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Auto Trader BTCC: Qualifying, Oulton Park

10 September 2000

REID AND TARQUINI POLE-AXE RIVALS
Oulton Park, Cheshire - Saturday 9 September 2000                         
Weather: Changeable

Ford's Anthony Reid today earned a valuable point to aid his hunt for the
2000 Auto Trader British Touring Car Championship by taking pole position
for tomorrow's round 21 at Oulton Park.

The Mondeo ace, second in the standings behind team-mate Alain Menu, has
now closed the gap to five points. Reid will head a Ford 1-2-3 on the
round 21 starting grid tomorrow with his other team-mate Rickard Rydell
and Menu taking second and third respectively, despite carrying 40kg of
success ballast.

Said Reid: "I'm confident about the race tomorrow. I don't think Alain and
Rickard will be able to live with me because of the extra weight they are
carrying."

Italian Gabriele Tarquini took pole position for round 22 in his Honda
Accord, ahead of Reid and Vauxhall's Vincent Radermecker. Tarquini said:
"This is the best car I have driven this year and I would say the Accord
is the best car out there now. I am really optimistic about the race
tomorrow."

In Class B, newcomer Dan Eaves, racing a Touring Car VIP Club Peugeot 306
GTi to back up that division's points leader Alan Morrison, was quickest
in both sessions.