MG KX Momentum Racings Jason Plato drove another perfect race in the second outing of the day at Oulton Park. The double BTCC champion has led every competitive lap so far todayand has now matched Alain Menus record of nine victories around the Cheshire circuit.

Plato made a solid start from pole position, and pulled an early lead over team-mate Sam Tordoff who finished second in race one. A traffic jam quickly formed behind the No.88 MG which further aided his Plato's getaway, before a safety car on lap three bunched everyone back up. A master of the safety car restart, Plato wasted no time in recreating his comfortable lead, and brought the car home 2.6 seconds clear of the field.

After the race, Plato said, Its just been a fantastic weekend. A big thanks to everyone at the team. This hasnt been an easy programme to put together when you think about where we were last year and this makes it all worthwhile. Once you find the sweet spot in the car, which I think we have now, then were looking strong. Weve got another one to go but the soft tyre isnt quicker over a race runI dont think well be winning the third race but its important that we score some good points.

Behind Plato, Honda Yuasa Racings Gordon Shedden went one better than he had in race one to finish second. An opportunistic move past Colin Turkington into Lodge Corner on lap three moved him up to third, and as Sam Tordoff began to struggle on the soft option Dunlop tyre, the 2012 champ pulled an impressive manoeuvre into turn one on lap eight to take second. Despite Tordoff holding up the field early on, there was nothing Shedden could do to close the gap to Plato, and he settled into a comfortable second for the latter part of the race. Shedden commented, Im trying everything I can to get that winIm throwing everything at it. In truth, the MGs are just really quick today. I managed to get past Sam Tordoff early, which was nice, but were just losing out coming out of the hairpin and running up Clay Hill. I cant really get much more out of the carto split them in one race is great. Weve got some good solid points and hopefully some more will come later on.

eBay Motors driver Colin Turkington claimed his second podium of 2013 in third place. The Northern Irishman made a fantastic start and jumped from fifth to third off the line, and after losing out to Gordon Shedden made his way past Tordoff with a great piece of tactical driving, holding back into the final corner in order to get better drive down the start-finish straight and into turn one. In the final few laps Turkington was closing fast on Shedden but ultimately didnt have enough laps to challenge for second place. It was not such a positive race for the other two eBay Motors drivers, as Nick Foster touched the back of Rob Collard at Island Hairpin causing damage to both cars.

There was drama late on in the race, as Tordoffs MG continued to drop back down the order. He was passed by the Honda Civics of Matt Neal and Andrew Jordan, and as the only other front-runner on the soft tyre Mat Jackson attempted to get by for sixth place on the penultimate lap, the two made contact that resulted in significant damage to both cars. They both managed to limp around the final lap to finish the race, with Jackson in 20th and Tordoff in 21st. This leaves both drivers with it all to do in race three.

Lea Wood was once again the standout performer in the S2000 class, and although Liam Griffin stayed in sight of Woods Vauxhall Vectra throughout the race, he could do nothing to stop the Herefordshire driver extending his lead in the Jack Sears Trophy by another cup.

2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car ChampionshipOulton ParkRace 2

1 Jason Plato (MG KX Momentum Racing) 17 Laps2 Gordon Shedden (Honda Yuasa Racing) +2.691 3 Colin Turkington (eBay Motors) +3.285 4 Matt Neal (Honda Yuasa Racing) +5.591 5 Andrew Jordan (Pirtek Racing) +9.354 6 Dave Newsham (Speedworks Motorsport) +10.326 7 Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing) +10.849 8 Rob Austin (WIX Racing) +13.396 9 Daniel Welch (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +16.078 10 Jeff Smith (Pirtek Racing) +16.270 11 Tom Onslow-Cole (PPCGB/Kraftwerk Racing) +17.22212 Frank Wrathall (Dynojet) +18.733 13 Will Bratt (Rob Austin Racing) +22.368 14 Aron Smith (Airwaves Racing) +22.913 15 Nick Foster (eBay Motors) +30.994 16 Ollie Jackson (Speedworks Motorsport) +31.633 17 James Cole (RCIB Insurance Racing) +32.595 18 Lea Wood (Wheel Heaven / Houseman Racing) +33.833 19 Liam Griffin (Addison Lee Motorbase) +35.787 20 Mat Jackson (Airwaves Racing) +45.237 21 Sam Tordoff (MG KX Momentum Racing) +1:00.564 22 David Nye (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +1:20.279

Not Classified- Robert Collard (eBay Motors) +6 laps - Aaron Mason (AmDTuning.com) +11 laps - Jack Goff (RCIB Insurance Racing) +16 laps