Defending British Touring Car champion Ash Sut♑ton has kept himself in touch in this season's title race after winning the reverse grid race ahead of series legend Jason Plato at Snetterton.

The three-time cha♎mpion led away from pole position and was kept honest by two-time Plato dur🥃ing the opening half of the race, but Sutton gradually stretched his lead as the race progressed.

Despite experiencing what was an off-colour weekend prior to the final race, Sutton was in imperious form during the final ra𝓡ce and cantered to a lead of almost five-seconds by the end of the race.

Although Plato pressed Sutton during the early stages, the BTC Racing Honda runner gradually fell away as the race unfolded, but c꧙rossed the line to a relatively comfไortable second position.

Second position, at the circuit which he scored his first BTCC win 25-years ago, marks his f𒆙irst podium finish in over a year since switching from Vauxhall to Honda machinery this season.

Toyota Gazoo Racing's Ricky Collard eܫventually prevailed for third position in what was a highly entertaining contest for the final step on the rostrum.

Having m♔uscled his way past Dan Rowbottom earlier in the race, Collard faced a late attack from titleꦦ contender Tom Ingram in fourth position.

ღIngram looked to have snatched the podium away from Collard in what proved to be a gr🌺andstand final lap, however, the Toyota Corolla driver forced his way back past the Hyundai to reclaim the position back from Ingram.

Ingram held on for fourth ahead of BM🍃W duo Jake Hill and Colin Turkington in fifth and sixth. Hill and Turkington demoted Rowbottom further down the order late in the𒁏 race.

Rowbottom eventually limped home🔥 to teꦰnth, behind Rory Butcher, Adam Morgan and Ollie Jackson.