Thruxton BTCC: Civics of Goff and Shedden top practice sessions

The Eurotech Honda driver set his best lap of 1m16.454s in the morning session, while reigning champion Gordon Shedden's Team Dynamics Honda led the marginally slower afternoon running, just ahead of Goff.

Adam Morgan's Ciceley Mercedes A-Class was able to break up the Civics by pipping Matt Neal to the second-fastest time in FP1, before finishing the second session in third.

Andrew Jordan was the quickest of the WSR BMW 125i M Sports, going fourth in the first session, which was good enough for fifth overall.

Ash Sutton again led the BMR Subaru charge in sixth, just ahead of the Handy Toyota Avensis of Rob Austin - the pair setting their fastest times in the first and session seconds respectively.

Colin Turkington was fifth in the second session, the eighth-fastest time recorded between the two sessions, after recording 1m16.979s in the afternoon. No other drivers dipped under 1m17s.

Championship leader and 2016 Thruxton polesitter Tom Ingram seemed to struggle with maximum success ballast, and was 15th and 14th respectively in the two sessions.

The first session was red-flagged when Martin Depper's Motorbase Ford Focus went off and over a TV cable, which he then dragged around the circuit.

FIRST PRACTICE TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Jack Goff	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m16.454s	-	20
2	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Racing	Mercedes	1m16.554s	0.100s	21
3	Matt Neal	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m16.588s	0.134s	16
4	Andrew Jordan	WSR	BMW	1m16.845s	0.391s	19
5	Ash Sutton	Team BMR	Subaru	1m16.849s	0.395s	17
6	Chris Smiley	BTC Racing	Chevrolet	1m17.144s	0.690s	19
7	Rob Collard	WSR	BMW	1m17.147s	0.693s	19
8	Matt Simpson	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m17.155s	0.701s	18
9	Dave Newsham	BTC Racing	Chevrolet	1m17.157s	0.703s	22
10	Colin Turkington	WSR	BMW	1m17.227s	0.773s	24
11	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m17.252s	0.798s	21
12	Jake Hill	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.319s	0.865s	20
13	Tom Chilton	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1m17.387s	0.933s	12
14	Tom Ingram	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota	1m17.394s	0.940s	19
15	Mat Jackson	Motorbase	Ford	1m17.400s	0.946s	19
16	Gordon Shedden	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m17.496s	1.042s	13
17	Josh Cook	Maximum Motorsport	Ford	1m17.617s	1.163s	15
18	Rob Austin	Handy Motorsport	Toyota	1m17.636s	1.182s	23
19	Senna Proctor	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1m17.677s	1.223s	18
20	Michael Epps	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.721s	1.267s	24
21	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes	1m17.781s	1.327s	20
22	Daniel Lloyd	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m17.793s	1.339s	22
23	Stephen Jelley	Team Parker Racing	Ford	1m17.810s	1.356s	19
24	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	1m17.812s	1.358s	19
25	Luke Davenport	Motorbase	Ford	1m17.861s	1.407s	19
26	Will Burns	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.986s	1.532s	24
27	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.024s	1.570s	17
28	Ant Whorton-Eales	AmD Tuning	Audi	1m18.167s	1.713s	23
29	Aron Taylor-Smith	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m18.599s	2.145s	20
30	Martin Depper	Motorbase	Ford	1m18.626s	2.172s	22
31	James Cole	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.843s	2.389s	18
32	Josh Price	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.931s	2.477s	17

SECOND PRACTICE TIMES:

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Time	Gap	Laps
1	Gordon Shedden	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m16.510s	-	16
2	Jack Goff	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m16.514s	0.004s	20
3	Adam Morgan	Ciceley Racing	Mercedes	1m16.828s	0.318s	21
4	Rob Austin	Handy Motorsport	Toyota	1m16.924s	0.414s	21
5	Colin Turkington	WSR	BMW	1m16.979s	0.469s	22
6	Luke Davenport	Motorbase	Ford	1m17.021s	0.511s	20
7	Andrew Jordan	WSR	BMW	1m17.022s	0.512s	20
8	Senna Proctor	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1m17.072s	0.562s	18
9	Matt Neal	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m17.124s	0.614s	20
10	Dave Newsham	BTC Racing	Chevrolet	1m17.157s	0.647s	20
11	Chris Smiley	BTC Racing	Chevrolet	1m17.291s	0.781s	23
12	Jake Hill	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.352s	0.842s	20
13	Rob Collard	WSR	BMW	1m17.486s	0.976s	22
14	Aiden Moffat	Laser Tools Racing	Mercedes	1m17.488s	0.978s	21
15	Tom Ingram	Speedworks Motorsport	Toyota	1m17.497s	0.987s	17
16	Jeff Smith	Eurotech Racing	Honda	1m17.499s	0.989s	19
17	Ollie Jackson	AmD Tuning	Audi	1m17.513s	1.003s	21
18	Michael Epps	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.515s	1.005s	15
19	Tom Chilton	Power Maxed Racing	Vauxhall	1m17.548s	1.038s	23
20	Ant Whorton-Eales	AmD Tuning	Audi	1m17.619s	1.109s	21
21	Daniel Lloyd	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m17.763s	1.253s	21
22	Will Burns	Team Hard	Volkswagen	1m17.822s	1.312s	20
23	Jason Plato	Team BMR	Subaru	1m17.839s	1.329s	17
24	Stephen Jelley	Team Parker Racing	Ford	1m17.887s	1.377s	19
25	Matt Simpson	Dynamics/Honda	Honda	1m17.894s	1.384s	19
26	Mat Jackson	Motorbase	Ford	1m17.933s	1.423s	25
27	Ash Sutton	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.051s	1.541s	17
28	James Cole	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.068s	1.558s	15
29	Josh Cook	Maximum Motorsport	Ford	1m18.070s	1.560s	21
30	Aron Taylor-Smith	Triple Eight/MG	MG	1m18.348s	1.838s	17
31	Josh Price	Team BMR	Subaru	1m18.738s	2.228s	11
32	Martin Depper	Motorbase	Ford	1m19.167s	2.657s	18