Jelley inherits race three win after Hill penalty

Team Parker Racing's Stephen Jelley took his first Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship victory in ten years after on-the-road winner Jake Hill received a post-race penalty. TradePriceCars.com's Hill led away from pole position in the Oulton Park finale, but immediately had to deal with the attention from Halfords Yuasa Racing's Matt Neal. The main talking point came on lap three when Neal had slid down the inside of Hill across the start/finish line and looked to have stolen the lead. As Neal's Honda Civic Type R tucked ahead of the Audi S3 into Old Hall, contact was made and the manufacturer Honda car was spun across the track. A gaggle of cars tried to find their way through a cloud of smoke and when the air finally cleared it was Hill leading from Rory Butcher and Stephen Jelley, as Neal tumbled down the order. Butcher pushed hard, and latched his AmD-run Honda onto the back of Hill and there would be one final push for a change in order. Butcher overcooked things into Island Bend and his chance was over, all but confirming Hill's victory on-the-road. Jelley held second from Team BMW's Tom Oliphant, who finally got the better of Cobra Sport AmD AutoAid/RCIB Insurance's Sam Tordoff late on. BMW Pirtek Racing's Andrew Jordan was ahead of the recovering Butcher, whilst BTC Racing's Josh Cook eventually claimed sixth. The Bath racer enjoyed a great race-long battle with Ash Sutton and Colin Turkington with the three title contenders keeping it clean until the finish. The Mercedes duo of Aiden Moffat and Adam Morgan completed the top ten. Celebrations for Hill were then cut short post-race after he was adjudged to have caused the incident involving Neal. Twenty seconds was subsequently added to the Kent driver's overall race time, which ensured Jelley would take his first win since a double victory at Rockingham in 2009.