt Neil also made ground in his quest for a record equaling fourth btcc title turkington was very much proving to be the man on form starting race two even better than he had race one immediately ripping away from the rest of the field as the second race of the day got underway there was drama for one of the title contenders on lap three as M Neil's hopes spiraled into the tire barrier the Halford USA racing driver had just set the fastest lap of the race and was on a charge but his Honda engine started out of Paddock Hill Ben before contact was made with Ash Saturn's mg on the run down to Graham Hill bend the incident speared the Honda Civic typar into the tire wall and most unfortunately out of the championship picture having been just 10 points shy of toor off at this stage a lengthy Interruption followed in order for the btcc medical team to attend to the shake and Neil and the triple Champion was later diagnosed with M concussion Victory looked secure for turkington during the opening half of the race but everything changed when hisam teammate Jason Plato and Honda's Gordon shedon eventually musle their way past Rob Austin's handy Motorsport Toyota Plato SED into turkington's advantage and was right on the sister of or's tail by lap 10 the stable mates battled for a number of laps with Plato incredibly pressuring turkington at this critical stage of the Season eventually the call came from the team and Plato relented backing the chasing pack up in the process and allowing turkington to take Victory Josh cook and S Tor off dive bombed by Austin's handy Motorsport machine and the laser tools racing Mercedes of Aiden Mofford immediately followed suit Austin retired shortly after with what looked like a mechanical issue Matt Jackson took seventh and with it the reverse grid pole for race three although his championship chances were over Rob Collard completed the top 10 order but with that he too was out of the running to off's lead was cut to just two points from shedon heading into the finale while turkington was a further back though the reverse grid draw was not kind to the Silver Line Subaru BMR racing man as he would line up seventh making the task of outdoing the other challenges an almost impossible one as happened in 2015 the final destination of the btcc crown would be decided in the final round of the Season Scotsman Gordon shedon needed to overcome a two-point deficit to standings leader Sam Toof heading into the final race of the season and with the Honda behind the BMW on the race three grid shedon would need to pass his rival on track the final lights out of the Season saw Matt Jackson and Aiden Moffett fire away and up the road as the battle for the championship unfolded behind the huge crowd lining The Spectator Banking and packing the grand stand held its Collective breath as Sharon hauled his Honda Civic typar right up to the rear bumper of the JCT 600 with guardex 125 I M sport machine if toov held on it would be enough for a maiden btcc TI title but despite the very best of his efforts he couldn't parking the BMW in the right places only worked for so long in stopping the Honda's Relentless charge shedon had been in this position before on lap seven the opportunistic Team Dynamics main stay saw his Gap sliding through on the inside of the final turn as the yorkman wrestled to keep his place the momentum was with shedon on the run down to clearways and the move was down by the exit of Clark curve from there toov could only watch as the onong orange Civic pulled away into the middle distance Matt Jackson took a brilliant win for motorbase performance while a stunning standout drive to Second spot came from laser tools racings Aiden Moffett with Adam Morgan's Mercedes eventually crossing the line ahead of the unfortunate Tor off in fourth shedon fended off attacks from Morgan's racing Mercedes And even a late safety car period to maintain third position superbly securing the title in the process by the slimmest of margins just two points the now triple Champion had been fighting back throughout the year following a challenging start to his title defense and the 37-year-old finally returned to the summit as The Checkered Flag fell on the last race of the Season shed's success was all the more impressive as he became the first driver to win backtack Titles since fabrio ganard in 2007 and 2008 despite toov narrowly missing out on the drivers Crown wsr secured the manufacturers Constructor Championship for BMW while team Jason TT 600 with guardex won the team's title Andrew Jordan took the Independent Drivers Trophy and motorbase performance won the independence team honors after a season long battle with Michael EPS the jack Sears trophy eventually went to Ash satam with the mg racing RCB Insurance driers starring throughout his Maiden btcc campaign when the dust settled on an unforgettable day it was shedon celebrating winning the most coveted prize in British Motor Racing for the third time in his career career pipping Tor off by just two points Matt Jackson claimed third overall ahead of turkington with Collard and Neil rounding out the top six in the championship for Gordon shanon it was a third British Touring Car Championship title and not surprisingly for him there was much to celebrate congratulations Champion once again and uh what's a familiar little trophy in your hands now yeah I mean I generally didn't think they we'd win it coming into this weekend you know Sam seven great mid season but we've been clawing back clawing back and I desperately didn't want to finish second of got so close but yeah absolutely delighted nobody could feel overconfident in in the last few few races that we have about you know taking a grip on this title battle but for you Siler maybe was the key I mean the whole second half of the year we've really been on it you know I think after crof I was nth eth nth in the championship I think everyone had WR me off but we CL it back we got there and w i me there's a surprise Bri te going down to the last race of the Season isn't it it always works out that way it's been fantastic Tim's enjoyed it Paul's enjoyed just tell us about that last lap with Adam Morgan putting you under so much pressure yeah Adam had good Pace but then the safety card just gave me you know a couple laps to cool everything down make sure I was happy and you know ultimately I could have let Adam go but sometimes if you break your Rhythm you know you can make a mistake or pick up some deis so I was just keeping on going keeping it tight and trying to win that Championship oh one tap and I could be out of this but you survive yeah yeah but you got 30 races so you know you just got to hope that you know you can get it back in one piece but it's amazing how many funny noises you hear in the car on the last lap after the safety car that's for sure backto back Champion yeah fantastic but a very different race to last year wasn't it a really different makeup yeah you know to to know actually to sit on the grid and to know that I had to pass Sam was actually a really good thing um you know it was lighter he was starting in front but then it was just quite simple I have to I have to be in the top five and I have to be in front of you know to win by two points so wow absolutely wow I did you have a bit of a panic when Sam started to come back he had his headlights on and he had the fastest lap of himself I thought it's game on here yeah um you know he kind gained a little bit of bag but then I think you know Aiden kind of settled into a bit of a rhythm and then I just had to make sure that he didn't start defending and slowing us down and you know keeping an eye on it but I was I was happy with what I had and um you know could have may be gone again I didn't needed to fantastic and uh we had our congratulations we'll have a season review we'll have another interview with you in our season review which I think goes out in the middle of November but congratulations once again Gordon Shen go and continue the celebrations just as you did last year Gordon top man have a good\n"