The saloon drivers were in top form at the Cowdenbeath Racewall on Saturday night when the second part of the season commenced but a late rain shower was to cause the non contact hot rods nightmares as they slithered around the oval.

The ministox drivers served up some close and fast racing and whilst Euan Millar went on to win the dice for third grabbed the spectators interest as they swapped places on a regular basis.

The 1300cc saloons were sparse on the ground but Lee Wilson will be hoping for shorter races after being pipped for a win not once but twice during the closing stages.

There was an influx of saloons cars from Crimond with Michael Gibb, Darren Bain and Daniel Kennedy making the journey down whilst Jamie Clarkson was having a run in the Grief shale car. Scott Chisholm made a welcome return after a couple of seasons absence whilst Kyle Irvine picked up his new car very late last night before making his long awaited return. Danny Colliver was back up as he chases the National Points Title.

The local drivers in action in the 2 litre National saloons were Kyle Irvine (Glenrothes) and Alex Cunningham (Leven).

The opening race of the night was a white/yellow challenge heat which gridded no fewer than 11 drivers and whilst Scott Mitchell led from the start from Clarkson but Chris Carey and Cunningham were running in close order and closing the gap. Towards the close of the race Mitchell was sent wide as Carey dived through into the lead and through to win from Cunningham and Keith Mitchell.

The opening saloon heat saw all cars appear apart from Chisholm who had blown his engine and Jonny Laing who was struggling to get his car to run.

Whilst S. Mitchell led from the start, K. Mitchell was in the lead after a few laps and began to pull away from the pack. Luke Grief and Colliver were running nose to tail and catching but David Hughes was only a few car lengths adrift.

With one to go Hughes made contact with Colliver to send him wide and into third. However despite Grief closing K. Mitchell held on to win with Hughes with Cunningham in tenth. Heat two followed much the same pattern only for K. Mitchell to be caught with only a couple of laps remaining and sent wide. In a flash Colliver took the lead and whilst he was first home had been penalised handing the win to Ian McLaughlin who led home Paul Honeyman with Colliver dropped to third with Cunningham ninth.

When the final started Clarkson was the first to show but he was quickly caught and passed by S. Mitchell. Cunningham spun but restarted with K. Mitchell diving through into the lead whilst Marc Honeyman moved into third. Grief was running ahead of Colliver and this duo was making big inroads through the field. I. McLaughlin was running just ahead of P. Honeyman whilst David Hughes was just a few car lengths adrift.

As the laps dwindled Grief and Colliver caught the leader but as they did so Colliver sent Grief wide as he slipped through into second. However this gave K. Mitchell the gap he needed and he went through to win his second race of the night leading home Colliver and Grief to the chequer with Irvine in eighth and Cunningham ninth.

Grief was sent wide at the start to the Allcomers race on what was by now a wet track and dropped places. Colliver made short work of the cars ahead as he chalked up his first win of the night leading home M. Honeyman and Grief with Irvine in eighth place.

The hot rod drivers were contesting the first round of their World Championship qualifying heats and whilst Robert McDonald was on the grid as he is qualifying through the English series he doesn’t qualify for points. However, he crossed the line first in heat one and the final but wasn’t to be classified.

John Sibbald was the winner of the opening heat where he crossed the line ahead of Graeme Callender and Ian Donaldson. Heat two saw Sibbald again win this time from Donaldson and Ian McGuigan.

When the hot rod drivers appeared for the final it was raining and as a result they struggled to find traction. Initially Callender led but as the drivers found traction they began to close with Donaldson leading the charge. McGuigan closed up on Sibbald and they began to edge closer to the dice for second. When McDonald finally got ahead of Donaldson he closed rapidly on Callender and took the lead. Donaldson was soon right on the back of Callender’s car and he too moved ahead and through to win. Callender then dropped another place on the last lap as Sibbald made up a place.

The ministox drivers were in good form with the final an excellent race with John Crawford (Cowdenbeath) and Michael Mitchell (Lochgelly) the local drivers.

The opening heat saw Euan Millar go through to win from Arran Chidwick and Mitchell. In heat two Millar was again first home winning from Chidwick and Bryan Lindsay and Crawford with Mitchell sixth.

The final was for the Colin Scott Memorial Trophy and whilst Taylor Borthwick was the first to show it was Jamie Connacher soon charged through into the lead. However Millar caught those ahead to take the lead before Connacher, Chidwick and Lindsay got themselves embroiled in a dice for second with the places changing on a regular basis. However, Millar was clear as and he went on to win with Lindsay just getting the better of the exchanges to claim second with Chidwick third, Crawford fourth and Mitchell fifth.

In the 1300cc saloons heat wins went to Dale Burt (Lochgelly) and Arran Hastie (Ceres) but it was Hastie who won the final where he led home Lee Wilson (Comrie) and Hastie.

The micro F2s were again in good form with Rebecca Reid (Cowdenbeath) and Jamie Dawson winning the heats before Dawson grabbed his second win of the night crossing the line ahead of Jimmy Cartmel and Reid.

This Saturday the formula II drivers return to the Racewall after quite a break, the 2 litre National saloons, the lightning rod UK Challenge and the prostox. The meeting starts at 6.00pm as usual.

At Northampton on Saturday during qualifying for the European Championship the Scottish drivers did well with George MacMillan Jnr fourth in heat one with Liam Rennie ninth. In heat three Chris Burgoyne was third with Gordon Moodie fourth.

In the final MacMillan was third, Burgoyne seventh but Moodie didn’t finish. Moodie was second in the Grand National with Burgoyne sixth and MacMillan Jnr eighth.

On Sunday Kelvyn Marshall won the European Championship from MacMillan Jnr but during the Inter Nations final Moodie won the race pushing the leader wide on the last bend.