Daniel Rowbottom topped the second and final Free Practice session of the Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship weekend at Oulton Park this afternoon (Saturday).
The NAPA Racing UK driver lapped the picturesque Cheshire circuit in 1m24.536s to rise to the head of the order in the final minutes for a second session in a row. Unlike the earlier Free Practice period however, Rowbottom’s benchmark was good enough to hold the top spot until the end this time around.
Tom Ingram set the mid-session pace prior to Rowbottom’s best effort in his Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS Hyundai, with an effort just 0.110s off the ultimate pace. That was enough to secure second position ahead of this afternoon’s ‘Quick Six’ Qualifying period from 3.55pm.
The top-three was completed by Aron Taylor-Smith who ran strongly once more after topping the first Free Practice. The Vauxhall Astra was just over a tenth shy of Rowbottom after climbing the standings with his last flying lap.
Tom Chilton was fourth fastest, one sport in front of reigning champion Ash Sutton in his Ford Focus ST. Sutton set the timing screens alight with the best outright first sector as the chequered flag fell on the session, but he wasn’t able to improve across the line, settling for fifth.
Dan Cammish was sixth as part of another strong showing for the NAPA branded Fords, with Adam Morgan, Mikey Doble, Rob Huff and Aiden Moffat rounding out the top-10.
Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship, Oulton Park, Free Practice 2
- Daniel Rowbottom, NAPA Racing UK, Ford Focus ST, 1m24.536s
- Tom Ingram, Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS, Hyundai i30N, +0.110s
- Aron Taylor-Smith, Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing, Vauxhall Astra, +0.125s
- Tom Chilton, Team BRISTOL STREET MOTORS, Hyundai i30N, +0.174s
- Ash Sutton, NAPA Racing UK, Ford Focus ST, +0.232s
- Dan Cammish, NAPA Racing UK, Ford Focus ST, +0.459s
- Adam Morgan, Team BMW, BMW 330e M Sport, +0.489s
- Mikey Doble, Evans Halshaw Power Maxed Racing, Vauxhall Astra, +0.581s
- Rob Huff, TOYOTA GAZOO RACING UK, Toyota Corolla GR Sport, +0.621s
- Aiden Moffat, LKQ Euro Car Parts with SYNETIQ, Toyota Corolla GR Sport, +0.628s
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