Yvan Muller extended his lead in the BTC Touring class to 7 points by taking victory in the Sprint race at Oulton Park. The Frenchman also won the race outright, passing Production class winner, Roger Moen, with a couple of laps left to run. Andy Priaulx finished second in his first ever BTCC race, with Jason Plato third. In the Production class Moen was followed home by Harrison and Gavin Pyper.

As the race got underway for the Touring class runners, Andy Priaulx, starting from pole position, was slightly too enthusiastic, spinning his wheels as the lights went to green, allowing Yvan Muller to lead the race as they went in to the first corner. Steve Soper, celebrating his 100th BTCC race this afternoon, continued his impressive performance this weekend by moving up to third position from the start, ahead of Plato and Thompson. He then pressurised Andy Priaulx in 2nd whilst bravely fighting off the attack of Jason Plato behind him. The battle continued for several laps before Plato did eventually pass Soper. Not content with holding off Plato, Soper then put on another impressive display to keep Thompson behind him, and in the process showing that progress is being made with the Peugeot Coupe. However towards the end of the race, he slowed and was forced to retire to the pit. At the front, Yvan Muller held on to the lead, with a fairly constant gap back to Priaulx. Muller appeared comfortable, but commented, "I knew Andy (Priaulx) had 60kg less, so he'd have less problems with brakes and tyres towards the end of the race, so making a good start was very helpful. I then had to focus 200% because any mistake would lose my chance to win. I think it's my best win this year, because I pushed very hard. It's so easy to make a mistake, but I stayed really really focused and I'm very pleased."

In the Production class, the HTML Peugeot 306s were dominant, with Roger Moen benefiting from carrying less success ballast than team-mate Harrison to take victory. There was however contact between the two at Cascades early on in the race, but with limited damage being caused. Harrison said, "With that much ballast you don't stand a chance around here. To start with I was going like the clappers to try and catch Roger, but then I decided enough's enough and 2nd will do. The car's spot on at the moment. The championship's going to come down to reliability, it only takes one of us to blow an engine and we'll be out of it. It's frustrating knowing that one mistake could lose it all. I think the feature race will be pretty similar, I see no real reason for it to be different."

Gavin Pyper finished 3rd in the GA Janspeed Alfa Romeo, a car which suffers from a lack of power in a straight line. He said, "It's alright, it's points, which is what I need. The car's good through the corners, but it just loses too much ground along the straight. I just kept pushing, hoping the Peugeots would drop off, but in the end the race wasn't long enough. Hopefully we'll be good in the longer race this afternoon though."

There was a battle throughout the race between the two GR Motorsport Ford Focuses of Howell and Jackson, with Jackson, in the lighter of the two cars, eventually finishing ahead. In the latter stages of the race they were being caught by the Accord of James Kaye but he was unable to get close enough to provide a real challenge. Jim Edwards Junior was ahead of the two Focuses for much of the race, but retired to the pit shortly before the end of the race with three marker cones embedded in his car. Paul O'Neill caused considerable damage to his Peugeot 306 when he went of the track just after half-distance in the race. He had already gone straight on at the chicane, his enthusiasm possibly getting the better of him as he attempted to pass Tiff Needell. There was little changing of position as the Production runners were passed by the faster Touring class cars. Simon Harrison now leads the championship by three points from James Kaye, ahead of this afternoon's Feature race.