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, c8 J( I l; F9 n0 o* X5.39.217.76Jason 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.
" ]1 q, d3 g Z( Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFollowing 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.
) s$ X9 o" P& B2 o8 STordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
6 |) y' F" r$ a0 b( @5 e. [) d公仔箱論壇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.
1 n) a# b; }7 L. j6 BThe 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.
% |% C5 ^7 A! s% SFourteen 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( ^& U; H( S k9 S: Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOn 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.3 B3 J, _ Z$ G$ f; d# Y% u9 G' k6 t
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.5.39.217.76- M( v+ ~$ W' }$ w3 ]
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.: H4 H* \" E' p' o
Austin then moved to the top of the times in his Audi A4 and remained at the summit for eight minutes, before Tordoff returned to the top.5.39.217.763 @3 M# z/ Z3 g/ ^$ u* d
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.
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