BTCC: Sutton takes his first victory of the season after taking race lead early

Ash Sutton took the race victory in race 2 of the weekend after jumping Mikey Doble early.

Before the race could start, Tom Ingram would pull into the pitlane with an issue taking him out of the race early after his disqualification from race one.

Doble started from pole but would lose the lead quickly to Sutton and Charles Rainford dropping him to third. Rainford would take the inside line trying to pass Sutton but a cutback move from the NAPA driver would give him the lead at the exit of Redgate.

Tom Chilton would lose the rear down the hill and onto the grass managing to recover to carry on going.

A Safety Car would be deployed after Hamilton went off the road and into the gravel trap ending his race while Chilton went off the road down to the old hairpin.

The top two would pull away from the rest of the field as the green flag flies once again as Doble defends from Dan Cammish but it wouldn't be long until Cammish made the dive into the old hairpin to take the final podium spot.

Dexter Patterson would find his way into the top ten on lap six passing Chris Smiley as he finds his way up the field.

Doble would lose another position to Gordon Shedden at the old hairpin but Shedden would almost lose it after contact but he managed to keep it on the road. Throughout the rest of the race, Doble would drop down the field struggling for pace after having excellent speed in race one.

Patterson would continue to move forward moving passed Árón Taylor-Smith and Adam Morgan getting back to where he started in seventh.

Cammish once again on the attack trying to pass Rainford on lap 15 trying to make a cutback in the McLeans but to no avail before trying again into the chicane where he uses the extra boost to make his way around the outside into Redgate. However, Rainford would fight back pulling alongside on exit on the run towards the Old Hairpin to defend second, but Cammish managed to maintain momentum to take the position making it a NAPA one-two.

A four way fight for the final podium place would emerge on lap eighteen with Rainford needing to defend from Shedden, Aiden Moffat and Daryl DeLeon. Rainford and Shedden would go side by side into the final chicane, Rainford maintaining the position briefly but the better exit from the Toyota would give him the place on the run into Redgate, completing the move around the outside.

Moffat would take advantage of this to make a run at Rainford down towards the Old Hairpin, claiming the position. DeLeon would also barge passed his teammate using the path created by Moffat to move to fifth.

Josh Cook would make his way passed Taylor-Smith to move into the top ten on lap 20 after a difficult day for him so far.

Sutton would take his first race win of the season leading Cammish in a Ford and NAPA one-two. Shedden would finish third ahead of Moffat and DeLeon who complete the top five. Rainford would settle for sixth ahead of Patterson and Ricky Collard who came back through the field throughout the race. Morgan and Cook would complete the top ten.

Sutton would do the reverse grid drawer for race three swapping the top eight positions giving Collard pole position for race three ahead of Dexter Patterson.