NAPA Racing UK‘s Ash Sutton continues to set the tempo and has sealed a second successive pole place claiming the honors on Saturday (3 June) at Thruxton on the BTCC’s go to to the Hampshire circuit.
The so-called King of Thruxton, Josh Cook dinner seemed probably set to renew his dominance on the circuit topping each apply classes and was P1 midway by means of qualifying earlier than Sutton set an effort of 1:15.489s to seal the highest spot.
Tom Ingram snuck into second to maintain tempo along with his championship rival. 5 minutes remained however no impact was actually made on the order after a restart following the tyre stack going misplaced from Dan Cammish.
One of many essential tales of the session got here from the Energy Maxed Racing squad with sequence rookie, Mikey Doble producing a stellar effort to take a seat inside the highest 4 behind Sutton, Ingram, and Cook dinner. Jake Hill and Colin Turkington for Group BMW adopted, however Andrew Watson and Aron Taylor-Smith completed in seventh and eighth to finish an ideal day for PMR.
Cammish settled for ninth after his earlier second with Rory Butcher rounding out the highest ten positions. Observe limits additionally dominated once more with many falling foul once more and shedding probably their finest lap instances.
2023 Kwik Match British Touring Automobile Championship – Qualifying – Thruxton
1. Ashley Sutton, NAPA Racing UK 1:15.489s
2. Tom Ingram, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +0.210s
3. Josh Cook dinner, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +0.246s
4. Mikey Doble, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.406s
5. Jake Hill, Laser Instruments Racing with MB Motorsport +0.439s
6. Colin Turkington, Group BMW +0.528s
7. Andrew Watson, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.545s
8. Árón Taylor-Smith, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.618s
9. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +0.623s
10. Rory Butcher, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +0.699s
11. Ricky Collard, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +0.724s
12. Daniel Lloyd, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +0.882s
13. Bobby Thompson, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +0.938s
14. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK +1.079s
15. Adam Morgan, Group BMW +1.096s
16. Stephen Jelley, Group BMW +1.129s
17. Aiden Moffat, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +1.180s
18. Tom Chilton, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +1.418s
19. Ronan Pearson, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +1.451s
20. Sam Osborne, NAPA Racing UK +1.483s
21. Dexter Patterson, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Group HARD +1.517s
22. George Gamble, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +2.041s
23. Jack Butel, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +2.105s
24. Will Powell, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +2.478s
25. Nic Hamilton, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +2.616s
26. Jade Edwards, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Group HARD +2.951s
27. Nick Halstead, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +3.637s
