PETER Henderson got himself caught up when Colin Forbes spun his formula II on the turnstile bend at the Cowdenbeath Racewall on Saturday night and when the pack arrived his stranded car was collected firstly by Craig Wallace then Kieran Howie, before the motor rolled and came to rest on its side.

In the saloons Stuart Shevill Jnr was back in action, leaving his formula I in the garage, whilst Danny Colliver was back as he chases the National Points title. However, it was David Hughes who snatched a late win during the final after sending long time leader Keith Mitchell wide.

Dougie Kidd dominated the lightning rods winning all three races whilst Kyle Roy won two of the prostox races.

Chris Davidson was making his formula II debut whilst Daniel Scrimgeour was having his first outing in his RCE chassis. Scott Finlay was over from Northern Ireland whilst the local drivers in action were Gregor Turner (Dunfermline), Paul Reid (Cowdenbeath) and Kieran Howie (Dunfermline) Heat one saw Turner take an early lead and was still clear when the chequer appeared where he led home Reid and Chris Burgoyne with Howie in tenth place. In heat two Turner again took the lead early on but after Henderson rolled his car the race was suspended and the cars lined up behind Turner in single file. Turner led on the restart from John Hogg who put him under pressure but he held on to win with Marc Fortune in third place with Reid in sixth and Howie in eighth.

Peter Davidson led the cars away when the final started but by the start of the next lap Turner was leading from Howie.

Reid had to retire when the gap he was aiming for disappeared and in the melee suffered damage to his car. When Finlay hit troubles his car came to rest on the pit bend suspending the race.

The field lined up again behind Turner who made a good start but Fortune quickly got ahead of Hogg and Howie into second.

At the half distance Fortune managed to dive inside of Turner to take the lead with the latter dropping down the order.

Burgoyne was under pressure from Wallace and then after clipping another car Burgoyne dropped down the order trailing smoke from his front tyre which was rubbing against the bumper.

Fortune went on to record an easy win crossing the line ahead of Wallace and Hogg with Howie in sixth and Turner eighth.

Forbes led the field away when the Grand National started but Turner was ahead within a couple of laps but had Reid in close order.

Reid took the lead with Hogg slipping into second relegating Turner to third. However when Stevie Forster’s car shed a wheel the race was suspended. This time Reid led the field away but Hogg struggled with a clutch problem and lost ground dropping down to sixth. Reid had managed to build up a slight lead but once Wallace moved into second the gap began to close. Wallace got ahead of Reid as did Fortune on the last lap to win with Reid having to settle for third with Turner seventh and Howie tenth.

There was another good turnout of saloon drivers with Ross Graham back and now sporting a red roof whilst the local drivers were Kyle Irvine (Glenrothes), Ross Watters (Leven) and Alex Cunningham (Leven). However, quite a few saloon drivers will be heading down to King’s Lynn this weekend for the National with a view of setting up thir cars for the World Final down at Mildenhall later in the month.

Luke Grief won the opening heat where he led home Stuart Shevill Jnr and Keith Mitchell with Cunningham in fifth, Irvine eighth and Watters in tenth. In heat two Scott Mitchell moved into the lead right at the start of the race but during the closing stages was under pressure from his brother Keith, Chris Carey and Neil McLaughlin.

However, when K. Mitchell was sent wide the others were delayed allowing S. Mitchell through to win from Shevill Jnr and Colliver with Irvine in tenth.

S. Mitchell led the cars away when the final started but soon had K. Mitchell and Marc Honeyman in close order. K. Mitchell then moved ahead as Shevill Jnr was spun and then retired. As the race progressed David Hughes, who had been picking up places on a regular basis, moved into second. As the laps dwindled so too did K. Mitchell’s lead and with two laps to run Hughes moved ahead before going through to win from Grief and K. Mitchell with Irvine again in tenth.

Grief then won the Allcomers race where he led home Colliver and Hughes with Irvine in seventh and just ahead of Watters.

Nigel Carroll was a welcome visitor in the Lightning rods traveling up from London for the meeting, whilst the local drivers were Sean Farrell (Glenrothes) and Gordon Brown (Leven).

Dougie Kidd won the opening heat from Chrissy Dearn Jnr and Farrell but Brown received damage and had to retire.

In heat two Kidd again made good progress to pick up his second win of the night leading home Chrissy Dearn Snr and Andy Chisholm.

Dearn Snr led the final over the early stages but once Kidd got into his stride he began to pick up places and then moved into the lead. Once there Kidd reeled off the remaining laps to win the UK Challenge from Dearn Jnr and Alex Rogan.

Locals in the prostox were Callum Watson (Leven) and Ricky White (Thornton) but Watson struggled with a mechanical problem and had to retire in each outing.Tam Melrose won the opening heat from White and John Mason. Kyle Roy then won heat two from White and Ally McDonald.

Roy led the final from start to finish and whilst he crossed the finish line clear of White the gap was closing whilst McDonald was again third.

This Saturday the BriSCA formula II drivers are back in action along with the ORCi stock rods, ministox and Rookie and Siamese Bangers with the meeting starting at 6.00 as usual.

The formula II World Championship semi-final grids have been announced with the races being held at Skegness on 23rd August.

The front row of semi-final 1 has the defending champion George MacMillan Jnr (Stepps) on pole position with Andrew Palmer alongside whilst on the outside of row 2 is Chris Burgoyne (Airth). Marc Fortune (Edinburgh) is on the outside of row 11 whilst Stevie Forster (Carluke) and Robbie Dawson (Aberdeen) share row 12 The front row of semi-final 2 pairs David Polley and Rob Speak together whilst Craig Wallace (Tranent) is on the outside of row 6 with Gordon Moodie (Windygates) directly behind.. Dennis Middler (Carnoustie) will start the race from the inside of row 8 whilst Jason McDonald (Turriff) is on row 14.

John Hogg (Berwick ) is the seventh reserve and whilst he may not start a semi-final he could well qualify for a place on the consolation semi-final.