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/ t( e1 k9 C; w! s7 x) \% X1 i2 TJason Plato belied his lack of dry weather running to take pole position at Rockingham, ahead of Triple Eight MG team-mate Sam Tordoff and Rob Austin’s Audi A4.
: X" F1 a A8 |6 rFollowing a brief red flag stoppage after an off for Frank Wrathall, Plato set a new qualifying lap record of 1.22.350 with five minutes to go in the session, beating his own record from 2012 by 0.098s.
# C0 [# C X; T+ s/ e& W* VTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.& e) x. z9 |' a
Title contender Andrew Jordan was fourth for Eurotech Racing, heading a quartet of Hondas, with reigning champion Gordon Shedden fifth, Jeff Smith sixth and series leader Matt Neal seventh., Y9 Y _& E. ]1 M, K% I6 o
The top 10 was completed by Dave Newsham, Colin Turkington and Will Bratt, with the Rob Austin Racing man taking his best grid slot of the season.
. F; e9 R# a2 WTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。Fourteen drivers were within a second of pole, while Lea Wood was the fastest of the Jack Sears Trophy runners in 24th overall in the JWT Performance Vauxhall Vectra, half a second clear of his title rival Liam Griffin.
3 a0 q% R' R; m$ x [7 E( pTVBNOW 含有熱門話題,最新最快電視,軟體,遊戲,電影,動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。On his season debut, Howard Fuller was 20th in the Tony Gilham Racing Vauxhall Insignia, 1.364s off the pace, while Tom Onslow-Cole was 18th in his first outing for Motorbase Performance.
2 r4 G, {( [/ n" wDebutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.
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Austin then moved to the top of the times in his Audi A4 and remained at the summit for eight minutes, before Tordoff returned to the top.www2.tvboxnow.com1 u# `( n+ |5 E
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.www2.tvboxnow.com9 l6 Q9 g Y6 L9 K- s
The first BTCC race tomorrow is at 11:27 BST. |