Thruxton BTCC: Civics of Goff and Shedden top practice sessions
Jack Goff topped the British Touring Car Championship free practice sessions at Thruxton
The Eurotech Honda driver set his best lap of 1m16.454s in the morning session, while reigning champion Gordon Shedden's Team Dynamics Honda led the marginally slower afternoon running, just ahead of Goff.
Adam Morgan's Ciceley Mercedes A-Class was able to break up the Civics by pipping Matt Neal to the second-fastest time in FP1, before finishing the second session in third.
Andrew Jordan was the quickest of the WSR BMW 125i M Sports, going fourth in the first session, which was good enough for fifth overall.
Ash Sutton again led the BMR Subaru charge in sixth, just ahead of the Handy Toyota Avensis of Rob Austin - the pair setting their fastest times in the first and session seconds respectively.
Colin Turkington was fifth in the second session, the eighth-fastest time recorded between the two sessions, after recording 1m16.979s in the afternoon. No other drivers dipped under 1m17s.
Championship leader and 2016 Thruxton polesitter Tom Ingram seemed to struggle with maximum success ballast, and was 15th and 14th respectively in the two sessions.
The first session was red-flagged when Martin Depper's Motorbase Ford Focus went off and over a TV cable, which he then dragged around the circuit.
FIRST PRACTICE TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jack Goff | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 1m16.454s | - | 20 |
2 | Adam Morgan | Ciceley Racing | Mercedes | 1m16.554s | 0.100s | 21 |
3 | Matt Neal | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m16.588s | 0.134s | 16 |
4 | Andrew Jordan | WSR | BMW | 1m16.845s | 0.391s | 19 |
5 | Ash Sutton | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m16.849s | 0.395s | 17 |
6 | Chris Smiley | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 1m17.144s | 0.690s | 19 |
7 | Rob Collard | WSR | BMW | 1m17.147s | 0.693s | 19 |
8 | Matt Simpson | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m17.155s | 0.701s | 18 |
9 | Dave Newsham | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 1m17.157s | 0.703s | 22 |
10 | Colin Turkington | WSR | BMW | 1m17.227s | 0.773s | 24 |
11 | Jeff Smith | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 1m17.252s | 0.798s | 21 |
12 | Jake Hill | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.319s | 0.865s | 20 |
13 | Tom Chilton | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 1m17.387s | 0.933s | 12 |
14 | Tom Ingram | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota | 1m17.394s | 0.940s | 19 |
15 | Mat Jackson | Motorbase | Ford | 1m17.400s | 0.946s | 19 |
16 | Gordon Shedden | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m17.496s | 1.042s | 13 |
17 | Josh Cook | Maximum Motorsport | Ford | 1m17.617s | 1.163s | 15 |
18 | Rob Austin | Handy Motorsport | Toyota | 1m17.636s | 1.182s | 23 |
19 | Senna Proctor | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 1m17.677s | 1.223s | 18 |
20 | Michael Epps | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.721s | 1.267s | 24 |
21 | Aiden Moffat | Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes | 1m17.781s | 1.327s | 20 |
22 | Daniel Lloyd | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 1m17.793s | 1.339s | 22 |
23 | Stephen Jelley | Team Parker Racing | Ford | 1m17.810s | 1.356s | 19 |
24 | Ollie Jackson | AmD Tuning | Audi | 1m17.812s | 1.358s | 19 |
25 | Luke Davenport | Motorbase | Ford | 1m17.861s | 1.407s | 19 |
26 | Will Burns | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.986s | 1.532s | 24 |
27 | Jason Plato | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.024s | 1.570s | 17 |
28 | Ant Whorton-Eales | AmD Tuning | Audi | 1m18.167s | 1.713s | 23 |
29 | Aron Taylor-Smith | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 1m18.599s | 2.145s | 20 |
30 | Martin Depper | Motorbase | Ford | 1m18.626s | 2.172s | 22 |
31 | James Cole | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.843s | 2.389s | 18 |
32 | Josh Price | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.931s | 2.477s | 17 |
SECOND PRACTICE TIMES:
Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Time | Gap | Laps |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Gordon Shedden | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m16.510s | - | 16 |
2 | Jack Goff | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 1m16.514s | 0.004s | 20 |
3 | Adam Morgan | Ciceley Racing | Mercedes | 1m16.828s | 0.318s | 21 |
4 | Rob Austin | Handy Motorsport | Toyota | 1m16.924s | 0.414s | 21 |
5 | Colin Turkington | WSR | BMW | 1m16.979s | 0.469s | 22 |
6 | Luke Davenport | Motorbase | Ford | 1m17.021s | 0.511s | 20 |
7 | Andrew Jordan | WSR | BMW | 1m17.022s | 0.512s | 20 |
8 | Senna Proctor | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 1m17.072s | 0.562s | 18 |
9 | Matt Neal | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m17.124s | 0.614s | 20 |
10 | Dave Newsham | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 1m17.157s | 0.647s | 20 |
11 | Chris Smiley | BTC Racing | Chevrolet | 1m17.291s | 0.781s | 23 |
12 | Jake Hill | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.352s | 0.842s | 20 |
13 | Rob Collard | WSR | BMW | 1m17.486s | 0.976s | 22 |
14 | Aiden Moffat | Laser Tools Racing | Mercedes | 1m17.488s | 0.978s | 21 |
15 | Tom Ingram | Speedworks Motorsport | Toyota | 1m17.497s | 0.987s | 17 |
16 | Jeff Smith | Eurotech Racing | Honda | 1m17.499s | 0.989s | 19 |
17 | Ollie Jackson | AmD Tuning | Audi | 1m17.513s | 1.003s | 21 |
18 | Michael Epps | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.515s | 1.005s | 15 |
19 | Tom Chilton | Power Maxed Racing | Vauxhall | 1m17.548s | 1.038s | 23 |
20 | Ant Whorton-Eales | AmD Tuning | Audi | 1m17.619s | 1.109s | 21 |
21 | Daniel Lloyd | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 1m17.763s | 1.253s | 21 |
22 | Will Burns | Team Hard | Volkswagen | 1m17.822s | 1.312s | 20 |
23 | Jason Plato | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m17.839s | 1.329s | 17 |
24 | Stephen Jelley | Team Parker Racing | Ford | 1m17.887s | 1.377s | 19 |
25 | Matt Simpson | Dynamics/Honda | Honda | 1m17.894s | 1.384s | 19 |
26 | Mat Jackson | Motorbase | Ford | 1m17.933s | 1.423s | 25 |
27 | Ash Sutton | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.051s | 1.541s | 17 |
28 | James Cole | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.068s | 1.558s | 15 |
29 | Josh Cook | Maximum Motorsport | Ford | 1m18.070s | 1.560s | 21 |
30 | Aron Taylor-Smith | Triple Eight/MG | MG | 1m18.348s | 1.838s | 17 |
31 | Josh Price | Team BMR | Subaru | 1m18.738s | 2.228s | 11 |
32 | Martin Depper | Motorbase | Ford | 1m19.167s | 2.657s | 18 |
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