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# a, l/ D: z! H: FJason 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.
4 J+ Q( q6 w) \0 B9 A0 s$ MFollowing 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.+ E3 s8 @5 P, l! b6 r
Tordoff had to settle for second after leading most of the session, just 0.031s ahead of Austin.
+ o6 t& ^) t. L& v, lTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。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.
' c( O+ ~/ }4 ~; a; FThe 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.
& A6 l" {0 Z& [- L- E, a6 a5.39.217.77Fourteen 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.
8 `; V9 p+ M+ ~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.% Y2 G8 O* a# Z. S2 z
Debutant Andy Wilmot was 26th in the Tony Gilham Racing Volkswagen CC.5.39.217.771 p& w* s# f& D9 X* `
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 1.22.660.5 [) w3 n% d: p
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." g" r4 w. Y% b4 O6 p' m
The Yorkshireman remained there until he was deposed by his team-mate with five minutes to go.- ^3 D; m0 F! f
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