Andrew Jordan wins shortened race two at Thruxton

Andrew Jordan took his first win since 2014 in the shortened race two at Thruxton in his Motorbase Performance Ford, while Honda’s Gordon Shedden moved up 19 places to finish fourth from 23rd on the grid.

Adam Morgan, who sat on pole after his race one victory, launched off the line to take the lead once again, with Jordan slotting into second behind the Ciceley Mercedes Benz A-Class.

Speedworks Toyota’s Tom Ingram held third for a period before being flagged up for a jump start and having to serve a drive through penalty. The penalty meant that Ingram would fall out of the points and have to settle for 20th at the finish line.

Morgan held the lead for the majority of the race, but lost out to the fast-charging Jordan on lap 11 of 12. West Surrey Racing’s Rob Collard then made his move a lap later to push Morgan back to third, but Gordon Shedden was unable to get close enough to challenge the race one winner for the final podium position.

Shedden put on arguably the best display of everyone on the grid, starting from 23rd after being involved in the incident which caused the red flag in race one, the reigning champion worked his way through the field and eventually taking fourth at the finish line for a gain of 19 positions.

Jack Goff rounded out the top five in the West Surrey Racing BMW, while team-mate Sam Tordoff, Eurotech Honda’s Daniel Lloyd and Motorbase Ford’s Mat Jackson finished sixth, seventh and eighth.

Dan Welch had a strong showing in his Welch Motorsport Proton Gen-2 holding sixth for a period before being passed by Shedden, Eurotech’s Martin Depper, Dan Lloyd and Mat Jackson, settling for ninth at the finish line ahead of good friend Rob Austin’s Handy Motorsport Toyota in tenth.

Honda’s Matt Neal and Triple Eight MG’s Josh Cook worked their way up to 11th and 12th from the back of the grid, while Speedworks Honda driver Matt Simpson, Team Hard’s Mike Epps and Triple Eight’s Ashley Sutton rounded out the points positions.

Despite the shortening of the race due to the temperatures putting more pressure on the tyres than anticipated, there was still a casualty of the heat, with Martin Depper retiring lap 11 with a puncture.