Henrik Lundgaard tops tight pole fight

The qualification for the second round of the Danish Touring Car Championship at Padborg Park was tight, eventful and even painful. But in the end Chevrolet driver Henrik Lundgaard made it for pole position, marking one up on teammate Nykjær in third.

BMW driver Jan Magnussen started out on top, but it was soon clear that the fight for pole would be an internal front-wheel-drive affair between the Chevrolets of points leader Michel Nykjær and Henrik Lundgaard with James Thompson doing the attacking. Nykjær soon proved this point by taking provisional pole with a lap time of 1.01,433, in front of Thompson and Magnussen.

SEAT driver Jason Watt was climbing to third, but Lundgaard was the faster one of the lot making it a double Chevrolet front behind Nykjær. Only 6 thousands of a second splitting the two blue boys. James Thompson made another fierce assault placing him third behind Nykjær and Lundgaard. Kim Morgan Jensen flew of the track in the Big Mag curve, placing a local yellow on the spot.

Thompson was not going to give up the honors, passing Lundgaard for second in the dying seconds of the qualification. A close fight was going on between the three top runners; top ten split by less than a second. Per Poulsen could once again prove the power of the Accord as the fastest privateer driver in seventh spot, in front of privateer cup leader Jens Reno Møller.

The Invitation Only drivers were close, very close. John Hansen passed Jens Ole Mathiesen with only three thousands to spare, while Marrill had less than a tenth up to the stranded Morgan Jensen.

The warm up will take place Sunday morning at 10.15 CET.