Rowbottom started the reverse grid race from fifth on the grid and char♊ged to his second career BTCC victory after passing long-term leader Adam Morgan on lap ten of the race.

Up until Rowbottom's race winning move, Morgan led every lap from pole position, and even enjoyed a comfortable 2.2s lead as the remainder of the podium positions swapped and chan𝄹ged during the opening half of the race.

However, having moved past th𒆙e One Motorsport Honda of Aiden Moffat on lap five, Rowbottom unleashed the full pe🍌rformance of the potent NAPA Racing Ford Focus and caught the race leading BMW to tune of almost 0.7s per lap.

By lap nine, Rowbottom latched onto the rear of Morgan's BMW 330e M Sport before using his hybrid to blast past the race leader just one lap later on the approach to the infamous Church c🥂orner.

Rowbottom qu💞ickly accelerated away to as♍semble a 2.7s winning margin ahead of Morgan in second.

Moffat held on to clinch his first podium finish of the season in third, after resisting lap-after-lap of pressure from🐻 four-time champion Colin Turkington.

Toyota Gazoo Racing UK's Ricky Collard also found himself in contention to climb onto the podium, but was⛦ unable to find a way past Team BMW's 𒅌Turkington.

Aron Taylor-Smith posted another strong ꧙reღsult for the Power Maxed Racing squad in sixth, ahead of Toyota's Rory Butcher in seventh.

Dan Cammish, Tom Ingram and Jake Hill complet꧒ed the remainder of the top-ten in eighth, ninth and tenth.

Elsewhere, championship leader Ash Sutton finished the race whe💛re he startedꦓ in 12th position.