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Three-time champion Neal converted that into a solid fifth at the chequered flag in race one – setting the fastest lap along the way for good measure – but fellow multiple titlewinner Shedden’s hopes of adding to his points tally were dashed by a puncture on lap 11 that prompted an unscheduled trip to the pit-lane. Drivers’ Standings 1. ASHLEY SUTTON 312pts 2. COLIN TURKINGTON 300pts 3. GORDON SHEDDEN 257pts 4. ROBERT COLLARD 256pts 5. TOM INGRAM 219pts 6. ANDREW JORDAN 192pts 7. MATT NEAL 187pts Manufacturers’ Standings 1 BMW/WSR 655 2 Subaru/BMR 614 3 Honda/Dynamics 555 4 Vauxhall/PMR 447 5 MG/888 288 Although I have already spoken about Rockingham in a previous publication, we didn’t get Honda’s or Matt’s version of events. Hopefully Vince and I will be decending on Silverstone this weekend where Matt has given me the wink for some happy snaps in the Halfords Yuasa Honda Civic R. Very excited for that one. Keep reading for updates on our weekend. Halfords Yuasa Racing drivers Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal proved the inherent pace of the Honda Civic Type R in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship at Rockingham this weekend (26/27 August), but misfortune conspired to keep the pair off the podium at the Northants speedway. Neal lapped just over a quarter-of-a-second shy of the outright benchmark in an ultra-competitive qualifying session to line up seventh on the grid, as team-mate Shedden struggled with 57kg of success ballast aboard his Civic Type R, restricting him to just 16th place. Neal went on the attack in race two, and he was challenging for second position when contact with Josh Cook at Deene Hairpin spelt an early bath. Shedden was similarly making up ground from the back of the pack when he came together with Rob Austin at the same spot, resulting in a failure to finish. Both drivers began the finale right at the rear of the grid, but fought their way grittily through the field to take the chequered flag 12th (Shedden) and 13th (Neal), ensuring the battle for the biggest prize in UK motor sport continues on to Silverstone this weekend (16/17 September). Anyway, here’s Matt on Rockingham. “We knew Rockingham had the potential to be a tough weekend, but still, we looked to be in reasonable shape with fifth position in race one and obviously race two was going even better until the contact with Cook. The Civic Type R was on rails and second place was well within our grasp, so it was disappointing for that to be taken away from us by another driver’s error. Race three was always going to be a case of damage limitation from where we were starting, but we were as quick as the leaders again and 13th was about as good as it was ever going to get given the mountain we had to climb. We’ll dust ourselves off and come back battling at Silverstone.” | 12 www.sandbagtimes.co.uk
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