Ash Sutton dominated race two at Oulton Park to take his fifth win of the season. He won at a canter, taking the lead on lap three and strolling to a win by 19 ahead of second placed title rival Tom Ingram.

On the start Sutton surged from seventh to fifth, dispatching of the PMR pair of Mike Doble and Aiden Moffat. Josh Cook slipped down the order over the course of the race from second on the grid, with Ingram and Aron Taylor-Smith passing the Toyota man. Sutton then passed him at the end of lap one.

Taylor-Smith was Sutton’s next target, and he made it easy for the championship leader as he went wide at the Island hairpin to take third. Ingram was next in his hit list for second place and he wasted little time.

The Ford man passed Ingram into Cascades with an excellently crafted move. He got the better exit out of turn one and the run on Ingram gave him the best line for second place.

Sutton’s team mate Dan Cammish duly moved aside for Sutton to pass into the final corner at Lodge.

There was a hairy moment for Tom Chilton as he was fighting Taylor-Smith for fourth. Going into the high speed Cascades Chilton got onto the grass and slid at speed across the circuit. Thankfully the veteran missed the barriers and managed to continue.

Ingram, now seeing title rival Sutton pulling away, was keen to pass Cammish, but the Ford man was doing an incredible job defending for his team mate.

Taylor-Smith was fighting for his life to hold onto fourth. He had Daryl De Leon, Doble, and team mate Gordon Shedden on his tail as he made the Corolla as wide as he could.

On lap 11 De Leon passed Taylor-Smith for fourth as Shedden also made his way past. At the front Ingram finally made it past Cammish on lap 13 into Lodge but Sutton was long gone, 13 seconds down the road.

Sutton strolled to the win, largely unfazed despite rain starting to fall in the last two laps. Ingram finished second with Cammish third.

De Leon came home fourth with Doble and Shedden close behind. Taylor-Smith finished seventh despite some excellent defensive driving. Ricky Collard, Dexter Patterson and Charles Rainford rounded off the top ten.

Sam Osborne, Chris Smiley, Dan Rowbottom, James Dorlin and Lewis Shelby rounded off the points.

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BTCC Round One – Doble inherits race win with Ingram disqualification BTCC Round Two – Sutton surges to win with Ingram retirement BTCC Round Three – Sutton doubles up to end weekend strong BTCC – Cammish inherits win after Taylor-Smith penalty