Hydrex Honda rider Stuart Easton has claimed pole for the weekend's triple race finale to the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship at Oulton Park.

Easton held off the challenge of newly-crowned champion Leon Camier in a high-speed climax to the Swan Combi 50 Roll for Pole at the Cheshire circuit.

Easton put in a scorching time of one minute 36.042 seconds to claim his first pole start in the series, responding superbly to Airwaves Yamaha rider Camier, who moments earlier had looked set to top the leaderboard with a time of 1m 36.055secs.

Karl Harris, fastest in free practice, continued his run of form to be third fastest with the Sorrymate.com SMT Honda, just ahead of Tommy Hill aboard the second Hydrex Honda.

James Ellison (1m 36.704secs) heads the second row, with Josh Brookes, Michael Rutter and Ian Lowry alongside him.