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Jason Plato belied his lack of dry weather running to take pole position at Rockingham, ahead of Triple Eight MG team-mate Sam Tordoff and Rob Austin’s Audi A4.5.39.217.764 v& N: k1 B. |, D. F+ G
Following a brief red flag stoppage after an off for Frank Wrathall, Plato set a new qualifying lap record of 1.22.350 with five minutes to go in the session, beating his own record from 2012 by 0.098s.
) W' K |2 s' A; v7 zTordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" S4 L: e7 a5 j$ Z: n; L
Title contender Andrew Jordan was fourth for Eurotech Racing, heading a quartet of Hondas, with reigning champion Gordon Shedden fifth, Jeff Smith sixth and series leader Matt Neal seventh.5.39.217.76: ?% n, V5 A5 N. v% S
The top 10 was completed by Dave Newsham, Colin Turkington and Will Bratt, with the Rob Austin Racing man taking his best grid slot of the season.
. p5 h' S, Q" V公仔箱論壇Fourteen drivers were within a second of pole, while Lea Wood was the fastest of the Jack Sears Trophy runners in 24th overall in the JWT Performance Vauxhall Vectra, half a second clear of his title rival Liam Griffin.
D- N6 c m* {! T \, Y: i. p+ V. s公仔箱論壇On his season debut, Howard Fuller was 20th in the Tony Gilham Racing Vauxhall Insignia, 1.364s off the pace, while Tom Onslow-Cole was 18th in his first outing for Motorbase Performance.! Y- f+ `4 U2 B1 ]1 z
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.公仔箱論壇7 g; \( W8 `& `0 c( {5 w
Colin Turkington was the first driver to set a representative time in his West Surrey Racing BMW 125i, his 1.23.092 quickly beaten by Tordoff, with a 1.22.660.
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The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.$ ?9 h1 x. d( U/ ^9 q$ w
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