Gordon Shedden stays fastest in second British Touring Car practice session at Knockhill
Gordon Shedden again topped the British Touring Car field at Knockhill in the second free practice session on Saturday afternoon
Despite going off in his Honda early on, Shedden set a 58.111s lap between red flags for Andy Neate (Arena Ford) and James Nash (Triple Eight Vauxhall) to pip Arena's Tom Chilton by a tenth.
The encouraging pace of the NGTC machines continued. Frank Wrathall was third fastest in his Dynojet Toyota, despite a turbo issue early on, while Daniel Welch was sixth in his Proton.
Title contenders Mat Jackson (Motorbase Focus) and Matt Neal (Honda) were fourth and fifth.
Rob Collard's WSR BMW was the top normally aspirated runner in ninth, while reigning champion Jason Plato was again outside the top 10. His works Chevrolet was 11th, just over 1s slower than local favourite Shedden.
Pos Driver Team/Car Time Gap 1. Gordon Shedden Honda 58.111s 2. Tom Chilton Arena Ford 58.247s + 0.136s 3. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota 58.278s + 0.167s 4. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford 58.281s + 0.170s 5. Matt Neal Honda 58.338s + 0.227s 6. Daniel Welch Welch Proton 58.599s + 0.488s 7. Tom Onslow-Cole Arena Ford 58.618s + 0.507s 8. James Nash Triple 8 Vauxhall 58.786s + 0.675s 9. Rob Collard WSR BMW 58.833s + 0.722s 10. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Vauxhall 59.082s + 0.971s 11. Jason Plato Chevrolet 59.129s + 1.018s 12. Alex MacDowall Chevrolet 59.195s + 1.084s 13. Tom Boardman Special Tuning SEAT 59.212s + 1.101s 14. Nick Foster WSR BMW 59.498s + 1.387s 15. Dave Newsham Special Tuning SEAT 59.534s + 1.423s 16. Aron Smith Triple 8 Vauxhall 59.598s + 1.487s 17. Martin Byford AmD Volkswagen 59.646s + 1.535s 18. Rob Austin Rob Austin Audi 59.647s + 1.536s 19. Andy Neate Arena Ford 59.687s + 1.576s 20. Jeff Smith Eurotech Vauxhall 59.823s + 1.712s 21. Paul O'Neill Tech-Speed Chevrolet 1m00.057s + 1.946s 22. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford 1m00.221s + 2.110s 23. John George Tech-Speed Chevrolet 1m00.767s + 2.656s 24. Chris James ES Chevrolet 1m01.609s + 3.498s
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