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 regarded probably set to renew his dominance on the circuit topping each observe 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 together 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 principal tales of the session got here from the Energy Maxed Racing squad with sequence rookie, Mikey Doble producing a stellar effort to sit down inside the highest 4 behind Sutton, Ingram, and Cook dinner. Jake Hill and Colin Turkington for Workforce BMW adopted, however Andrew Watson and Aron Taylor-Smith completed in seventh and eighth to finish an amazing day for PMR.
Cammish settled for ninth after his earlier second with Rory Butcher rounding out the highest ten positions. Monitor limits additionally dominated once more with many falling foul once more and shedding probably their greatest lap occasions.
2023 Kwik Match British Touring Automotive Championship – Qualifying – Thruxton
1. Ashley Sutton, NAPA Racing UK 1:15.489s2. Tom Ingram, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +0.210s3. Josh Cook dinner, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +0.246s4. Mikey Doble, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.406s5. Jake Hill, Laser Instruments Racing with MB Motorsport +0.439s6. Colin Turkington, Workforce BMW +0.528s7. Andrew Watson, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.545s8. Árón Taylor-Smith, CarStore Energy Maxed Racing +0.618s9. Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK +0.623s10. Rory Butcher, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +0.699s11. Ricky Collard, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +0.724s12. Daniel Lloyd, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +0.882s13. Bobby Thompson, Autobrite Direct with Millers Oils +0.938s14. Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK +1.079s15. Adam Morgan, Workforce BMW +1.096s16. Stephen Jelley, Workforce BMW +1.129s17. Aiden Moffat, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +1.180s18. Tom Chilton, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +1.418s 19. Ronan Pearson, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +1.451s20. Sam Osborne, NAPA Racing UK +1.483s21. Dexter Patterson, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Workforce HARD +1.517s 22. George Gamble, TOYOTA GAZOO Racing UK +2.041s23. Jack Butel, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +2.105s24. Will Powell, One Motorsport with Starline Racing +2.478s25. Nic Hamilton, Go-Repair with Autoaid Breakdown +2.616s26. Jade Edwards, Re.Drinks and Bartercard with Workforce HARD +2.951s27. Nick Halstead, BRISTOL STREET MOTORS with EXCELR8 +3.637s
