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Dream victory for Shedden in race 3 |
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Sunday, 02 September 2007 |
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Gordon Shedden has taken victory in the third of today’s three Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship rounds in
front of his home crowd at the Knockhill circuit in Scotland.
Shedden, from Dalgety Bay, caught and passed team-mate and reigning champion Matt Neal (Droitwich) half way through the race
to lead him home in a Team Halfords Honda 1-2 finish. Shedden, as in races one and two, also set the fastest lap time.
Third was SEAT driver Jason Plato (Oxford). The result moves Plato nine points clear at the top of the championship ahead of
Vauxhall driver Fabrizio Giovanardi who finished the race back in fifth.
It will be either Plato or Giovanardi who is crowned the 2007 BTCC
Champion at Thruxton in Hampshire on 14 October.
Meanwhile, the battle for the BTCC
Manufacturers’ title is even closer – just three points now separate
leader
Vauxhall from SEAT. The same margin is all that is between Eurotech
Honda driver Mike Jordan (Lichfield) and Team RAC BMW driver Colin
Turkington
(Portadown) in the fight to become the Independents Drivers’ Champion.
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