PCCGB Knockhilll: Harper snatches pole from Plato

Dan Harper will start tomorrow's eleventh round of the 2018 Porsche Cup GB from pole position after snatching the top-spot fro🎉m JTR stablemate Lewis🍒 Plato at Knockhill.

The JTR runner had looked set to start the open⛄ing race from the second row on the grid, but Harper saved his best effort until last to kn♕ock Plato off the top-spot as the 30-minute shootout reached its climax.

“It’s unreal. JTR gave me a fantastic car and a massive thank you to them. I didn’t pull off a great lap on my first run, but it came together in the end and I’m deဣlighted," said Harper.

Harper snatches pole from Plato

Dan Harper will start tom🅺orrow's eleventh round of the 2018 Porsche Cup GB from pole position after snatching the top-spot from JTR 🔥stablemate Lewis Plato at Knockhill.

The JTR runner had looked set to start the opening race from the second row on the grid, but Harper saved his bꦦest effort until last to knoc🌠k Plato off the top-spot as the 30-minute shootout reached its climax.

“It’s unreal. JTR gave me a fantastic car and a massive thank you to them. I didn𒈔’t pull off a great lap on my first run൩, but it came together in the end and I’m delighted," said Harper.

"I’ve got a lot of people that have come over from Nor꧙ther𝓰n Ireland to support me this weekend and it’s great to be able to achieve this in front of them.”

Championship leader Dino Zamparelli had to settle for third position behind the leading JTR machines, but, crucially, still out-qualified his main title rival Tio Ellinas, who🀅 could only manage sixth spot.

Tom Wrigley and the impressive Pro-Am effort o꧒f Motorbase Performance's Dan Vaughn separate the current top-two title contenders in f♒ourth and fifth.

George Gamble shares the fourth row with GT Marques' Esmee Hawkey in seventh and eighth, while Seb Perez and Jamie Orton cꦯomplete the remainder of the top-ten grid in ninth and tenth.

Top honours for the Am category once again proved to be a closely fought ꦬaffair with Peter Mangion edging his main rival Peter Kyle-Henney by just 0.037s in 12th and 13th.

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