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Callum Newsham claims dominant pole at Oulton Park

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Callum Newsham claimed a dominant pole position in a decimated TCR UK field of just eight cars at Oulton Park.

The JH Racing driver lapped the circuit, which went from damp to dry, in 1:26.583 seconds with his Hyundai Elantra N TCR to beat Honda driver Harry Bloor by more than seven tenths of a second.

Max Hall was third fastest and over a second from the pole time.

Rod McGovern was fastest of the Cupra drivers in fourth place for Power Maxed Racing, 1.329 seconds from Newsham.

Brad Hutchison took his Capture Motorsport-prepared Cupra to fifth place, 1.443 seconds from pole.

Points leader Max Hart claimed sixth place on the grid ahead of former points leader Jenson O’Neill Going, while Barry-John McHenry was eighth and last.

The first race of the weekend starts at 12:35 local time/13:35 CEST.