There was a lively opening to the BTCC season at Donington Park a couple of weeks ago, with the weather certainly helping to spice up the entertainment. With conditions sunny and dry at Brands Hatch Indy on race day, would the series produce another blockbuster day"

Qualifying ? Dan Cammish, Colin Turkington, Jake Hill, Ash Sutton, Dan Rowbottom, Bobby Thompson

At the end of the Top Ten Showdown, Dan Cammish emerged as the fastest man to edge out Colin Turkington by 0.2s. Jake Hill lined up third with Cammish?s teammate Ash Sutton alongside him and they were followed by Bobby Thompson and another NAPA Racing Ford in Dan Rowbottom.

Race One, 4.5/10 ? Colin Turkington, Ash Sutton, Dan Cammish

Turkington made an excellent start to take the lead from Cammish and Sutton soon followed him through too. However, a large crash involving several cars, started by Rowbottom tagging Stephen Jelley at the start of the pit straight, brought out the red flag and the cars lined-up in their original positions for the restart. 
On the restart, Turkington once again overtook Cammish off the line, with Hill and Sutton following him through over the lap, before Cammish recovered to third. 

Despite Sutton initially closing on Turkington and plenty of mid-pack action, Turkington eased out his lead in a shortened race. 

A little further back, reigning champion Tom Ingram was challenging Rory Butcher and after several laps was successful, with Thom...