Racing Round-Up: Cowdenbeath Racewall hosts Scottish Championships

However, just before the third race the mist began to descend and, at times, it was hard to see the length of the pitch. The track was dry and as such the racing was fast with a lot of close dicing.

Among the Prostock Basic drivers at the track was Silver Roof and Highland Champion - Colin Ogilvie, while the defending champion Martin Loggie was missing.

There were seven female drivers on the grid with Leona Anderson being the best placed after the public grid draw was made.

The draw paired Ogilvie on pole Liam Boyle alongside Charley Heeps and Leona Anderson on row two whilst on row three were Gail Paton and Mark Blackie Jnr.

When the race started Ogilvie made the better of the starts to lead from Boyle with Anderson slotting into third place. Further back Heeps was fending off Mark Blackie Jnr.  On lap four there was a stoppage after Heeps slid into the wall with a little help whilst Kai Chisholm was sent spinning by Jamie Reid which earned him the black flag.

The cars then lined up behind Ogilvie and once they set off, he soon had Boyle glued to his back bumper yet again. It was relentless at the front with Ogilvie having to be at his best just to fend off the attentions of Boyle.

Further back James Paton had got ahead of Anderson but then when they drifted wide, Anderson lost ground.

Stuart Russell picked up a couple of places to move into fourth from a backrow start. It was hectic at the front of the field with Boyle doing his best to get ahead and the last few laps had the fans rivetted to the dice for the lead.

Boyle tried to get ahead on the outside line but each time had to drop back and despite getting alongside on the last lap, Ogilvie held on to win his first Scottish Championship from Boyle and James Paton.

Tori-Leigh Adams joined the ranks for the first Allcomers heat and she was the initial leader but by the end of the lap, Stuart Russell was ahead.

After a few laps, John Paton began to close whilst Boyle was slowly working his way through the field catching Taylor Osborne for third. As the laps dwindled John Paton dived inside to take the lead before reeling off the laps to win Russell held on to the runner-up spot with Boyle in third.

The second Allcomers heat saw Russell quickly hit the front and whilst he had Adams and John Paton in close order they were soon joined by a group of cars led by Boyle.

As the laps dwindled Boyle took the lead and on to win the Malcolm Lumsden DVD Challenge Shield from Joanne Hilditch and Russell.

When the Grand National started, Russell went straight into the lead and was still ahead at the flag, picking up his first Racewall win from Adams and Callum Rennie.

The ORCi Stock Rod drivers were having their last outing before their World Final and as a result, there was a good turnout of drivers.

Past World and the present UK Champion Michael Bethune was amongst those in action and made good use of his time on track. The National Champion, Cammy Doak along with the Scottish Champion Leon Stewart were also racing - the latter had repaired his car after having rolled the last time he was racing.

When the green flag dropped it was Keiran McKinnon who initially led but by the end of the lap Chris Chance was ahead and Paul Prentice appeared in second.

Jordan Dignan spun on the back straight whilst James Gray was trailing a cloud of blue smoke from behind his car. The oil flag soon appeared as Gray pulled off with the drivers struggling to find grip.

Chance, who had had a decent lead, began to drop back as like most others searched for grip Jamie Dawson slid wide, clipped the wall and retired on the main straight whilst Stewart Paterson retired.

One driver who didn’t seem to bother about the track conditions was Michael Bethune and he just carried on as if nothing had happened and his car was glued to rails. In the end, he went on to an easy win over Chance and Prentice.

Prentice was the early heat two leader from Aaron Forgie and Chance but at the middle of the field, Stewart Paterson had his hands full fending off Gray, Bethune, Doak and Leon Stewart.

The race was halted after Bailey McKinnon was left stranded against the pit bend wall. Once the race restarted Prentice quickly opened up a useful gap whilst Chance dropped places. Prentice extended his lead going on to win from Forgie and Bethune.

When the final started it was Chance who made the better of the starts to lead from K. McKinnon, Forgie and Prentice. However, the race was suspended after three laps when K. McKinnon's clambered up the pit bend wall and stopped.

The field lined up behind Chance whose advantage had disappeared and whilst he made a good start, he had Forgie in close order. Graham Osborne retired after bouncing off the wall then after a three-car shunt on the turnstile bend the race was suspended when Aiden McKinnon spun and was collected by S. McKinnon and Paterson.

On the restart, Chance made a good start but Gray and Stuart Wedderburn tangled and both retired.  Bethune was on a mission and went into the lead and on to win from Doak and Chance.

The 2-Litre Banger drivers were also racing for their Scottish Championship but with conflicting meetings, the cars were scarce on the ground.

Although Callum Campbell was the first to show by the end of the lap James Slater led. Brian Youngson quickly made up ground to take the lead before going on to win.

Slater was the runner-up with Campbell third.

Slater led the first of the Allcomers but after a few laps, Youngson was reeling him in. Once he caught up he nudged Slater into the wall where he was promptly hit by Campbell. Slater then tried to remove Ryan Scott and then Youngson. 

While he managed to make contact with Scott, Youngson managed to avoid his attempts before going on to win - the only car left running!

James Slater then won the final from Scott and Campbell but in the Destruction Derby after Campbell and Scott picked on Slater, wrecking his car. Campbell’s car cut out and wouldn’t restart and whilst Scott’s car was spluttering it was still running but only just!

There is no meeting at the Racewall next week with the Formula 1 World Final taking place at Skegness where the Formula IIs and Saloons are the backup formulae. When the Racewall does return it’s another two-day affair with the ORCi Stock Rods taking top billing with their World Final on Saturday and their Simon Laing Memorial trophy race on Sunday.

The Formula II drivers were in action at Aldershot on Sunday where the World Championship semi-finals were taking place.

In the first semi which included Liam Rennie, Graeme Leckie, Steven Burgoyne, Jason McDonald and Craig Wallace. Charlie Guinchard went on to win from Rennie with Burgoyne in eighth place.

The second semi-final was the hardest of the two with Gordon Moodie on pole and he went on to win from Chris Burgoyne with Lewis Burgoyne in eighth place.

As a result of the placings in the meeting final, Moodie will start from the outside of the front row at Taunton

Graeme Leckie, Jason McDonald, Ryan McGill and Craig Wallace will have to take their chance in the consolation semi-final when it is run at Taunton the day before to the World Final.