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John Cleland extended his lead in the British Touring Car Championship with a pair of wins yesterday after leading both of the day's races from start to finish in his Vauxhall Cavalier, writes Gwyn Dolphin from Donington Park.
He held off a robust first lap challenge from the Honda of David Leslie on his way to his first-race win. "David tried to go around the outside of me at the hairpin but it wasn't a wise move," said Cleland of the move which saw Leslie take to the grass and fall back to seventh place. After that Cleland held off the challenges of Rickard Rydell and Alain Menu to extend his series lead.
In the second race he easily outpaced the two Fords of Paul Radisich and Kelvin Burt to build a 28-point championship lead. "The car just worked really well today and we had the upper hand. But the season is only half- way through and I know that both Rickard and Alain will push me at every race," Cleland said.
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