THE weather was dry and bright for the stock drivers at the Cowdenbeath Racewall on Saturday night, with the drivers revelling in a dry track surface, writes our Racewall reporter Jim Turner.

However, after the opening Ministox race, a car suffered damage after hitting the wall dropping its oil all around the track.

There were three titles up for grabs, the Scottish Championship for Stock Rods, the Supreme Championship for the Micro Bangers, and the final of the white/yellow series for the Saloons.

One of the main races of the evening was the Scottish Stock Rod Championship where the drivers draw their grid positions out of a hat.  There were many cars at the track including the defending champion, Leon Stewart.

The grid saw David Dignan on pole with Bailey McKinnon alongside, whilst Stewart was on row two and World Champion Cammy Doak on row three. The drivers were paraded to the fans prior to their grid being formed.

D. Dignan led the field away but Stewart cut into third with Jordan Dignan spinning out. James Gray and Stewart were both casualties and failed to restart.

The race was stopped and the grid reformed with D. Dignan again leading from B. McKinnon in second, but next time around Doak was in second with Jamie Dawson soon in third.  Doak managed to dive inside of Dignan to take the lead while B. And S. McKinnon battled for third.

Towards the close of the race Dawson bounced off the wall and retired with Doak going on to win from B, then S. McKinnon with Chris Chance winning the white/yellow trophy.

The heat which followed was led off by J. Dignan but soon developed into a dice between S and B. McKinnon, with the former winning from the latter with Michael Bethune third. Heat two was suspended after Dylan Smart and Stewart Paterson crashed out. The field lined up behind J. Dignan but he soon lost out to S. McKinnon and Niall McFerran who raced nose to tail for the remainder of the time.

During the closing stages of the race, Bethune closed the gap but S. McKinnon held on to win over McFerran and Bethune.

There was a good turn-out of Saloon drivers, and amongst those in action were fourteen drivers who had been either a white or yellow grade at the start to the season and Stuart Shevill Jnr, who looks odds on to win the National Points Series and with one round remaining is well clear of the remaining drivers.

The first of the Saloon races was the final of the white/yellow challenge series. Cammy Deans was the initial leader but had Raymond Dick in close order. Logan Bruce dropped to the tail of the field with Rian Mitchell moving into second.

Kyle Cotterell spun but restarted, whilst at the front Mitchell was beginning to close. Stuart Adsley moved through into third but Deans went through to win, but only just from Mitchell and Adsley.

The opening heat started in a cloud of cement dust after a Ministox dropped oil. Deans went straight into the lead from Mitchell and Bryson, but there was a stoppage with debris on the track. Deans led the cars away once the track was clear.

But after Euan Mathieson and Dylan Chisholm spun in separate incidents, the race was again stopped with a small fire in Mathieson's car. Deans again led but now he had Kyle Hegg and Stuart Shevill Jnr in close order.

Within a couple of laps, Shevill Jnr was ahead and he went on to win from Declan Honeyman and Hegg but the race was stopped after Barry Glen's car shed a tyre and he spun out.

Heat two saw Tam Rutherford Snr appear, but the race was suspended right away when Cotterell bounced off the wall. The grid was reformed with Mitchell leading but there was another stoppage with B. Glen on the grass and Jay Carruthers spinning.

The cars lined up behind Mitchell for the restart and whilst he led for a couple of laps, he lost out to Hegg then Shevill Jnr. Duff had hit the wall on the pit bend and then stopped at the end of the straight! Whilst Hegg led on the restart he lost out to Shevill Jnr who went through for his second win of the night and led home Hegg and Honeyman.

Bryson was the early final leader but the race was suspended after Derek Taylor clipped the marker tyre. The pack closed up behind Bryson who led from Hegg. A couple of laps later Hegg was ahead with Deans in second, but making rapid inroads through the field was Shevill Jnr.

He soon moved into second but it was only during the closing stages that he caught Hegg and then went through for his third win of the night. Hegg held on to second with Honeyman in third place.

There were 16 cars in action for the Micro Banger Supreme Championship. Within a couple of laps, Jamie Sangster was the leader with Luke Thompson leading the chase. Fraser Combe and Neil Sutherland were dicing over third, but when Sutherland made his challenge, both hit the wall and spun. Sangster then reeled off the laps to win from Thompson with Brian Youngson coming through into third.

The first heat started off with Sangster leading Youngson but halfway through they swapped places. Barry Jarman spun out of third on the last lap with Callum Campbell finishing in third.

Thompson then won the second heat but he was sent spinning across the finish line as Youngson tried to spin him out whilst James Slater was third. The Destruction Derby didn’t last too long with Youngson going on to win.

There was another good turnout of Ministox drivers for their penultimate outing. The drivers were racing for their Racing for Ramsay Shield. Despite being in a heavy shunt last Sunday, Ollie Sime's car had been repaired and he was back in action.

Caiden Abernethy was the opening heat leader from Nicole Allardyce, but they were soon closed down by Rhys Anderson. Sime was making up ground and whilst Anderson had a lap in the lead, then lost out to Sime. Stuart Shevill Jnr Jnr slid wide and bounced off the wall. Sime then reeled off the remaining laps to win from Anderson and David Philp Jnr Jnr.

The trophies being presented by Scott Ramsay Jnr.

Abernethy was again the heat two leader but after half a dozen laps lost out to Anderson. Although Abernethy held on to second for a few laps he was caught and passed by Charlie Burgoyne then by Philp Jnr Jnr.  Anderson then picked up his first win crossing the line clear of Burgoyne and Philp Jnr Jnr with Cole Ramsay presenting the trophies.

The final for the Racing for Ramsay Shield was a hard-fought one and whilst Abernethy was the initial leader he lost out to Anderson

Behind the blue graders were running in close order with Burgoyne leading a group of cars. He was to lose out to Sime who then closed in on Anderson.

With the laps dwindling both Sime and Burgoyne swept through into the lead positions but try as he might Burgoyne just couldn't get in a telling challenge as Sime went in to win whilst Anderson held on to third. The Ramsay family were on hand to present the trophies.
This weekend sees the final outing of the year and as usual, it promises to be a fitting climax to the season.

On Saturday the Formula IIs have their Champion of Champions race whilst the Saloons take part in the Superbowl where World Ranking Points are on offer. On Sunday the Formula IIs race in their Grand National Championship whilst the Saloons take part in the Gordon Barclay Memorial Trophy.  The Classic Hot Rods are scheduled to race both days whilst the Minis race for their Sharpies Trophy on Sunday.

Saturday’s offering starts at 5 pm whilst it is the usual 1 pm start on Sunday.

Keep a wary eye out on the GMP Racewall site where discounted Formula II World Final tickets will soon become available.