IT was a dull Sunday afternoon that greeted the stock car drivers to the Cowdenbeath Racewall, with the hint of a rain shower never that far away, and Cody Miller rolled his Micro F2 in a two car shunt, but was back out for his next race unfazed, writes our Racewall scribe Jim Turner.

The main Formula II race of the afternoon wasn't for the normal drivers, but for their mechanics who were racing for the Ben Fund "Race for the Spanner" charity race!

The opening Formula II heat was fast and furious, with Colin Forbes leading the cars away, but a lap into the race there was a tangle involving Forbes, Charlie Faichney and Jason Blacklock.

This let Paul Reid ahead, but making inroads was Chris Burgoyne. Once he hit the front he eased away to win from Gordon Moodie and Steven Burgoyne.

Forbes was the early heat two leader, with Jason Blacklock moving into second but making moves this time was Moodie who was soon in the top five. Slowly Moodie cut the deficit but it was only on the last lap that he took the lead before going on to win, with Forbes the runner-up and Liam Rennie in third.

Forbes made the better of the starts when the final started, and quickly pulled away from the field. Blacklock appeared in second but was being caught by Peter Watt and John Hogg. Moodie had made up a lot of ground and towards the end of the race appeared in second. Despite closing the gap, Forbes held on to win from Moodie and C. Burgoyne.

There was a good turn-out of mechanics for the Race for the Spanner, with Gavin Davies leading from Ian Robertson and Darryl Issett. Robertson and Issett tangled allowing Davies through to win from Charlie Folan.

Amongst the ORCi Stock Rods racing were Cammy Doak, whose car was sporting his National Championship coloured roof; Michael Bethune in a new and different coloured roof; Keiran McKinnon in a new car; and Peter Thomson, who was having a rare appearance.

Prior to the opening heat Doak was given a lap of honour but soon Jordan Dignan went straight into the lead and that is the last that the other drivers saw of him. Chris Chance led the chase initially, but then lost out to Aidan McKinnon. In the end J. Dignan went on to record his first Stock Rod win and was followed home by A. McKinnon and Chance. Heat two was again led off by J. Dignan and he soon had built up a useful lead. Half way through the race A. McKinnon began to close the gap, and the last three laps saw the leading duo side-by-side with Bailey McKinnon, waiting to see the outcome. In the end J. Dignan just managed to out accelerate A. McKinnon to the line for his second win of the day with B. McKinnon third.

A. McKinnon beat J. Dignan away from the final start line with Chris Chance in third. Chance retired with a mechanical problem, allowing B. McKinnon into second place. Bethune and Derek Conner tangled on the back straight, David Dignan was clipped into a spin with Stewart Paterson taking third. In the end it was A. McKinnon who took the win from B. McKinnon and Paterson.

Amongst those racing in the ORCi Ministox were the East Lincolnshire champion Kerr Paterson, and the ORCi champion David Philp Jnr.

Nicole Allardyce led the pack away but early on was being chased by Cole Ford and Rhys Anderson. However, it was Ford who took the lead as Anderson slowed.

Shay Page joined in the fight but on the closing laps there was a group of eight cars on contention for the win. Demi Ritchie got sent wide and Rhys Kelly spun as Bailey Millar went through to win from Page and Ford.

Allardyce was again the early heat two leader but Anderson was on a charge and he soon caught and took the lead. Anderson quickly eased away as Ford moved into second and began to close. Ritchie moved into third but it was Anderson's win and he crossed the line clear of Ford and Ritchie.

Although Allardyce was the early final leader, Ford was sent spinning on the opening lap, and it was Anderson who caught and passed her. Not long after that Ollie Sime and Mason Howe were on the wrong side of shunts both ending up against the tyres. Anderson now had the field on his back bumper for the restart, but by the end of the main straight Page was in the lead from Owen Marshall and Oliver Heron. It was Heron who made the better progress to win the Ben Fund Trophy from Page and Paterson.

There was a good turn-out of Micro F2 drivers, including Rogan Richards and Jake Ramage in their own cars and Harry Whitmore, from London, who was in the hire car.

The race was suspended on the opening lap after Jaxson Watters and Cody Miller tangled causing the latter to roll his car. Although Watters led on the restart it was Harry Yule who soon forced his way through into the lead.

Once there he eased away to win from Corey Mathers and Evie McLellan.

There was a good early dice between Watters and Yule early on, but Watters dropped out after collecting a marker tyre. This allowed Mathers through into the lead and he won from Rhys Walker and Sam Forster.

Watters was soon in the lead when the final started, but initially chased by Evah Adsley and Yule. As the race progressed Mathers took the lead but had McLellan in close order and he went on win from McLellan and Walker. Whitmore was the driver of the day.

The stock cars revert back to Saturday evening next week where the Formula II, Prostock Basics and the Micro F2 drivers will race for their Turner Trophies. They are backed by the Prostock drivers with the meeting starting at 6pm as usual.

At Crimond Raceway on Saturday afternoon the main Formula II races were for the Ben Fund Trophy, which was their first race of the afternoon then the Raymond Tyldesley Memorial Trophy final.

The Prostock Basic drivers had their Highland Trophy up for grabs. The Formula II drivers were paraded to the fans, each receiving a memento of the proceedings.

Amongst racing were World Champion Gordon Moodie, Liam Rennie and Tom Bennett - the only visitor from south of the border.

The grid was formed with Westley McLean and Charlie Faichney on the front row. Robbie Dawson led for most of the race but towards the close he was caught by Jason McDonald before being spun. The last half dozen laps were hectic and, in the melee, Liam Rennie dived through into the lead with Bennett slipping into second.

At the flag it was Rennie from Bennett and McDonald with Moodie in fourth. Robbie Dawson then won heat two from John Hogg and Craig Wallace.

Faichney led the field away at the start to the Raymond Tyldesley Memorial Trophy final but lost out to Dawson next time around. Dawson led until the closing stages when McDonald sent him wide although Dawson was back ahead next time around.

When McDonald made his bid to retake the lead, they both drifted wide and in a flash, John Hogg dived through into the lead.

McDonald made another bid for the runner-up spot only to drift wide and into the tyres. Dawson held on to the second spot with Rennie third. Dawson won the Grand National from McDonald and Faichney.

The Ladies Ben Fund Shield race was won by Steph Morton, from Alma Gemmell, Mandy Smith and Rebecca Gammack.