Andrew Jordan sets BTCC practice pace at Croft
Andrew Jordan set the pace in the opening practice session for this weekend's British Touring Car Championship rounds at Croft
The Pirtek Racing driver clocked a 1m24.835s time, nearly a second faster than the two factory Hondas of Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal.
Shedden, the championship leader, might have been closer but for a wild ride across the grass on the exit of Sunny. In the end he was 0.830s off Jordan's pace, with Neal a further 0.7s in arrears.
Dave Newsham was fourth fastest in the ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra ahead of Rob Collard's WSR BMW and Jason Plato's works MG.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda 1m24.835s 2. Gordon Shedden Honda 1m25.665s + 0.830s 3. Matt Neal Honda 1m26.386s + 1.551s 4. Dave Newsham ES Vauxhall 1m26.438s + 1.603s 5. Rob Collard WSR BMW 1m26.628s + 1.793s 6. Jason Plato MG 1m26.713s + 1.878s 7. Adam Morgan Speedworks Toyota 1m26.716s + 1.881s 8. Rob Austin Austin Audi 1m26.875s + 2.040s 9. Nick Foster WSR BMW 1m26.923s + 2.088s 10. Aron Smith Motorbase Ford 1m27.110s + 2.275s 11. Tom Onslow-Cole WSR BMW 1m27.143s + 2.308s 12. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 1m27.422s + 2.587s 13. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 1m27.593s + 2.758s 14. Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda 1m27.698s + 2.863s 15. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 1m28.167s + 3.332s 16. Ollie Jackson AmD Volkswagen 1m28.205s + 3.370s 17. Lea Wood Central Vauxhall 1m28.212s + 3.377s 18. Will Bratt Austin Audi 1m28.411s + 3.576s 19. Andy Neate MG 1m28.456s + 3.621s 20. Daniel Welch Welch Proton 1m29.116s + 4.281s 21. Paul O'Neill Speedworks Toyota 1m29.494s + 4.659s 22. Tony Gilham Gilham Honda 1m29.937s + 5.102s 23. Chris James ES Vauxhall 1m30.960s + 6.125s
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