THERE was no shortage of action at the stock car meeting at the GMP Cowdenbeath Racewall on Saturday night where the ministox drivers revelled on a dry track as they fought out a Keir Millar Memorial Trophy round, writes our Racewall reporter Jim Turner.

The leaders delayed themselves on the last bend allowing the third placed driver to dive to the inside and briefly into the lead. Unfortunately he clipped a marker tyre which lifted his can into the air and it was fourth placed Steven Burgoyne who nipped through to win.

Kieran Howie had won a couple of formula II races but had hit problems and had to retire after the opening heat with Chris Burgoyne then taking over to win a heat as well as the final.

Missing from the formula II ranks were Gordon Moodie, Garry Sime, Dennis Middler and Craig Reid but on the plus side Gregor Turner had his car back in action. Local drivers in action were Turner (Dunfermline), Kieran Howie (Dunfermline) and Paul Reid (Cowdenbeath).

The first heat of the night was a white/yellow challenge heat with Howie scoring an easy win.

The first heat saw Colin Forbes lead the cars away but within a couple of laps Howie was through into the lead. Hogg Jnr ran in second with Paul Reid third but making progress through the field was Robbie Dawson although Liam Rennie and Craig Wallace were not that far adrift. As the laps dwindled Dawson moved through into second place but Howie was still clear and he went on to win from Dawson and Wallace.

Forbes led the cars away when heat two started but on lap two it was Turner who was ahead of Hogg Jnr and Holly Glen. With four laps remaining Burgoyne got ahead of Turner before going through for a comfortable win over Turner with Rennie in third spot and Reid in eighth place.

When the final got underway it was Forbes who led over the first two laps and then it was Turner who led from Hogg Jnr but this time it was Rennie who was running strongly quickly opened up a gap over Dawson although Burgoyne was closing down the pair of them. With six laps remaining Rennie got ahead of Turner, who then slowly dropped down the order, but it was Burgoyne who was now closing in on the leader. A couple of laps later Burgoyne gave Rennie a push going into the top bend before diving through on the inside to take the lead. Burgoyne then chalked up his second win of the night from Rennie with Dawson just fending off Wallace for third with Turner finishing in eighth and just ahead of Reid.

At the start to the Grand National Forbes was first away but he was quickly caught and passed by Turner and Hogg Jnr. With three laps remaining Rennie moved into the lead with Turner dropping to fourth and whilst Rennie went on to win Wallace nipped through on the last lap to snatch second place from Dawson with Turner fourth. B

The ministox drivers were contesting one of the Keir Millar Memorial Trophy rounds and there was a good turn out of drivers including Bradley “Buster” Sage Jnr who had travelled up from Templecloud in the south west of England. Local drivers on the rid included Gary Paterson (Saline) and Danny Whyte (Lochgelly).

The first heat was open to white/yellow grade drivers only and it gave Declan Honeyman his first ministox win when he led home Reece Din and Lauren Ford.

The first heat was led off by Honeyman but on lap six Ryan Borthwick was the new leader although Honeyman was running in close order. Paterson caught up with the leading duo and moved into the lead, going on to win from Whyte and Ryan Borthwick.

Heat two saw Honeyman make another good start whilst behind R. Borthwick had Whyte and Paterson in close order whilst at the back Sean Naismith was ahead of Steven Burgoyne as they started to make up ground. Paterson moved into second but then lost out to Whyte and whilst they were dicing Naismith and Burgoyne were closing then in. Honeyman then went through to win from Burgoyne and Whyte with Paterson in seventh place.

Honeyman made the netter of the starts in the final but soon had Whyte and Paterson behind. Naismith was running ahead of Burgoyne and they were making inroads through the field. As the laps dwindled Paterson got ahead of Whyte then Honeyman to lead whilst behind them came Burgoyne with Naismith glued to his back bumper. The last lap proved to be hectic with Paterson leading going into the pit bend but was then tee boned by Whyte. As they slowed Honeyman aimed for a narrowing gap but clipped the infield marker tyre and as he regained the track Burgoyne dived through to win from Naismith and the recovering Honeyman whilst Whyte fifth and Paterson seventh.

There was another good turn out of Rookie Bangers and there was certainly no shortage of action.

The opening heat saw Ryan Martin roll his car whilst David Linton sent Stevie Allan wide on the last bend as he nipped through to win with Mark Morrison in third place. In heat two Linton again caught and passed Allan before going on to win from Allan and Dayle Ashall.

Not long after the final had started then Linton appeared in the lead before going on to win from Allan. When the Destruction derby started Allan and James McLean had a falling out which left the McLean car wrecked against the wall. Sean McConnachie managed to get his car going albeit slowly but in the end Linton crowned a hectic night by being the last car running.

The microf2 drivers turned up in their numbers with Harry Robertson making his debut and the local drivers Rebecca Reid (Cowdenbeath) and Leon Muir (Thornton) on the grid. The meeting was sponsored by Apex Garden Buildings of Falkirk.

The opening heat saw Freya Lovett go straight into the lead but she spun out with Billie Dawson whilst later the race was stopped after a couple of cars tangled on the top bend. Ross McLaughlin then got the better of the run through the back markers and he went through to win from Jamie Dawson and Muir with Reid in eighth place. There was another stoppage in the second heat but this time Todd Anderson fended off a late challenge from J. Dawson to win with Lovett in third place but neither of the local drivers in the results.

There was drama during the third heat with Lovett the initial leader from Kara Russell whilst Dean Heeps was running ahead of a group of cars. T. Anderson closed the gap to move into the lead with Lewis Clark Burgoyne and J. Dawson closing the gap. On the last bend there was contact between Anderson and Clark Burgoyne resulting in Clark Burgoyne spinning. This allowed J. Dawson through to win from Lovett and McLaughlin. However all the microf2 drivers were to receive a memento to mark the occasion.

This Saturday the Classic hot rods make their first competitive appearance at the Racewall and their promises to be a healthy turn out of cars led by Graham McCabe, Kenny Purdie and John McFarlane. Also on the bill are the1300 saloon cars, the minis and mirof2s with a 6.00pm start.