Collard tops drying second practice

Tom Boardman (Special Tuning SEAT) and Honda Racing duo Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal led the way in the early damp part of the session. But all the quick times came towards the end as all the runners switched to slicks.

Collard eventually set a 1m26.434s effort in his rear-wheel-drive WSR BMW, while Shedden and a committed Boardman completed the top three.

Mat Jackson (Motorbase Ford Focus) and James Nash (Triple 8 Vauxhall Vectra) showed improved speed over this morning's performances by going fourth and fifth quickest respectively.

Behind Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Vectra, Rob Austin was seventh in the NGTC Audi. His fellow class runner, Frank Wrathall, caused the only red flag of the session with an off in his Dynojet Toyota Avensis.

Reigning champion Jason Plato did not set a representative time and was last of the 24 cars in his works Chevrolet Cruze.

Pos  Driver           Team/Car              Time       Gap
 1.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW               1m26.434s
 2.  Gordon Shedden   Honda                 1m26.657s  + 0.223s
 3.  Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT   1m27.227s  + 0.793s
 4.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford        1m27.248s  + 0.814s
 5.  James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m27.595s  + 1.161s
 6.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall     1m27.597s  + 1.163s
 7.  Rob Austin       Austin Audi           1m27.656s  + 1.222s
 8.  Dave Newsham     Special Tuning SEAT   1m27.705s  + 1.271s
 9.  Tom Onslow-Cole  Arena Ford            1m27.778s  + 1.344s
10.  Tom Chilton      Arena Ford            1m28.000s  + 1.566s
11.  Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m28.672s  + 2.238s
12.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW               1m28.692s  + 2.258s
13.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota        1m29.237s  + 2.803s
14.  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m29.241s  + 2.807s
15.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall     1m29.298s  + 2.864s
16.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford        1m29.625s  + 3.191s
17.  Andy Neate       Arena Ford            1m29.816s  + 3.382s
18.  Shaun Hollamby   AmD Volkswagen        1m30.000s  + 3.566s
19.  Lea Wood         Central Honda         1m31.119s  + 4.685s
20.  John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m31.476s  + 5.042s
21.  Chris James      ES Chevrolet          1m31.488s  + 5.054s
22.  Matt Neal        Honda                 1m32.929s  + 6.495s
23.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet             1m33.797s  + 7.363s
24.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet