Colin Turkington's title defense took another twist as he suffered a DNF following contact with Andy Prio. The Sterman struggled to regain ground and ended up slipping to fourth in the standings by the end of the day. For the final encounter, it was to be an all Mercedes front row for the first time ever in the BTCC with Adam Morgan drawn on pole ahead of Aiden Moffett who recovered from his race one incident to secure a crucial top 10 spot in race two.

The duo made a strong start and took away to an impressive advantage in the early laps as the leaders were charging. Podium scorers and earlier winners were all thrown into the fierce Midfield battle with Sheldon Jackson and Collard fighting with the likes of former Knill race winner Dave Neal for a spot inside the top eight. As is often the case with race three encounters, there was a number of feisty moves for position particularly from the BMW of Andy Prio who nudged his way past Austin and Plato before setting off in pursuit of teenager Aiden Moffett.

Who was running in third Prio made a tough move without realizing there were yellow flags that caused the Mercedes driver to ease off slightly. After the race, the positions were reversed handing the delighted teenager his first ever BTCC Podium. The exciting day's racing was to be concluded with perhaps the overtake of the race meeting as Matt Neil's Honda began to home in on Adam Morgan's Mercedes in the final few laps.

Despite driving well all race, the Wits Racing driver was to suffer some bad luck at just the wrong moment collecting debris but cost him time and put Neil within striking Distance. As the cars sped towards the hapin for the penultimate time Morgan looked to have enough of a gap but a sensational dive from Neil sent him sliding up the inside and into the lead. He held on to take Victory and move himself into third in the driver's standings behind Sheldon and Plato who despite having a quiet weekend only lost a handful of points to his Rivals.

Having given the jubilant Knill crowd plenty to cheer about, Gordon Sheldon spoke to Lise Goodman as the sand began to set on KN Hill. "Well, it's been a fantastic weekend for all the fans here but a particularly good weekend for you as well hasn't it?" he said. "Yeah, it's been great. You know, um and it's been great on a lot of different levels. You know, the results have been great. It's been great to get a win uh it's been great for Matt to get a win as a team. You know for you know for us to bounce back after you know what was a a bit of a shocker at Sonnies was really important."

"But above and beyond that, as well I mean the crowd have just been absolutely insane this weekend. The place is absolutely jumping it's buzzing it's like a festival atmosphere and it's been amazing to be part of but it's put you back in the championship HT as we head on to Rockingham a very different atmosphere a very different circuit yeah very different but you know we had a test there maybe three weeks ago and and the car was good round there. It's going to be tough in qualifying I got a lot of ballast again race one's going to be difficult but you know there's there's more than one way to to skin a cat so we're got to try and you know score the best we can over all three races.

"What kind of car do you think is most suited if you look up and down the pit Lane which which of the teams is it going to suit I think there'll be a lot of people in it I think uh um you know all The Usual Suspects I think that's the way two cars is this year. You know the competition's coming thick and fast you can't single out anybody but you know we can't affect or change what anybody else does all we can do is the best job ourselves and you know I'm sure this little Civic typ power is going to be firmly in the mix.

"Rockingham is you because of the way that the circuit's built a massive Bank of fans around half of it then you're off on your own for the other half isn't it. It is it's um you know a unique venue obviously it's the only anticlockwise circuit that we go to as well so it does provide a slightly different challenge for you know for the engineers and for us to drive as well but it does have a a history of providing some pretty special races and uh you know hopefully you know I'm sure it'll be exactly the same again there."

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwith the second half of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship in full swing the stars and cars packed up for another highly anticipated trip to knock Hill in five for Rounds 19 20 and 21 a unique and undulating Amphitheater of Motorsport knill provides a spectacular setting for Britain's top series and a partisan crowd fill The Spectator stands as four scotsmen including Championship front runner Gordon shedon prepared for battle on the near 30 car Grid in a bid for home Glory qualifying on Saturday was a tricky Affair as drivers jostled for space on the short 1.27 mile track the motorbase for focus of Matt Jackson led the way for the majority of the session but a late red flag brought the cars back into the pits and set the scene for a fast and furious 5minute pole shootout it was team IHG Rewards clup star Andy prio who stole the advantage grabbing a second pole of the year ahead of fellow BMW man Sam Toof with Jackson third and knill specialist Rob Collard in fourth in Sunny Sunday conditions prio made a strong getaway while Jackson blasted alongside toor off to second into turn one within just a couple of Corners the forward was all over the back of the BMW and got a brilliant run into The Hairpin to grab the lead at the other end of the grid Championship leader Jason Plato made an intentionally slow start from his worst ever btcc grids lock to give himself room to set a f L for race two the plan paid off and with no Ballas he'd start the next contest from inside the top 10 behind the front pair there was some serious scrapping between Collard and Toof the third with the former going around the outside into turn one to secure the place this put the number seven car behind under immense pressure and a bold move by Local Hero Sheron at Clarks took the Honda into fourth a few places further back and there was more drama as an attempted move by the mg of Jack G off sent local young Pretender Aiden Moffett into a spin although the scotsman's day was to take a number of twists and turns before the final Checkered Flag as the race reached its closing stages it was poan prio piling on the pressure and it wasn't long before he was right on the tail of Jackson for the lead dragging wsr stable make collard along with him the number 111 car attempted to move around the outside exiting The Hairpin but as he was squeezed onto the grass it was the triple world champion who ended up losing out Collard got the run into turn one and it wasn't long before he was through on Jackson for the lead the team JCT 600 with guardex racer held on to take his third win of the year and despite last lap pressure from prio Jackson scored a first Podium of 2015 for motorbase with race two grid slots decided by fastest laps it was Jackson and shedon on the front row with Rob Austin's Audi in third as in race one Matt Jackson got a blistering start and led for the early laps however it wasn't long before the number 52 on the Civic typar was right on his tail the 2012 champ was on the Ragged Edge through the first few turns of lap five before a superb trademark late dive at Clarks gave him the lead the Flying Scotsman checked out at the head of the field and despite a safety car period comfortably took the checkered flag for his fourth career Victory on home turf perhaps an equally impressive performance came from race one winner Collard who despite carrying Max success ballast was soon hounding Austin and Jackson for a Podium place it was a superb battle that saw Jackson defend valiantly into turn one for a number of laps following a safety car period Austin made a mistake and allowed Collard through and with a couple of laps remaining he caught Jackson to grab a superb second place after a delightful snon weekend last time out Colin turkington's title defense took another twist as he suffered a dnf following contact with Andy Prio the sterman struggled to regain ground and ended up slipping to fourth in the standings by the end of the day for the final encounter it was to be an all Mercedes front row for the first time ever in the btcc with Adam Morgan drawn on pole ahead of Aiden Moffett who recovered from his race one incident to secure a crucial top 10 spot in race two the duo made a strong start and two-time btcc race winner Morgan stre away to an impressive advantage in the early laps as the leaders were charging Podium scorers and earlier winners were all thrown into the fierce Midfield battle with shedon Jackson and collard fighting with the likes of former knill race winner Dave n for a spot inside the top eight as is often the case with race three encounters there was a number of feisty moves for position particularly from the BMW of Andy prio who nudged his way past Austin and Plato before setting off in pursuit of teenager Aiden mockett who was running in third prio made a tough move without realizing there were yellow flags that caused the Mercedes driver to ease off slightly and after the race the positions were reversed handing the delighted teenager his first ever btcc Podium the exciting day's racing was to be concluded with perhaps the overtake of the race meeting as Matt Neil's Honda began to home in on Adam Morgan's Mercedes in the final few laps despite driving well all race the wits racing driver was to suffer some bad luck at just the wrong moment collecting debris but cost him time and put Neil within Striking Distance as the cars sped towards the hapin for the penultimate time Morgan looked to have enough of a gap but a sensational dive from Neil sent him sliding up the inside and into the lead he held on to take Victory and move himself into third in the driver's standings behind shedon and Plato who despite having a quiet weekend only lost a handful of points to his Rivals having given the jubilant knill crowd plenty to cheer about Gordon shedon spoke to Lise Goodman as the sand began to set on KN Hill well Gordon it's it's been a fantastic weekend for all the fans here but a particularly good weekend for you as well hasn't it yeah it's been great you know um and it's been great on a lot of different levels you know the the results have been great it's been great to get a win uh it's been great for Matt to get a win as a team you know for you know for us to to bounce back after you know what was a a bit of a shocker at snon was really important but you know above and beyond that as well I mean the crowd have just been absolutely insane this weekend you know the place is absolutely jumping it's buzzing it's like a festival atmosphere and it's been amazing to be part of but it's put you back in the championship HT as we head on to to Rockingham a very different atmosphere a very different circuit yeah very different but you know we had a test there maybe three weeks ago and and the car was good round there it's going to be tough in qualifying I got a lot of ballast again race one's going to be difficult but you know there's there's more than one way to to skin a cat so we're got to try and you know score the best we can over all three races what kind of car do you think is is most suited if you look up and down the pit Lane which which of the teams is it going to suit I think there'll be a lot of people in it I think uh um you know all The Usual Suspects I think that's the way two cars is this year you know the the competition's coming thick and fast you can't single out anybody but you know we can't affect or change what anybody else does all we can do is the best job ourselves and you know I'm sure this little Civic typ power is going to be firmly in the mix Rockingham is you because of the way that the circuit's built a massive Bank of fans around half of it then you're off on your own for the other half isn't it it is it's um you know a unique venue obviously it's the only anticlockwise circuit that we go to as well so it does provide a slightly different challenge for you know for the engineers and for us to drive as well but it does have a a history of providing some pretty special races and uh you know hopefully you know I'm sure it'll be exactly the same again there we'll see you there thank you look forward to itwith the second half of the 2015 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship in full swing the stars and cars packed up for another highly anticipated trip to knock Hill in five for Rounds 19 20 and 21 a unique and undulating Amphitheater of Motorsport knill provides a spectacular setting for Britain's top series and a partisan crowd fill The Spectator stands as four scotsmen including Championship front runner Gordon shedon prepared for battle on the near 30 car Grid in a bid for home Glory qualifying on Saturday was a tricky Affair as drivers jostled for space on the short 1.27 mile track the motorbase for focus of Matt Jackson led the way for the majority of the session but a late red flag brought the cars back into the pits and set the scene for a fast and furious 5minute pole shootout it was team IHG Rewards clup star Andy prio who stole the advantage grabbing a second pole of the year ahead of fellow BMW man Sam Toof with Jackson third and knill specialist Rob Collard in fourth in Sunny Sunday conditions prio made a strong getaway while Jackson blasted alongside toor off to second into turn one within just a couple of Corners the forward was all over the back of the BMW and got a brilliant run into The Hairpin to grab the lead at the other end of the grid Championship leader Jason Plato made an intentionally slow start from his worst ever btcc grids lock to give himself room to set a f L for race two the plan paid off and with no Ballas he'd start the next contest from inside the top 10 behind the front pair there was some serious scrapping between Collard and Toof the third with the former going around the outside into turn one to secure the place this put the number seven car behind under immense pressure and a bold move by Local Hero Sheron at Clarks took the Honda into fourth a few places further back and there was more drama as an attempted move by the mg of Jack G off sent local young Pretender Aiden Moffett into a spin although the scotsman's day was to take a number of twists and turns before the final Checkered Flag as the race reached its closing stages it was poan prio piling on the pressure and it wasn't long before he was right on the tail of Jackson for the lead dragging wsr stable make collard along with him the number 111 car attempted to move around the outside exiting The Hairpin but as he was squeezed onto the grass it was the triple world champion who ended up losing out Collard got the run into turn one and it wasn't long before he was through on Jackson for the lead the team JCT 600 with guardex racer held on to take his third win of the year and despite last lap pressure from prio Jackson scored a first Podium of 2015 for motorbase with race two grid slots decided by fastest laps it was Jackson and shedon on the front row with Rob Austin's Audi in third as in race one Matt Jackson got a blistering start and led for the early laps however it wasn't long before the number 52 on the Civic typar was right on his tail the 2012 champ was on the Ragged Edge through the first few turns of lap five before a superb trademark late dive at Clarks gave him the lead the Flying Scotsman checked out at the head of the field and despite a safety car period comfortably took the checkered flag for his fourth career Victory on home turf perhaps an equally impressive performance came from race one winner Collard who despite carrying Max success ballast was soon hounding Austin and Jackson for a Podium place it was a superb battle that saw Jackson defend valiantly into turn one for a number of laps following a safety car period Austin made a mistake and allowed Collard through and with a couple of laps remaining he caught Jackson to grab a superb second place after a delightful snon weekend last time out Colin turkington's title defense took another twist as he suffered a dnf following contact with Andy Prio the sterman struggled to regain ground and ended up slipping to fourth in the standings by the end of the day for the final encounter it was to be an all Mercedes front row for the first time ever in the btcc with Adam Morgan drawn on pole ahead of Aiden Moffett who recovered from his race one incident to secure a crucial top 10 spot in race two the duo made a strong start and two-time btcc race winner Morgan stre away to an impressive advantage in the early laps as the leaders were charging Podium scorers and earlier winners were all thrown into the fierce Midfield battle with shedon Jackson and collard fighting with the likes of former knill race winner Dave n for a spot inside the top eight as is often the case with race three encounters there was a number of feisty moves for position particularly from the BMW of Andy prio who nudged his way past Austin and Plato before setting off in pursuit of teenager Aiden mockett who was running in third prio made a tough move without realizing there were yellow flags that caused the Mercedes driver to ease off slightly and after the race the positions were reversed handing the delighted teenager his first ever btcc Podium the exciting day's racing was to be concluded with perhaps the overtake of the race meeting as Matt Neil's Honda began to home in on Adam Morgan's Mercedes in the final few laps despite driving well all race the wits racing driver was to suffer some bad luck at just the wrong moment collecting debris but cost him time and put Neil within Striking Distance as the cars sped towards the hapin for the penultimate time Morgan looked to have enough of a gap but a sensational dive from Neil sent him sliding up the inside and into the lead he held on to take Victory and move himself into third in the driver's standings behind shedon and Plato who despite having a quiet weekend only lost a handful of points to his Rivals having given the jubilant knill crowd plenty to cheer about Gordon shedon spoke to Lise Goodman as the sand began to set on KN Hill well Gordon it's it's been a fantastic weekend for all the fans here but a particularly good weekend for you as well hasn't it yeah it's been great you know um and it's been great on a lot of different levels you know the the results have been great it's been great to get a win uh it's been great for Matt to get a win as a team you know for you know for us to to bounce back after you know what was a a bit of a shocker at snon was really important but you know above and beyond that as well I mean the crowd have just been absolutely insane this weekend you know the place is absolutely jumping it's buzzing it's like a festival atmosphere and it's been amazing to be part of but it's put you back in the championship HT as we head on to to Rockingham a very different atmosphere a very different circuit yeah very different but you know we had a test there maybe three weeks ago and and the car was good round there it's going to be tough in qualifying I got a lot of ballast again race one's going to be difficult but you know there's there's more than one way to to skin a cat so we're got to try and you know score the best we can over all three races what kind of car do you think is is most suited if you look up and down the pit Lane which which of the teams is it going to suit I think there'll be a lot of people in it I think uh um you know all The Usual Suspects I think that's the way two cars is this year you know the the competition's coming thick and fast you can't single out anybody but you know we can't affect or change what anybody else does all we can do is the best job ourselves and you know I'm sure this little Civic typ power is going to be firmly in the mix Rockingham is you because of the way that the circuit's built a massive Bank of fans around half of it then you're off on your own for the other half isn't it it is it's um you know a unique venue obviously it's the only anticlockwise circuit that we go to as well so it does provide a slightly different challenge for you know for the engineers and for us to drive as well but it does have a a history of providing some pretty special races and uh you know hopefully you know I'm sure it'll be exactly the same again there we'll see you there thank you look forward to it\n"