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The cars are lined up for the first race of the day, and with lights out they are underway.
Sutton makes a great start and is up into 1st, whilst further back Jelley has made up 6 places heading into the 1st corner, climbing to 22nd.
Jelley then runs into trouble though and loses the back end, spinning round and having to drop to the back of the field. Neal passes O.Jackson to move into 4th. Plato is also on the move, taking 13th from Crees. As they cross the line, Neal and Plato have both picked up another place each and look right on form. Moffat drops to 4th behind Neal, and Neate drops to 13th behind Plato.
Lap 2, Smiley makes an error that allows Hamilton to get passed into 17th. Jelley starts to make his attempts to get back up the field, pushing past Oliphant to leave him at the back of the field. Hamilton picks up another place to take 16th from Gornall. Cammish continues to show his speed this season, putting down another marker for fastest lap.
Lap 3, and a bit of shuffling of the pack. O.Jackson passes Moffat for 4th. Thompson squeezes by Turkington to make it into the top ten. Chilton takes 20th place from Morgan, and Butcher climbs to 26th ahead of Proctor. Jordan pulls up the inside of Moffat, and pushes him wide. This gives Rowbottom a chance to slip through too, with Moffat down to 7th. Hamilton and Gornall make contact. Gornall is unaffected, but Hamilton ends up running onto the grass and careers off into the barriers. His race is over for. M.Jackson moves closer to the front, picking up 7th place from Moffat who has gone backwards this lap. Plato also inches towards the top ten, passing Turkington for 11th. Smiley makes an error allowing Ingram and Chilton through and dropping him to 19th. Boardley picks up 14th at the expense of Neate.
Lap 4, Goff moves ahead of Butcher to take 24th. In the lower points positions, Crees manages to pass Turkington to take 12th. Morgan drops behind Hill down into 21st, whilst up at the front, Neal gets a great run on Cook and manages to get ahead into 2nd place. Cammish also gains a place, taking 8th place from Moffat and as he crosses the line, he’s set another fastest lap.
Lap 5, Cammish continues to look impressive as he eases by M.Jackson into 7th. Chilton makes an error and puts a wheel onto the grass. As a result, he drops two places to 20th behind Smiley and Hill. Boardley shows a turn of pace and in the space of two corners, gets by both Crees and Turkington to take 12th. Midway through the lap, Cammish picks off another place and gets ahead of Rowbottom into 6th.
Lap 6, and big changes to the order. Neal moves into the lead and takes 1st place from Sutton. Jordan is up to 4th passing O.Jackson. Moffat picks up a place taking 8th from M.Jackson. Neate, Cress and Turkington all get into a tangle. Neate comes out ahead in 13th, and Crees is down to 15th. Smiley runs wide, and both Hill and Chilton get by, leaving Smiley in 20th. Boardley has a bit of a moment, losing the back end momentarily. That allows Neate through up into 12th. Bushell runs wide and has a spin. He drops to the back of the field as a result. Morgan moves up from 21st with a pass on Smiley. Cammish gets ahead of O.Jackson to move into the top five.
Lap 7, Oliphant climbs up to 26th ahead of Jelley. Towards the end of the lap, Turkington pulls into the pit lane. The car is not sounding healthy, and the team are straight under the bonnet. It looks like they’re retiring the car with a problem and will look to get it fixed in time for race two.
Lap 8, Crees takes 13th place from Boardley. Plato is up into the top ten, taking a place from Thompson. Butcher and Smiley swap places, Butcher up to 20th. Crees continues to move forward and attempts a pass on Neate. In the contact, Neate picks up a puncture. He’s able to get round into the pits for a fresh tyre, but it drops him to last place.
Lap 9, Hill gets into the points edging out Ingram for 15th place. Proctor and Oliphant have a little bump, and Proctor’s car is unsettled allowing Oliphant and Jelley through and dropping Proctor to 25th. Cress moves into 11th ahead of Thompson, whilst Gornall climbs into 13th passing Boardley. Osborne also gains a place taking 20th from Smiley.
Lap 10, Oliphant continues to aim for the points, but still has work to do as he moves into 22nd getting by Goff. Boardley moves back ahead of Gornall into 13th. Goff loses another place to Jelley who takes 23rd.
Lap 11, Jordan makes an error and runs wide. The loss of momentum allows Cammish through to take 4th. Boardley is running slow as he comes out of the first corner and looks to have lost all power. He can’t get going, and cruises off the track to a safe place and is out of the car, race over. In the middle of the lap, Rowbottom takes 6th place from O.Jackson. As they complete the lap, Bushell moves up into 24th ahead of Proctor.
Lap 12, the PMR drivers switch places with M.Jackson taking up 9th place. Osborne overtakes Butcher to take 18th. Morgan tries to pass Chilton for 16th place, but there is contact between the two. Morgan’s front wheel caught the arches of Chilton, and Morgan’s picked up a puncture. It’s a long crawl back to the pits for a tyre change, and he’s passed by the whole field in the process. Crossing the line, Cammish has moved into a podium place taking 3rd from Cook. Butcher re-takes 17th from Osborne. Whilst Proctor moves into 23rd ahead of Bushell.
Lap 13, Hill looks to bolster his points tally, overtaking Gornall to move into 13th and then immediately passes Thompson to take 12th. Chilton and Ingram are competing for the last point, with Chilton now taking up 15th place.
Lap 14, Morgan moves up from 26th overtaking Neate. At the lower end of the points, Thompson and Gornall switch places with Gornall up to 13th. M.Jackson moves further forward, getting ahead of Moffat to take 8th. As they complete the lap, Neate has moved back into 25th ahead of Morgan.
Lap 15, and Morgan repeats his move from the last lap to get ahead of Neate again. Both drivers seem desperate to avoid last place. Oliphant gains another place to move up into 19th ahead of Smiley.
Lap 16, final lap. Plato moves up behind his teammate into 9th place, taking the slot from Moffat. Chilton picks up another place as he overtakes Thompson for 14th. At the front, Cammish pressures Sutton into a mistake. Sutton runs too far into braking and Cammish can slide passed and makes it a Honda 1-2.
As the drivers take the flag, the final order sees Neal take the win ahead of Cammish. Then it’s Sutton, Cook, Jordan, Rowbottom, O.Jackson, M.Jackson, Plato and Moffat.