THERE was a stock car meeting full of entertainment at the GMP Cowdenbeath Racewall on a dry Saturday night and as a result the fans were treated to an all action meeting, writes our Racewall reporter Jim Turner.

The Burgoynes came to the Racewall and dominated winning eight out of the ten races they participated in. Not only that they went away with three trophies!

Chris won the formula II Geo Mac Memorial Trophy, Lewis the microF2 Turner Trophy whilst Steven won the ministox version!

There was action galore in the formula IIs resulting in quite a few spins with Brian Hogg, Ian Thompson and Robbie Dawson getting caught up whilst Holly Glen rolled her car during the Grand National. Thompson had seized his engine on Friday and had to borrow one of Gordon Moodie’s for the meeting!

There was plenty of nostalgia as well when the heritage formula II cars took to the track bringing back memories of when cars from the late 50s and 60s took to the track!

There was a good turn out of formula IIs for the Geo Mac Trophy including David Polley and George Campbell and Thomas Greer from Northern Ireland. Local drivers were Kieran Howie (Dunfermline), Paul Reid (Cowdenbeath), Dale Burt (Lochgelly) and Ian Thompson (Buckhaven).

The opening heat didn’t last long before it was stopped after Brian Hogg had crashed into the turnstile bend and shed a wheel.

As the car veered across the track it was collected by a couple who were trying to squeeze through a narrowing gap. Luckily Hogg stepped out of his car unhurt.

On the restart saw Chris Burgoyne charged through to win from Marc Fortune and Robbie Dawson with Thompson ninth after an early spin but P. Reid’s car was teeboned by another car as he exited the turnstile bend and as a result had to retire from the meeting with damage.

Heat two gave the inform Burgoyne his second win of the night when he came out on top in heat two where he led home Thompson and Fortune.

The grid for the Geo Mac final was a drawn one in graded order with Howie the early leader from Burt but Thompson made an lightning start from the front of the red grade drivers and was soon closing in on the cars ahead.

Polley was running ahead of George MacMillan Jnr and Burgoyne but Dawson was the first casualty when he clipped another car and hit the turnstile bend wall before retiring. Burgoyne got ahead of MacMillan Jnr and Polley in quick succession. Thompson caught and overtook Howie to move into the lead only to see Burgoyne in his mirrors.

The gap between them began to close until they were nose to tail. Burgoyne dived inside of Thompson to take the lead and soon eased away, taking the chequer to retain the Geo Mac Memorial Trophy from Thompson and Polley with Howie finishing in tenth place.

The Grand National was stopped after Glen’s rollover but she stepped out of her car a bit shaken and had a glance at her wrecked wing as she did so.! Thompson picked up his first win since he returned to the scene this year and he led home Polley and Craig Wallace with Burgoyne in seventh and Howie in ninth place at the close.

Another healthy field of saloon drivers turned up and quickly showed that we were going to be in for a treat! Local drivers were Kyle Irvine (Glenrothes), Raymond Dick (Glenrothes), Ross Watters (Leven) and Davie Sturrock (Saline).

Watters went on to win the opening heat where he led home Luke Grief and Irvine. Jamie Connacher led heat two from start to finish where he this time crossed the finish line on his own ahead of Irvine and Graeme Anderson with Watters in fifth and Dick in eighth place.

Kevin Letford led the field away but lost out to Connacher who led for a while but had Anderson in close order. Whilst Anderson led for a few laps he lost out to Grief who went through to win from Watters and Greg Honeyman with Dick in fifth and Irvine sixth.

The ministox drivers were again at their best with the racing between Euan Millar and Steven Burgoyne excellent and had to be seen considering their age. Local drivers included Gary Paterson (Saline), Mitch Gold (Leven) and Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly).

E. Millar went through to win the opening heat from Burgoyne with Gold in third and Mitchell in ninth place. Burgoyne then won heat two from Millar with a late charge from Paterson netting him third place whilst Gold was fifth and Mitchell in eighth place.

The final for the Turner Trophy was a classic and whilst Ryan Borthwick led the car away at the start Gold was soon ahead and had opened up a useful lead. However Burgoyne wasn’t hanging about and he moved ahead only to find his mirrors full of the Millar car. They circulated nose to tail for the remainder of the race and on the last bend Millar moved Burgoyne over. However Burgoyne wasn’t for giving up and he kept the power on and just beat Millar to the line by the width of a bumper with Gold third and Mitchell in sixth.

There was a good turn out of microf2s with Kira Russell and Dale Sutherland having an outing in the hire cars. Local drivers were Rebecca Reid (Cowdenbeath) and Leon Muir (Thornton).

Lewis Burgoyne went through to win the opening heat where he led home Jamie Dawson and Hannah Borthwick with Reid finishing in fifth and Muir eighth.

Burgoyne came out on top in heat two this time winning from Borthwick and Dawson with Muir seventh but Reid injured her foot in a crash and was taken to hospital for a check up. It was later discovered that Rebecca has a buckle fracture to her tibia

In a drawn grid Burgoyne started from the outside of the front row and went straight into the lead and whilst Dawson chased hard had to settle for the runners up spot as Burgoyne went on to win the Turner trophy with Borthwick in third and Muir fourth.

The heritage drivers enjoyed their annual trip to Scotland where Ian Johnson won the opening heat from Alan Nicholson and Phil Hiles. Nicholson then won heat two where he led home Andy Bateman and Nick Whitney.

Bateman, who hails from Cornwall, won the Scottish Open Championship where he led home Whitney and Johnson before Hiles won the Grand National from Whitney and Bateman.

This Saturday the BriSCA formula IIs are back in action along with the 2 Litre National saloons. They are joined in the fray by the 1300cc saloons prostox and micro bangers with the usual 6.00pm start.

Over in Ireland Michael Bethune (Kirkcaldy) won the ORCi stock rod European Championship adding it to the National Championship he won the previous week.

At Birmingham on Saturday night Gordon Moodie (Windygates) was second in formula II heat two and then won the final.

On Sunday at Barford in the North East of England Moodie picked up two runners up spots in the heats but then went on to win the George Gill Memorial Trophy.