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Chilton sets Thruxton practice pace

Tom Chilton topped the times in the first practice session for the British Touring Car Championship rounds at Thruxton this morning

Chilton's Arena Ford recorded a 1m18.551s to pip the rapid Special Tuning Racing SEAT of Tom Boardman by two tenths of a second.

Donington Park race winners Mat Jackson (Motorbase Ford) and Andrew Jordan (Eurotech Vauxhall) were next as the turbo cars continued to dominate despite their recent boost reduction.

Honda team-mates Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal completed the top six, while Tom Onslow-Cole continued AmD Milltek's improvement in form with seventh in his Volkswagen Golf.

Reigning champion Jason Plato (Chevrolet) was the top normally aspirated runner in eighth, a second behind Chilton.

Championship leader James Nash (Triple 8 Vauxhall) was only 11th fastest, while Frank Wrathall's Dynojet NGTC Toyota Avensis had a fine run to 14th.

Pos  Driver           Team/Car              Time       Gap
 1.  Tom Chilton      Arena Ford            1m18.551s
 2.  Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT   1m18.764s  + 0.213s
 3.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford        1m19.047s  + 0.496s
 4.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall     1m19.206s  + 0.655s
 5.  Gordon Shedden   Honda                 1m19.342s  + 0.791s
 6.  Matt Neal        Honda                 1m19.443s  + 0.892s
 7.  Tom Onslow-Cole  AmD Volkswagen        1m19.450s  + 0.899s
 8.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet             1m19.497s  + 0.946s
 9.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW               1m19.956s  + 1.405s
10.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet             1m20.062s  + 1.511s
11.  James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m20.092s  + 1.541s
12.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford        1m20.519s  + 1.968s
13.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall     1m20.615s  + 2.064s
14.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota        1m20.680s  + 2.129s
15.  Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m20.786s  + 2.235s
16.  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m21.097s  + 2.546s
17.  Andy Neate       Arena Ford            1m21.156s  + 2.605s
18.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW               1m22.019s  + 3.468s
19.  John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m22.595s  + 4.044s
20.  Chris James      ES Chevrolet          1m25.795s  + 7.244s
21.  Rob Austin       Rob Austin Audi

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