Halfords Yuasa Racing’s Dan Cammish pipped Tom Ingram to pole position for the opening British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton tomorrow [20 September].
Cammish, who topped the pair of practice sessions earlier today, managed to translate that practice pace into pole position by edging out Toyota Gazoo Racing UK driver Ingram by 0.092s.
The 2019 runner-up initially made a mistake on his fastest lap in the session, but managed to bounce back to beat Ingram’s lap with a time of 1:15.201 in the final third of the session.
His team-mate Matt Neal would make it a 1-3 for Team Dynamics as the squad celebrate their ten-year partnership with Yuasa Battery with a one-off livery this weekend, with Neal’s time just 0.142s adrift of Cammish’s pole lap around the high-speed Hampshire circuit.
Oulton Park race three winner Adam Morgan managed an impressive fourth in his Ciceley Motorsport Mercedes-Benz just 17-thousandths behind, while MB Motorsport’s Jake Hill made it three Hondas in the top five in his older FK2 Honda Civic.
Motorbase Performance’s Rory Butcher placed sixth in the new-for-2020 Ford Focus ST ahead of Tom Chilton’s BTC Racing Honda Civic, while championship leader Colin Turkington was eighth in his ballast-laden BMW 330i M Sport as the first rear-wheel drive runner.
Michael Crees continued his practice form at Thruxton to qualify ninth for race one, directly ahead of team-mate Josh Cook who made it three BTC Racing Hondas in the top ten.
Championship contender Ash Sutton could only manage 11th in his Laser Tools Racing Infiniti Q50, ahead of Turkington’s team-mate Tom Oliphant.
Next was the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai duo of Senna Proctor and Chris Smiley in 13th and 14th positions respectively, while Ollie Jackson rounded out the top 15 runners for Motorbase.
The opening British Touring Car Championship race at Thruxton is scheduled to get underway tomorrow [20 September] at 11:40 BST.
Qualifying results
| POS | NO | CL | DRIVER | NAT | ENTRANT | CAR | LAPS | TIME | GAP |
| 1 | 27 | M | Dan CAMMISH |  |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 11 | 1:15.201 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 80 | M | Tom INGRAM | |
Toyota Gazoo Racing UK with Ginsters | Toyota Corolla | 11 | 1:15.293 | 0.092 |
| 3 | 25 | M | Matt NEAL | |
Halfords Yuasa Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 11 | 1:15.343 | 0.142 |
| 4 | 32 | I | Adam MORGAN | |
Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 13 | 1:15.360 | 0.159 |
| 5 | 24 | I | Jake HILL | |
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square | Honda Civic Type-R | 13 | 1:15.463 | 0.262 |
| 6 | 6 | I | Rory BUTCHER | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 11 | 1:15.653 | 0.452 |
| 7 | 3 | I | Tom CHILTON | |
BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 10 | 1:15.698 | 0.497 |
| 8 | 1 | M | Colin TURKINGTON | |
Team BMW | BMW 330i M Sport | 17 | 1:15.717 | 0.516 |
| 9 | 777 | I | Michael CREES | |
The Clever Baggers with BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 12 | 1:15.798 | 0.597 |
| 10 | 66 | I | Josh COOK | |
BTC Racing | Honda Civic Type-R | 11 | 1:15.801 | 0.600 |
| 11 | 116 | I | Ashley SUTTON | |
Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 17 | 1:15.903 | 0.702 |
| 12 | 15 | M | Tom OLIPHANT | |
Team BMW | BMW 330i M Sport | 13 | 1:15.913 | 0.712 |
| 13 | 18 | I | Senna PROCTOR | |
Excelr8 Motorsport | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 14 | 1:15.951 | 0.750 |
| 14 | 22 | I | Chris SMILEY | |
Excelr8 Motorsport | Hyundai i30 Fastback N | 13 | 1:15.953 | 0.752 |
| 15 | 48 | I | Ollie JACKSON | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 14 | 1:15.956 | 0.755 |
| 16 | 10 | I | Rob AUSTIN | |
Power Maxed Car Care Racing | Vauxhall Astra | 14 | 1:16.315 | 1.114 |
| 17 | 12 | I | Stephen JELLEY | |
Team Parker Racing | BMW 125i M Sport | 16 | 1:16.436 | 1.235 |
| 18 | 16 | I | Aiden MOFFAT | |
Laser Tools Racing | Infiniti Q50 | 17 | 1:16.486 | 1.285 |
| 19 | 180 | I | James GORNALL | |
GKR TradePriceCars.com | Audi S3 | 15 | 1:16.503 | 1.302 |
| 20 | 19 | I | Bobby THOMPSON | |
GKR TradePriceCars.com | Audi S3 | 13 | 1:16.578 | 1.377 |
| 21 | 31 | I | Jack GOFF | |
RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport | Volkswagen CC | 15 | 1:17.054 | 1.853 |
| 22 | 44 | I | Andy NEATE | |
Motorbase Performance | Ford Focus ST | 14 | 1:17.174 | 1.973 |
| 23 | 4 | I | Sam OSBORNE | |
MB Motorsport accelerated by Blue Square | Honda Civic Type-R | 16 | 1:17.370 | 2.169 |
| 24 | 32 | I | Jack BUTEL | |
Carlube Triple R Racing with Mac Tools | Mercedes-Benz A-Class | 17 | 1:17.489 | 2.288 |
| 25 | 8 | I | Tom ONSLOW-COLE | |
RCIB Insurance Racing with Fox Transport | Volkswagen CC | 13 | 1:17.490 | 2.289 |
| 26 | 41 | I | Carl BOARDLEY | |
Team HARD. | BMW 125i M Sport | 16 | 1:17.715 | 2.514 |
| 27 | 28 | I | Nicolas HAMILTON | |
ROKiT Racing with Team HARD. | Volkswagen CC | 15 | 1:18.855 | 3.654 |