Shedden puts Honda on pole again

Eurotech Racing's Andrew Jordan had been quickest in the first part of the session, with aggressive kerb attacking in his Vauxhall Vectra resulting in a 1m17.066s.

But Shedden pipped Jordan with a second run, recording 1m17.004s to follow team-mate Matt Neal's two poles at Brands Hatch and Donington Park.

Neal was another to improve his times in the second part of the session, but had to settle for third in his Civic.

Tom Chilton was three quarters of a second behind Shedden, but will still line up fourth in his Arena Motrosport Ford Focus.

Reigning champion Jason Plato led the normally aspirated entries with fifth, almost a second slower than the poleman.

The RML Chevrolet driver was nevertheless happy with his effort. "I'm really pleased," said Plato. "That was a stellar lap."

Tom Onslow-Cole again showed the potential of the AmD Milltek VW Golf by completing the top six, three places higher than the similarly-engined Special Tuning Racing SEAT Leon of Tom Boardman.

Championship leader James Nash, on his first touring car visit to Thruxton, rounded out the top 10 in his Triple 8 Engineering Vectra.

Pos  Driver           Team/Car              Time       Gap
 1.  Gordon Shedden   Honda                 1m17.004s
 2.  Andrew Jordan    Eurotech Vauxhall     1m17.066s  + 0.062s
 3.  Matt Neal        Honda                 1m17.217s  + 0.213s
 4.  Tom Chilton      Arena Ford            1m17.759s  + 0.755s
 5.  Jason Plato      Chevrolet             1m17.966s  + 0.962s
 6.  Tom Onslow-Cole  AmD Volkswagen        1m18.122s  + 1.118s
 7.  Jeff Smith       Eurotech Vauxhall     1m18.249s  + 1.245s
 8.  Mat Jackson      Motorbase Ford        1m18.325s  + 1.321s
 9.  Tom Boardman     Special Tuning SEAT   1m18.327s  + 1.323s
10.  James Nash       Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m18.341s  + 1.337s
11.  Alex MacDowall   Chevrolet             1m18.640s  + 1.636s
12.  Tony Gilham      Triple 8 Vauxhall     1m18.787s  + 1.783s
13.  Paul O'Neill     Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m18.990s  + 1.986s
14.  Rob Collard      WSR BMW               1m19.079s  + 2.075s
15.  Andy Neate       Arena Ford            1m19.131s  + 2.127s
16.  Liam Griffin     Motorbase Ford        1m19.906s  + 2.902s
17.  Nick Foster      WSR BMW               1m20.960s  + 3.956s
18.  John George      Tech-Speed Chevrolet  1m21.088s  + 4.084s
19.  Frank Wrathall   Dynojet Toyota        1m21.655s  + 4.651s
20.  Rob Austin       Rob Austin Audi       1m22.072s  + 5.068s
21.  Chris James      ES Chevrolet          1m23.301s  + 6.297s