BTCC Croft: Shedden bests Ingram to head practice times

The Scot, who lies sixth in the points, was the only driver in the lunchtime session to get underneath the best time set by Tom Ingram during the earlier period.

Shedden did it not once, but twice, with his fastest two laps just 0.007 seconds apart, the best of them 0.056s underneath’s Ingram’s session topper from the early morning.

That put Shedden 0.143s clear of Dan Rowbottom, who completed a Dynamics Honda 1-2 in the second session.

“Practice doesn’t count for anything, does it?” said Shedden. “You don’t know what anyone else is doing.

“I’m feeling good in the car and that’s half the battle – we’re somewhere in the ballpark and I’ve got something to work with.

“Hopefully the weather stays as it is and we can qualify somewhere near the front and go racing.

“It’s hard on the tyres around here, but I did two laps almost identical and it doesn’t feel like we’re killing the tyres, so that’s good.”

Shedden was on form all morning, with second fastest time in the first session, 0.159s adrift of the Excelr8 Motorsport Hyundai i30 N of Ingram.

Championship leader Ingram’s time counted as second overall – he was the only one of the overall top 10 not to improve in the second session, and was one of many to have a moment at Sunny In, in his case taking to the escape road on his way to sixth in that period.

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