Andrew Jordan secures sixth win as BTCC title fight blown wide open
Andrew Jordan made it six wins for the season with a dominant performance in the second race of the weekend at Knockhill as the fight for the British Touring Car Championship exploded in Scotland.
Having started the race from second on the grid, Jordan made the best start when the lights went out to jump ahead of race one winner Rory Butcher and would be able to control proceedings from the front from that point on.
Despite running the medium tyre, Jordan had enough to keep the Honda of Dan Cammish at bay, taking victory for the second season in a row at the Scottish circuit – but that only told half the story.
Cammish had run third in the early stages but a forceful move on Butcher at the hairpin on lap six saw him move into second, and also allowed Colin Turkington to follow him through into third.
However, going into McIntyres at the start of the next lap, Butcher tried to make a move down the inside of Turkington to reclaim third, with the two making contact as they turned into the corner. The end result was a spin for the defending champion that dropped him to the back of the field.
Whilst Turkington managed to battle his way to 19th at the finish, that wasn’t good enough to ensure any points, whilst 21 for Jordan means the gap between the pair is now just four points – with second for Cammish meaning he is just 15 off top spot.
Despite the incident with Turkington, Butcher was able to continue in his Cobra Sport AmD Honda and secured third place, whilst Senna Proctor maintained his solid weekend with fourth for BMR – with Tom Chilton and Tom Ingram rounding out the top six.
Adam Morgan was a solid seventh in his Ciceley-run Mercedes, with Jason Plato battling his way to eighth. Josh Cook, continuining his recovery from his Saturday woes, and Jake Hill rounded out the top ten. Hill will start race three from pole at 17:05 thanks to the reverse grid draw.
Matt Neal was able to fight his way into 15th to score a single point after his retirement in race one although Ash Sutton missed out after an issue on the final lap dropped him down to 16th.
