THE bangers may have come to town for their Scottish Championship on Saturday night and whilst there were few finishers in any of their races the most spectacular incident of the night came in the formula II final when Stevie Forster rolled his formula II, writes our Racewall scribe Jim Turner.

The certainly was some massive pile-ups at the Cowdenbeath Racewall leaving many a wrecked car and when Sean McConnachie was shunted heavily into the pit gate he required assistance out of his car.

There were a couple of visitors in the formula IIs coming in the form of Kyle Taylor and Colin Smith – the latter making his first visit to the track, whilst the local drivers were Gregor Turner (Dunfermline), Kieran Howie (Dunfermline), Paul and Craig Reid (Cowdenbeath) and Ian Thompson (Kennoway).

Once the race started there was a suspension, this time after Turner had spun after a half shaft broke and was then hit by Liam Rennie.

Rennie was the new leader and he went through to win the opening heat from Craig Wallace and Robbie Dawson. Heat two saw Rennie again going through to win from Wallace with Thompson coming home in third spot whilst P. Reid was seventh and C. Reid ninth.

Although C. Reid was the early leader when the final started he soon lost out to Smith but the race had to be suspended when John Hogg and Glen tangled leaving both cars against the wall.

On the restart P. Reid drove around the outside of the pack but when he came back on line tangled with Stevie Forster resulting in the latter’s car rolling, in what seemed to be slow motion, before crashing back down onto the track on its roof and wrecking the wing in the process.

The cars reformed behind Smith and this time the start was a good one although the leader had to give best to Rennie the next time around. Once ahead Rennie began to ease away from the field as those behind squabbled over second spot. Euan Millar briefly held second spot but he lost out to Dawson and then Wallace a couple of laps later. However, Rennie was well clear and he went through for an easy win and led home Dawson and Wallace to the finish line.

There was another big field of Ministox drivers and a few shunts and spins whilst Taylor Borthwick had an interesting final. Making her ministox debut was Samantha Rogerson whilst the local drivers were Gary Paterson (Saline), Danny Whyte (Lochgelly), Mitch Gold (Leven), Jamie Stewart (Glenrothes) and Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly).

The opening heat was led off by Barry Scott but his lead was short lived as Jamie Stewart took over. The race was suspended after Lauren Ford’s car came to a halt on the main straight and she was collected by another car before the race could be halted. Once she was safely out of the car Stewart was moved over as Borthwick took the lead closely followed by Gold and Steven Burgoyne. However, Burgoyne managed to get inside both on the pit bend before going through to win from Gold and T. Borthwick with Whyte in sixth.

Heat two was a quieter affair with Gold leading but being slowly caught by Whyte. During the closing stages of the race Whyte managed to dive through on the inside to take the lead as well as the win from Gold and Teri Linden.

The final was suspended after a shunt but on the re-start Stewart was soon through into the lead but after Gold had had a few laps in the lead Burgoyne took over at the front of the field with Naismith closing.

On the last lap they were nose to tail but Naismith found the inside line and went through for a narrow win over Burgoyne with Mitchell in third spot.

There was another healthy turn out of drivers in the Prostock basics with two new drivers having their first taste of racing on the grid. Megan Wilson (Comrie), Tiffany Barron (Cowdenbeath), Connor Jones (Glenrothes) and Jordan Dignan (Leven) were the local drivers in action.

Heat one saw John Rankin go through for a comfortable win over Dougie Ford and Connor Jones with Barron in ninth. Heat two ended with newcomer Warner lead the race from start to finish crossing the finish line clear of Ford and Ian Sutherland with Barron in sixth.

Warner went straight into the lead when the final started but when some of the drivers got their lines wrong on the top bend the race was suspended. However, Warner made a good re-start and started to pull away after a three car pile up the race was again suspended. This time on the restart Warner was spun by Ford whilst Claire Ryan was spun on the back straight and then in flash Warner managed to roll his car. Ford was declared the winner from Robert Grant, Jones, Wilson and Barron.

There was a good turn out for the 2 litre banger Scottish Championship with a good sprinkling of visiting drivers.

Jak Denikiewicz started from pole position and when the green flag dropped he shot straight into the lead from Stevie Allan. It didn’t take long for the carnage to start with wrecked cars around the track.

Out of the 36 cars that started only three made it to the finish line with Denikiewicz clear of Jon Taylor in second with James Dillon Jnr in third.

The heat which followed the Scottish was every bit as hectic and in one shunt Josh Heeps, Marc Dalgarno, Youngson and Dillon were involved in a shunt Lee Kopacz went on to win the race from Nathan Wren and Denikiewicz.

The final ended with Pete McVay going through to win, leading the race from start to finish and winning from Morrison and Denikiewicz. However, no sooner had the Destruction Derby started that it was abandoned after the stretch limo of Sean McConnachie hit hard from behind then sent crashing into the pit gate. The driver needed assistance out of the car a bit shaken but apparently alright.

The Microf2 drivers again turned up in good numbers and there was a lot of close racing from the 7 to 11 year old drivers with Rebecca Reid (Cowdenbeath) joined in the action by Connor Staubyn (Glenrothes) who was making his debut.

The first heat saw Sam Critchley go through to win from Archie Grindley and Ross McLaughlin with Reid in sixth place. Heat two saw David Philp Jnr lead the race from start to finish to claim his first ever race win and he led home Critchley and Grindley with Reid in tenth. Philp Jnr led the final for most of the time but lost his lead after a pile up on the main straight. Philip Jnr now had Grindley closing in and on the back straight the leaders touched and this allowed McLaughlin through to win from a recovering Philp Jnr and Jolean Maynard but Reid had retired.

This Saturday it’s a championship meeting with the stock rods and 1300saloon drivers contesting their Scottish Championship. The meeting starts at 6.00pm