BTCC Donington Park – Cammish marks 200th start with win despite chaotic rain finale

Dan Cammish marked his 200th BTCC start with victory in a chaotic race two at Donington Park. Having taken the lead on lap six, a sudden downpour three laps from the end almost ruined the occasion.

Tom Ingram extended his championship lead with fifth while Ash Sutton was in the wars, with a couple of collisions and a ninth place finish the best he could achieve.

The top three from race one, Tom Chilton, Ingram, and Dan Rowbottom were all lumbered with the hard tyre compound, and with Sutton fourth, he was in the prime position to capitalise.

Sutton made a fine start and jumped Rowbottom for third. Chilton was pulling away with Ingram holding back Sutton and the chasing pack behind him. The Safety Car was deployed on lap one when there was an incident at McLeans.

Senna Proctor put a wheel on the grass and started to spin. He collided with Aiden Moffat’s BMW sending both into the gravel trap with Sam Osborne spinning while taking avoiding action in his Ford. Proctor was out while Moffat and Osborne returned to the action as the rain began to fall.

A few spits of rain fell, which foreshadowed the end of the race as Rowbottom couldn’t find grip and tapped into the back of Sutton at Redgate. This sent Sutton down the order who fell into further issues when he collided with Aron Taylor-Smith’s Toyota and fell to 12th place.

Cammish took the lead on lap six, passing Ingram down the back straight on softer faster tyres. Adam Morgan passed team mate Ingram for second. But with Sutton down the order, Ingram could afford to let Morgan through and not pick a fight.

The race settled into a rhythm when on lap 15 there was a sudden downpour, sending a whole host of cars off at McLeans including the leading trio of Cammish, Morgan and Ingram. The Safety Car was deployed and the race ended under yellow flag conditions.

Cammish took the win, with Morgan second and Gordon Shedden the big winner in the deluge of rain as he went from sixth to third. Chris Smiley was fourth, but was disqualified for failing ride height checks. Ingram was fifth, extending his championship lead as he inherited fourth. Everyone below Smiley moving up a place.

Daryl DeLeon finished sixth with the Toyota pair of Josh Cook and Taylor-Smith following behind. Sutton ended the race ninth and a solid haul of points despite his issues with Jake Hill tenth.

Dan Lloyd was 11th with Aiden Moffat recovering from his first lap collision for 12th. Dan Rowbottom, Sam Osborne and Mikey Doble rounded off the points.

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