Overall it was a disappointing weekend for Wrotham based Airwaves Racing as they struggled to make an impact in rounds 4, 5 and 6 at Donington Park.

The reverse grid race was their best performance of the weekend as Aron Smith brought his NGTC Ford home in seventh place with Mat Jackson two places further back in ninth.

The team had been hoping for a better weekend following a more successful test session after a pretty tough opening weekend at their home track of Brands Hatch.

It wasn’t to be though as both Smith and Jackson qualified down the field which meant they had a battle on their hands to score decent points.

Both drivers are in the top ten in the drivers’ championship standings with Smith in ninth place with 34 points and Jackson in tenth with thirty points.

In the team standings Airwaves Racing are in sixth place with 63 points just two behind Cicely racing in fifth with 65 points.

In race one no one was beating pole sitter Gordon Sheddon as he led from lights out to the chequered flag in a dominant race performance.

The two Airwaves Racing boys were racing each other for position and came home pretty much line astern with Smith ahead of Jackson for an 11^th and 12^th place finish.

In the Jack Sears Trophy in his Addison-Lee Motorbase S2000 Liam Griffin came home in 20^th place just behind James Kaye who won the race, to take the opening Jack Sears Trophy victory.

Race Two saw Andrew Jordan overtake pole sitter Gordon Sheddon in the early stages and take his first race victory of the season. It will have been even more special for the youngster as it was his home track.

Smith was the more successful of the two Airwaves Racing cars in race two as he brought his Ford home in eighth place, just ahead of the veteran Colin Turkington.

Mat Jackson was to finish down in 13^th place, as unfortunately he couldn’t keep hold of the places that he made up during the early stages.

In the S2000 cars it was bad luck for Liam Griffin as he was forced out of the race with mechanical issues, which seemed to be a theme for the Jack Sears competitors throughout race two. Lea Wood was the man to pick up the win in this class.

Race three is the most entertaining of all the races as it is the reverse place grid, which always guarantees entertainment.

Tom Onslow-Cole was drawn out of the hat as the man to sit on pole position for Tony Gilham’s Dartford based racing team.

It was however Colin Turkington who got the drop on Onslow-Cole on the start line, and he disappeared into the distance to take his first win of the season.

Up until the final lap it looked as though Sam Tordoff would be on the podium in second place, but a mistake let through both Sheddon and Matt Neal to take the final two podium places.

For a while it looked as though Smith in the Airwaves racing car would be challenging for a place in the top five but he slowly dropped back through the field and came home a respectable seventh place. He was just a place behind pole sitter Onslow-Cole who finished in sixth, with Jackson in ninth place.

Unfortunately Griffin in the Jack Sears Trophy was to retire and it means a disappointing end to the race weekend that started promisingly.

Following the races this weekend Aron Smith along with a number of other drivers were issued with two penalty points and an official reprimand, relating to driving standards.

The British Touring Car Championships continues over the May Day bank holiday weekend as they head to Thruxton for round three of the season.

Result from race one of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – Donington Park

1 Gordon Shedden (Honda Yuasa Racing) +0.000
2 Andrew Jordan (Pirtek Racing) +0.426
3 Matt Neal (Honda Yuasa Racing) +4.751
4 Jason Plato (MG KX Momentum Racing)+6.535
5 Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing) +8.759
6 Sam Tordoff (MG KX Momentum Racing) +9.200
7 Frank Wrathall (Dynojet) +10.247
8 Colin Turkington (eBay Motors) +11.079
9 Dave Newsham (Speedworks Motorsport) +13.020
10 Jeff Smith (Pirtek Racing) +20.187
11 Aron Smith (Airwaves Racing) +20.957
12 Mat Jackson (Airwaves Racing) +22.486
13 Tom Onslow-Cole (PPCGB.com / Kraftwerk Racing) +24.205
14 Rob Austin (WIX Racing) +27.799
15 Robert Collard (eBay Motors) +28.175
16 Ollie Jackson (Speedworks Motorsport) +29.699
17 Nick Foster (eBay Motors) +36.211
18 Jack Goff (RCIB Insurance Racing) +36.579
19 James Kaye (AmDTuning.com) +36.985
20 Liam Griffin (Addison Lee Motorbase) +37.900
21 Joe Girling (M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport) +45.665
22 James Cole (RCIB Insurance Racing) +46.862
23 David Nye (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +47.098 1:12.948
24 Lea Wood (Wheel Heaven / Houseman Racing) +47.920
25 Will Bratt (WIX Racing) +58.161
26 Warren Scott (BMR Restart) +1:04.888

Not Classified
– 10 I Daniel Welch (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +5 Laps 1:11.965

Result from race two of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – Donington Park

1 Andrew Jordan (Pirtek Racing) 10.967
2 Jason Plato (MG KX Momentum Racing) +1.955
3 Gordon Shedden (Honda Yuasa Racing) +3.233
4 Matt Neal (Honda Yuasa Racing) +4.365
5 Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing) +4.980
6 Sam Tordoff (MG KX Momentum Racing) +7.004
7 Dave Newsham (Speedworks Motorsport) +7.422
8 Aron Smith (Airwaves Racing) +10.469
9 Colin Turkington (eBay Motors) +10.977
10 Tom Onslow-Cole (PPCGB / Kraftwerk Racing) +11.470
11 Jeff Smith (Pirtek Racing) +14.458 1:10.841
12 Robert Collard (eBay Motors) +14.770
13 Mat Jackson (Airwaves Racing) +19.626
14 Jack Goff (RCIB Insurance Racing) +22.534
15 Daniel Welch (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +26.803
16 Nick Foster (eBay Motors) +43.201
17 Lea Wood (Wheel Heaven / Houseman Racing) +43.368
18 James Cole (RCIB Insurance Racing) +48.354
19 Will Bratt (WIX Racing) +1:16.788
Not Classified
– Rob Austin (WIX Racing) +6 Laps
– Ollie Jackson (Speedworks Motorsport) +6 Laps
– Frank Wrathall (Dynojet) +11 Laps
– Liam Griffin (Addison Lee Motorbase) +11 Laps
– Joe Girling (M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport) +13 Laps 1:13.784
– Warren Scott (Team BMR Restart) +14 Laps
– James Kaye (AmDTuning.com)
– David Nye (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp)

Result from race three of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship – Donington Park

1 Colin Turkington (eBay Motors) +0.000
2 Gordon Shedden (Honda Yuasa Racing) +4.414
3 Matt Neal (Honda Yuasa Racing) +4.699
4 Sam Tordoff (MG KX Momentum Racing) +4.886
5 Adam Morgan (Ciceley Racing) +5.377
6 Tom Onslow-Cole (PPCGB / Kraftwerk Racing) 16 +7.290
7 Aron Smith (Airwaves Racing) +7.744
8 Jason Plato (MG KX Momentum Racing) +8.550
9 Mat Jackson (Airwaves Racing) +9.066
10 Jeff Smith (Pirtek Racing) +9.604
11 Daniel Welch (Welch Motorsport with Sopp + Sopp) +19.769
12 Robert Collard (eBay Motors) +26.398
13 Andrew Jordan (Pirtek Racing) +32.864
14 Will Bratt (WIX Racing) +33.729
15 Nick Foster (eBay Motors) +34.136
16 Jack Goff (RCIB Insurance Racing) +34.409
17 James Cole (RCIB Insurance Racing) +39.788
18 Joe Girling (M247 Racing with Tech-Speed Motorsport) +40.009
19 Warren Scott (Team BMR Restart) +50.248
Not Classified
– Ollie Jackson (Speedworks Motorsport) +5 laps
– James Kaye (AmDTuning) +9 laps
– Dave Newsham (Speedworks Motorsport) +10 laps
– Liam Griffin (Addison Lee Motorbase) +14 laps —
– Lea Wood (Wheel Heaven / Houseman Racing) +15 laps —
– Frank Wrathall (Dynojet) — —

Championship Standings of the 2013 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship after Donington Park

01	Jason Plato	92
02	Andrew Jordan	87
03	Matt Neal	78
04	Sam Tordoff	73
05	Gordon Shedden	72
06	Adam Morgan	66
07	Colin Turkington	59
08	Jeff Smith	53
09	Aron Smith	34
10	Mat Jackson	30