Motorsport: Shedden's touring car Thruxton pole

Fifer Gordon Shedden continued his blistering start to the British Touring Car Championship by clinching pole position for today's opening race at Thruxton.

By The Newsroom

Published 30th Apr 2011, 13:34 BST

Updated 1st May 2011, 01:31 BST

The 31-year-old from Dalgety Bay lapped the 2.35-mile Hampshire track in 1min 17.004secs to edge out the Vauxhall of Andrew Jordan by 0.062s. Shedden's Honda team-mate and former champ Matt Neal was third, 0.213s behind the Scot.

The Aberdeen-based Celtic Speed team, contesting the highly-competitive Porsche Carrera Cup, one of the support championships linked to the BTCC, saw Dunfermline's Rory Butcher qualifying second in the Pro-Am1 championship.