Reigning BTCC champion Ash Sutton won the second race at Snetterton after fending off a late challenge from Josh Cook on the run down to the finish line.

Adrian Flux Subaru Racing's Sutton was seemingly in complete control of the contest, particularly so after pole-sitter Jack Goff was forced to start from the pitlane when his team failed to release his vehicle in the allotted time prior to lights-out.

The #1 Subaru Levorg – sporting a retro black and white livery on this special celebratory BTCC weekend – stormed off into the distance and looked set to cruise home for a third win of the season. A late safety car period, however, threw the result into doubt and allowed the extremely fast Power Maxed TAG Racing Vauxhall of Cook to have one final go at claiming the win from Sutton.

Cook disposed of Dan Cammish's Halfords Yuasa Racing Honda on the penultimate lap to move into second and was immediately onto the rear of the lead car. In a similar tussle down the final straight to the earlier duel between Sutton and Goff, it was Sutton this time who held on to take the victory and fire himself into championship contention.

Tom Ingram produced one of the drives of the season to surge from 27th on the grid to claim the unlikeliest of podiums, with his Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis completely hooked up in the drying conditions. Ingram made amazing pass-after-pass with his final two moves bringing his team to their feet in a tense finale. He sliced inside Chris Smiley's BTC Norlin car with just over a lap remaining and then hauled his car alongside Cammish's Honda on the run to the line. When the chequered flag fell it was Ingram celebrating – taking the rostrum by just 0.042s.

Cammish was the unlucky man to finish fourth, whilst Smiley kept fifth ahead of Sam Tordoff's Ford and Senna Proctor's Vauxhall.

Tom Oliphant is arguably enjoying his best day in his short BTCC career so far with eighth proving yet more reward for the Ciceley Motorsport driver. He made a number of eye-catching moves in this one and his pass by Andrew Jordan's BMW Pirtek Racing car was enough to secure the position ahead of the former BTCC champion.

The top ten was rounded out by an incredible drive from series returnee Ant Whorton-Eales. The AmD MG man was embroiled in a number of battles during the race and he eventually claimed the spot by making a double pass by Aiden Moffat's Mercedes and Daniel Lloyd's Honda.