Charlie just keeps rolling along

Charlie Folan again rolled his mini, this time after being clipped by another car on the back straight with his vehicle rolling a couple of times. However, Euan Millar was in top form and ended up dominating their races.

In the formula IIs there was another good turnout of drivers with Gary Sillifant and Brett Constable the visitors, whist Edwin Middleton was having his first run at the Racewall.

George MacMillan Jnr started the meeting some 128 points ahead of Chris Burgoyne in the race for the National Points, but after a hard shunt MacMillan Jnr ended up out of the meeting during the final.

Stuart Shevill Jnr was back in action after a few months on the sidelines whilst Danny Colliver became the first English driver to win the Turner Trophy

There were over 20 formula II drivers at the track including Middleton whilst Adam Blacklock was having a run in the ex-Stevie Forster car. The local drivers were Paul and Craig Reid (Cowdenbeath), Simon Cranson (Cowdenbeath), Kieran Howie (Dunfermline) and Gordon Moodie (Windygates).

The opening race was another of the white/yellow challenge heats and it turned out to be an eventful affair. The race was suspended after Middleton crashed heavily into the pit bend wall and was collected by five cars.

On the restart the leader Cranson entered the pit bend with his throttle stuck open and he clouted the wall hard suspending the race again.

This left Holly Glen as the new leader and despite another race suspension she just fended off Sillifant to pick up her win with Colin Thomson in third, C. Reid fifth and Howie sixth.

The opening heat saw Moodie charge through for a comfortable win where he led home Chris Burgoyne and Liam Rennie. Moodie again went on to win the second heat where this time he was ahead of Dennis Middler and Craig Wallace when the chequer appeared.

The start to the final was explosive with P. Reid and Michael Philip tangling on the pit bend which saw Reid’s car career across the track taking out Moodie and John Hogg as it did so.

C. Reid led the cars away on the restart but next time around Daniel Scrimgeour was the new leader. However, Scrimgeour soon had Middler chasing him hard and within a few laps Middler was ahead, Philip hit the barrier hard on the turnstile bend, then MacMillan Jnr was shunted hard into the wall suspending the race with the cars lining up behind Middler.

Blacklock’s car failed to start and he had to be pushed off the grid. On the restart Middler eased away from the pack before going through to win from Rennie and Wallace with C. Reid in eighth place.

Moodie was back out for the Grand National which he won leading home Burgoyne and Rennie with Middler in seventh place.

Danny Colliver, who is leading the race for the saloon National Points, was back up as he searches for points whilst the present holder of the title Stuart Shevill Jnr was back in action. Local drivers were Kyle Hegg (Leslie), Kyle Irvine (Glenrothes), Ross Watters (Leven) and Alex Cunningham (Leven).

Their first race was another of the white/yellow challenge heats where 13 drivers took to the track. Although Graeme Anderson led the early part of the race Glen Heeps came through to win where he led home Greg Honeyman and Keith Mitchell, with Cunningham in sixth place.

The opening heat saw Irvine go through to pick up his first win since his return to the saloons where he led home Watters and Luke Grief with Hegg in seventh place. In heat two Grief got the better of Colliver to win with Irvine in third and Watters in sixth with only seven cars making it to the finish line.

Greg Honeyman was first to show when the final started within a couple of laps Graeme Anderson was leading but making up ground was Watters but no sooner had he got his nose in front than G. Honeyman’s car slowed and stopped on the main straight suspending the race. Although Watters led on the restart Colliver sent him wide to take the lead with Grief moving into second but a bit adrift, Grief tried all he knew to close the gap but ran out of time as Colliver collected the Turner trophy with Shevill Jnr in third just ahead of Irvine, Watters and Hegg.

Anderson then went on to win the Allcomers race were led home Colliver, Irvine, Watters and Hegg to pick up his first win.

Jack McCallum was making his debut in the minis who were racing for the Turner trophy and the Cowdenbeath Civic Week Trophy. The only local driver n action was Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly).

In the opening heat Folan rolled his car suspending the race but it was Euan Millar who charged through to win from Steven Burgoyne and Bryan Lindsay.

The Turner Trophy saw Taylor Borthwick lead at the start but was soon caught and passed by Millar with Lindsay and Burgoyne chasing. Burgoyne forced his way through into second but just could catch Millar with Burgoyne ahead of Lindsay with Mitchell in fifth place.

The Cowdenbeath Civic Week trophy was also won by Millar who was ahead of Burgoyne and Lindsay with Mitchell again in fifth whilst the trophies presented by members of the Civic Week committee.

The Unlimited Scottish banger championship turned out to be a bit of a non event with James Dillon (Mayfield) going on to win from Ryan Scott (Musselburgh) and Ryan Farquhar. However there were only five cars.and the rest of their races were cancelled.

This Saturday the main race of the night is the saloon Scottish Championship with Stuart Shevill Jnr looking to continue his dominance of the championship where he is going for an unprecedented five in a row.

However, he will have to be at his best if he wants to retain the title with the drivers hoping for a good grid draw as they look to win the title. Backing them up will be the ORC stock rods who are also contesting their Scottish Championship with the new World Champion Michael Bethune hoping to win his first ever Scottish Championship. The BriSCA formula IIs will be racing for their Turner trophy whilst the lightning rods are also racing. As usual it’s a 6.00pm start.

*At Buxton raceway on Sunday afternoon Gordon Moodie won the Ben Fund trophy