Despite a nervous last few corners though, Jackson climbed Deer Leap for the final time on lap 17 to cross the line for a superb maiden BTCC win, much to the delight of his relatively small team.
Plato settled for second to pull now neck and neck with Giovanardi heading to the next round at
Donington Park, while Turner completed a better final race for the SEAT team with a podium on what has been a tough day for the recently crowned Le Mans winner.
Shedden shadowed Turner over the line for fourth, with Jones a marvellous fifth on his racing return to the series for the first time since the season opener at
Brands Hatch.
Chilton crossed the line sixth after pressuring Onslow-Cole into a mistake on lap 14, the
BMW driver running wide into Old Hall and spinning his 320si a full 360 degrees before recovering to an eventual seventh place at the chequered flag.
Allison finished a rather lonely eighth, ahead of a recovering Jordan, while Martyn Bell got his 2007 points tally off the mark with a determined drive to tenth in his Allaboutproperty.com BMW 320i.
