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Under most circumstances taking three victories in a single race meeting would be making all the headlines, unfortunately for Jason Plato his amazing feat was over shadowed by Colin Turkington taking the British Touring Car Championship for 2009. Coming into the final round on the Brands Hatch GP circuit, Plato was running third in the championship with 2008 champion Fabrizio Giovanardi. In race one Plato took the race victory from pole sitter and long time race leader Tom Chilton by 15 thousands of a second.

By taking victory in the second race of the day RML Chevrolet’s Plato made sure the title would be decided in the final race on the final day of the season. Despite an action packed final race that started with Vauxhall’s Matt Neal on pole position attempting to hold up the field so Giovanardi could take the title, eventually Plato got through to complete an unlikely hat trick of victories with Colin Turkington coming home in 2nd and securing his first title. This weekend also marked the end of an era with Vauxhall leaving the championship, 2010 will feature no official manufacturer backed teams, if this weekend is anything to go by I’m not sure it will make much difference.

A large gallery of photos from the BTCC and supporting classes Porsche Carerra Cup, Formula Renault, Renault Clio Cup, Ginetta G50 Cup and Ginetta Juniors is now online.