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Shedden edges Neal in wet first BTCC practice at Thruxton

Gordon Shedden topped a wet first British Touring Car free practice session at Thruxton this morning

Mat Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus set the pace early on before Jason Plato (works MG6), Shedden and his Honda team-mate Matt Neal all took it in turns to top the times.

Neal set a sequence of 1m22s before Shedden recorded a 1m20.968s half-way through the session to put him a second clear of the field.

Neal's best of 1m22.020s was still good enough for second, just ahead of Plato's quickest effort. It meant the top three places were taken by the only models not to have been given a turbo boost increase for the weekend by the organisers.

Rob Collard was the top rear-wheel-drive runner in fourth with his WSR BMW.

Andrew Jordan was fifth in Eurotech's NGTC Honda Civic, despite starting the session late while the alternator was changed and the car breaking down just after he recorded a 1m23.343s.

Jordan's team-mate Jeff Smith was sixth, after causing the session's only red flag with an off at the chicane, just ahead of BTCC rookie Adam Morgan in his Speedworks Toyota Avensis.

Brands Hatch polesitter Dave Newsham (ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra) was next, ahead of Jackson, while Lea Wood's Vectra rounded out the top 10.

Pos  Driver          Team/Car            Time       Gap
 1.  Gordon Shedden  Dynamics Honda      1m20.968s
 2.  Matt Neal       Dynamics Honda      1m22.020s  + 1.052s
 3.  Jason Plato     Triple 8 MG         1m22.038s  + 1.070s
 4.  Rob Collard     WSR BMW             1m22.884s  + 1.916s
 5.  Andrew Jordan   Eurotech Honda      1m23.343s  + 2.375s
 6.  Jeff Smith      Eurotech Honda      1m23.378s  + 2.410s
 7.  Adam Morgan     Speedworks Toyota   1m23.734s  + 2.766s
 8.  Dave Newsham    ES Vauxhall         1m23.867s  + 2.899s
 9.  Mat Jackson     Motorbase Ford      1m24.075s  + 3.107s
10.  Lea Wood        Wood Vauxhall       1m24.199s  + 3.231s
11.  Daniel Welch    Welch Proton        1m24.641s  + 3.673s
12.  Liam Griffin    Motorbase Ford      1m24.858s  + 3.890s
13.  Tom Onslow-Cole WSR BMW             1m24.896s  + 3.928s
14.  Aron Smith      Motorbase Ford      1m25.236s  + 4.268s
15.  Tony Gilham     Gilham Honda        1m25.528s  + 4.560s
16.  Ollie Jackson   AmD Volkswagen      1m25.549s  + 4.581s
17.  Chris James     ES Vauxhall         1m26.134s  + 5.166s
18.  Frank Wrathall  Dynojet Toyota      1m26.563s  + 5.595s
19.  Nick Foster     WSR BMW             1m26.859s  + 5.891s
20.  Tony Hughes     Speedworks Toyota   1m28.004s  + 7.036
21.  Andy Neate      Triple 8 MG

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