Gordon Shedden still quickest in British Touring Car practice at Thruxton
Gordon Shedden continued to dominate the Thruxton British Touring Car weekend by topping the second free practice session on Saturday afternoon
The works Honda driver had been a second clear of the pack in the first session and repeated the feat in the damp second outing. His 1m22.080s was the only effort under 1m23s, with Jason Plato second in his works MG6.
Shedden's team-mate Matt Neal left it late to start recording competitive times, but his Honda ended up third, less than one tenth ahead of the similar Eurotech Civic of Andrew Jordan, which seemed to run without the electrical problems that hampered his first session.
Dave Newsham's ES Racing Vauxhall Vectra was fifth and top S2000 machine, while Jeff Smith made it four Civics in the top six, 0.3 seconds slower than team-mate Jordan.
Donington Park race winner Mat Jackson was seventh in the quickest of Motorbase's Ford Focuses as team-mate Aron Smith struggled with transmission woes.
Frank Wrathall (Dynojet Toyota), Rob Collard (WSR BMW) and the Proton of Dan Welch rounded out the top 10, the latter despite completing only four laps after an aggressive run across the chicane kerbs appeared to damage the car.
Rob Austin's Audi failed to appear, but his team hopes the new engine - delivered just before the session - will be ready in time for qualifying later in the afternoon.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Gordon Shedden Dynamics Honda 1m22.080s 2. Jason Plato Triple 8 MG 1m23.143s + 1.063s 3. Matt Neal Dynamics Honda 1m23.324s + 1.244s 4. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda 1m23.371s + 1.291s 5. Dave Newsham ES Vauxhall 1m23.483s + 1.403s 6. Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda 1m23.678s + 1.598s 7. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 1m23.908s + 1.828s 8. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 1m24.035s + 1.955s 9. Rob Collard WSR BMW 1m24.591s + 2.511s 10. Daniel Welch Welch Proton 1m25.177s + 3.097s 11. Chris James ES Vauxhall 1m25.397s + 3.317s 12. Tom Onslow-Cole WSR BMW 1m25.564s + 3.484s 13. Tony Gilham Gilham Honda 1m25.767s + 3.687s 14. Ollie Jackson AmD Volkswagen 1m25.868s + 3.788s 15. Lea Wood Wood Vauxhall 1m25.880s + 3.800s 16. Adam Morgan Speedworks Toyota 1m25.967s + 3.887s 17. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 1m26.035s + 3.955s 18. Nick Foster WSR BMW 1m26.228s + 4.148s 19. Andy Neate Triple 8 MG 1m26.898s + 4.818s 20. Tony Hughes Speedworks Toyota 1m28.126s + 6.046s
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