IT was another cracking night’s racing on a dry but a bit chilly evening at the Cowdenbeath Racewall where formula II driver Gordon Moodie continued where he left off last week by winning another two heats as well as the final.

Graeme Shevill and Danny Colliver continued to take each other out during the saloon races whilst Marc Honeyman won an exciting final when he sent the leader Stuart Shevill Jnr into a spin during the closing stages.

However, the ministox drivers took some beating with the dices between Euan Millar and Steven Burgoyne very close affairs and for once Burgoyne had the upper hand on all three occasions. Luke McCallum, Ryan Borthwick and Kyle Roberts were making their ministox debuts with McCallum the more impressive.

There was another good turn out of formula II drivers again with Craig Reid and John Hogg having their first outings of the season whilst the local drivers were Kieran Howie (Dunfermline), Paul and Craig Reid (Cowdenbeath), Simon Cranson (Cowdenbeath), Dale Burt (Lochgelly) and Gordon Moodie (Windygates).

The opening heat was led off by Brian Hogg but early on Stevie Forster and Pete Davidson tangled on the main straight whilst both Chris Burgoyne and Craig Wallace retired.

Making light of the conditions and opposition, Moodie just stormed through the field to win comfortably from Robbie Dawson and Dennis Middler with P Reid in fifth Howie in eighth and C. Reid ninth. In heat two the race had to be suspended after Chris Davidson crashed into the top bend wall. B. Hogg led the field away on the restart but he then lost out to P. Reid, Reid’s time in the lead was short lived and he had to give best to Moodie who then drove away to score a comfortable win over Burgoyne and Wallace with P. Reid in seventh and C. Reid tenth.

Dale Burt spun exiting the pit bend on the opening lap of the final stopping the race. This time Simon Cranson moved into the lead when the race re-started although there was a hairy moment after C. Reid spun on the pit bend and was somehow missed by the pack.

Alex Hamilton moved into second and whilst he was closing in on the leader he in turn was being caught by the pack. Moodie had quickly moved ahead of Wallace then Burgoyne and was catching those ahead. Just after the half distance Moodie moved into the lead with Burgoyne taking second a lap later but was struggling to keep up with Moodie.

Cranson dropped back down the order after being moved off the racing line Moodie eased away from the field, reeled off the remaining laps to record another hat trick of wins. Burgoyne ended up as the runner up whilst Wallace got ahead of Middler to record third spot whilst Howie was eighth and C. Reid ninth.

B. Hogg then led the cars away when the Grand National started but this time it was Burgoyne who was making short work of those ahead. With the half distance flag being shown Burgoyne moved ahead and went on to win from Dawson and Wallace with Moodie finishing in sixth place despite having to start with a lap handicap whilst C. Reid was seventh.

Another good night of saloon racing with Graeme Shevill and Danny Colliver continuing their battle making contact with each other in all of their races. Dave Sturrock was making his debut whilst the local drivers on the grid were Ross Watters (Leven), James Strath (Cowdenbeath), Dave Sturrock (Saline) and Alex Cunningham (Leven).

The opening heat saw Colliver send G Shevill tangle on the top bend and then later on they clashed on the back straight which saw the Colliver car end up out of the race. Cunningham led on the restart and he went on to win from Stuart Shevill Jnr and Strath with Watters fifth.

In heat two Greg Honeyman led the pack away but within a couple of laps Strath was through into the lead. Gary Scollon ended up being spun by G. Honeyman and then G. Shevill was spun by Colliver. Strath was driving away from the pack and he went on to win from Marc Honeyman and Watters with Sturrock in ninth place.

G. Honeyman was the leader when the final started but within a lap Strath was sent wide into the wall and had to retire. Glen Heeps moved into second but had M. Honeyman and Shevill Jnr in close order. G. Honeyman was sent spinning with Shevill Jnr taking the lead. G. Shevill was again spun by Colliver with both restarting.

As the laps dwindled M. Honeyman clipped the back of the leader’s car sending him into a spin. By the time Shevill Jnr recovered Watters was through into second. Russell then Barry Glen dropped oil onto the track making things difficult and whilst M. Honeyman took the win he was followed home by Watters and Shevill Jnr.

The lightning rod drivers were having their first outing of the season with Somerville and Millar having their first race. Local drivers were Mark Somerville (Kirkcaldy) and Gordon Brown (Leven)

Heat one saw Andy Chisholm go through for a comfortable win over Chris Dearn Snr with Brown in third whilst Somerville retired. Chisholm went on to win heat two but this time from Brown and Ormond Dearn.

The drivers had to contend with an oily track which had a liberal coating to soak up the oil. Unfortunately Dearn Snr and Chisholm tangled resulting in both retiring. Brown took the lead and despite O. Dearn closing the gap eventually pulled away to win from O. Dearn and Millar.

There was a good turn out of minis with the first race of the night being their Easter Challenge trophy. Local drivers in action were John Crawford (Cowdenbeath), Gary Paterson (Lochgelly) and Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly)

Mika Millar led the cars away when the race started with Alex Morris moving into second from David Sinclair with Teri Linden closing and she was ahead on lap three.

A couple of laps later Steven Burgoyne took over the lead and whilst Euan Millar tried as hard as he could he wasn’t catching and then he lost second after tangling with Morris. This elevated Linden into second and she crossed the finish line adrift of Burgoyne and just ahead of Taylor Borthwick with Mitchell seventh and Crawford eighth. In heat one the race developed into a Burgoyne/Millar show with the drivers swapping places on a regular basis with Burgoyne just getting to the finish line first ahead of E. Millar, Linden and Mitchell but Crawford’s car shed a wheel and he was hit by a couple of cars and needed assistance out of his car..

It turned out to be a similar story in heat two with the Burgoyne/Millar dice taking them through the field and into the top places. Again they swapped places with Burgoyne just fending off Millar’s challenge to make it a hat trick of wins. Millar was almost alongside as they crossed the line with Linden not that far adrift with Paterson sixth and Mitchell in eighth place.

This Saturday looks to be yet another meeting not to miss with the formula IIs back in action and could Moodie make it three hat tricks in a row? The national hot rods are back for a World Championship qualifying round and whilst Ian Donaldson is ahead in the points watch Billy Bonnar give him a run for his money. As usual the meeting starts at 6.00pm.