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Jun 28, 2008 - Thruxton, Qualifying 1 & 2      L: 10   T: 15m     Finish Order for Qualifying Session 2: 42, 23, 2, 17, 20, 18, 14, 8, 12, 1, 40, 21, 16, 15, 11, 51, 55, 52, 88, 71   L: 15   T: 10m     Chequered flag is waved   L: 9   T: 14m     No one seems to be pushing for a time any more, with the main protaganists in the pits   L: 8   T: 13m     Running Order: 42, 23, 2, 17, 20, 18, 14, 8, 12, 40, 1, 21, 16, 15, 11, 5, 55, 52, 88, 71   L: 7   T: 12m     Bentwood pulls into the pits to end his session and save tyres   L: 7   T: 11m     Gavan Kershaw in the Cadena Aston moves up to 6th with a 1:16.650   L: 6   T: 9m     Michael Bentwood puts the Aston MArtin onto Pole position with a 1:15.799.   L: 6   T: 8m     Alex Mortimer moves up a spot to 4th, pipping Aaron Scott by 0.03 with a 1:16.476   L: 5   T: 7m     Barley hundredths of second between 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th   L: 5   T: 7m     Running Order: 23, 42, 2, 20, 17, 14, 8, 12, 40, 1, 16, 28, 15, 11   L: 4   T: 6m     Aaron Scott jumps to 3rd, put then gets pushed back to fourth as Micheal Bentwood in the 42GT Aston Martin grabs 2nd with a 1:16.438   L: 4   T: 6m     Simonsen pits, satisfied his time will secure pole   L: 3   T: 5m     Mrtimer up to 3rd with a 1:16.548, ahead of Sutton, then Machitski, then Clark   L: 3   T: 5m     Nigel Redwood jumps into Pole, but then Simonsen sets a blistering lap of 1:16.027 - the fastest time of the day   L: 2   T: 3m     Posting the best opening hot lapAllan Simonsen in the CiM Ferrari posts a 1:16.810, 2 tenths ahead of Barnes (Brookspeed), and Sutton in the CRS Ferrari, a further 4 tenths back   L: 1   T: 2m     Field start their first flying laps of the session.   L: 0   T: 0m     Qualifying session 2 is go.   L: 0   T: 0m     Matt Griffin will not make the session, due to the Chad Ferrari's incident in session 1   L: 0   T: 0m     qualifying Session 2 about to get under way. Drivers as follows: 1: Clark 2: Redwood 4: Griffin 8: Ferrier 11: de Zille Butler 12: Wilcox 14: Sutton 15: Cullen 16:Hines 17: Mortimer 18: Kershaw 20: Scott 21: Jones 23: Simonsen 40: Barnes 42: Bentwood 50: Bailey 51:Osborne 52: Ellis 54: Jazz 55: Austin 57: Makintosh 71: Clark 88: Linn   L: 12   T: 15m     Qulifying Session 1 complete Finish Order 16, 18, 1, 2, 15, 40, 20, 17, 14, 11, 23, 8, 4, 42, 21, 12, 51, 88, 52, 55   L: 11   T: 15m     Brookspeeds Gornall posts a final throw of the dice lap to move up o 6th, with a 1:17.559   L: 10   T: 11m     Foster comes straight back to reclaim the position with a 1:17.475   L: 10   T: 14m     Paddy Shovlin steals 5th spot from Wilkins for the CRS Ferrari   L: 9   T: 13m     Running Order: 16, 18, 1, 2, 20, 15, 40, 17, 11, 14, 23, 8, 4, 42, 12, 21, 51, 88, 52, 55   L: 8   T: 12m     Gornall moves up to 7th with a 1:17.746   L: 8   T: 12m     Barrie Whight puts the Cadena Aston Martin up to 2nd with a 1:17.233   L: 7   T: 11m     Wilkins (ABG) and Gornall(Brookspeed treating the session like a race, duelling side by side   L: 5   T: 9m     The CiM car is driverless in pit road, and doesn't look like it will go back out.   L: 5   T: 9m     The field start their first flying laps again   L: 4   T: 8m     Session restarted: Order Metcalfe Bryant Foster Wilkins Shovlin Whight Gardiner Harrington Gornall Lester Meadows Machitski Bamford   L: 4   T: 8m     Looks like it was Chad Racing's Ferrari in the wall at T1, in the hands of Peter Bamford   L: 4   T: 8m     Session paused to remove car spun at T1   L: 4   T: 8m     Running Order: 16, 1, 2, 20, 15, 18, 17, 11, 40, 23, 14, 8, 4, 42, 12   L: 4   T: 8m     Metcalfe puts CRS ferrari into pole with a 1:16.697. Only car sub 1:17   L: 3   T: 6m     Steve clark sets a pole time of 1:17.475 in the RPM viper. Craig wilkins improves again to go second, a tenth behind. Barrie Whight stretches legs of Aston Matrin to go up to 3rd   L: 3   T: 5m     Gardiner comes into pits for tyre pressure adjustment   L: 3   T: 5m     Craig wilkins moves up to 2nd with 1:18.976, only to have Gornall in the Viper grab it back   L: 2   T: 3m     First to set a fast time is Mike Gardiner in the Moore Racing Viper, with a 1:17.912, ahead of James Gornall in the Trimite Viper   L: 1   T: 2m     The BGT field start their first flying lap   L: 0   T: 0m     15 Minute Qualification Session 1 is open   L: 0   T: 0m     Drivers Running in Session 1: 1: Oliver Bryant 2: Nick Foster 4: Peter Bamford 8: Leo Machitski 11: Guy Harrington 12: Phil Burton 14: Michael Meadows 15: Paddy Shovlin 16: Jeremy Metcalfe 17: Mike Gardiner 18: Barrie Whight 20: Craig Wilkins 21: Piers Johnson 23: Hector Lester 40: James Gornall 42: Tom Alexander 50: Steve Tandy* 51: Nigel Moore* 52: Fulvio Mussi* 54: Dereck Palmer* 55: Hunter Abbott* 57: Paul Fenton* 71: Ian Stinton* 88: Matt Nichol-Jones*   L: 0   T: 0m     The two fifthteen minute qualifying sessions for this weekends Avon Tyres British GT races will start at 1:45PM   Starting Grid # :   Retirements L:0   Matt Griffin will not make the session, due to the Chad Ferrari's incident in session 1 L:4   Looks like it was Chad Racing's Ferrari in the wall at T1, in the hands of Peter Bamford

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