Plato repeated the feat in race two, leading Turkington from start-to-finish for his second win of the day, while Chilton put the Vectra onto the podium for the first time in third place. Turner was fourth ahead of Neal and Jones while Giovanardi was seventh after a coming together than forced Shedden to retire – the Italian taking pole for the final race once the wheel of fortune was spun.
Giovanardi couldn’t convert the pole however as Neal made a demon start to race three to lead the field into Paddock Hill Bend and he managed to defend for the entire race to give Halfords a dream start to life with the Civic – although it was a win the team admitted had come against expectation. The man pushing Neal early on was Jones but he would gradually slip down the order as Giovanardi recovered from a poor start to finish second with Jackson third – this time keeping the position. Fourth for Plato, to add to his earlier wins, meant he left Brands with a nine point lead over Neal, with Turkington seven points further back. Giovanardi meanwhile was 24 points off top spot in fifth. Retirement in race three saw Turkington left second in the Indy standings behind Jones – although that would change heading to Rockingham for round two.
Darren Turner took pole at the Rock but bad luck would hit the SEAT driver when he was unable to take the start due to mechanical problems which instead meant that Giovanardi inherited pole ahead of Plato and Chilton. The Italian duly converted pole into a first win for the Vectra ahead of team-mate Chilton while Plato completed the podium. Arguably the drive of the race came further back however as Turkington came through from the back of the field to finish seventh.
