TWO Scottish championships were contested during a fantastic night of stock car action on Saturday night at Lochgelly Raceway, writes Kevin McQueen.

The Superstox formula saw an out-the-hat grid draw, where National Points champion, Dean Johnston, drew pole position for the main race.- A rolling lap saw the race get underway on the starter’s command, and no sooner had the green dropped, the action had started.

Turn one saw Adam Low with a big lunge onto the rear bumper of Dean Johnston, with both losing time as a result, however, Johnston held onto it and retained the lead of the race.

The bumpers were going in further back the grid as well, though, with some heavy hits and early progress made by some further back, most notably Aaron Riddell, who was soon up into the top five and making inroads on those ahead of him.

Kenny McKenzie and Adam Low were never too far away from each other during the race, with Ciaran Adams battling it out just behind.

Johnston opened up a good lead to the battling pack behind, and it was Riddell that moved into second place around the midway stage of the race, with the gap narrowly closing lap by lap.

Johnston looked to have it covered as the laps passed by, managing the gap accordingly and keeping Riddell at a safe distance behind to avoid any late race dramas.

Riddell did continue to close in though, but couldn’t get into striking distance on the Johnston car, and Johnston took the Scottish Championship ahead of Riddell and Adam Low, whilst further races saw Dean Johnston take the wins ahead of Riddell.

The Stock Rods saw a pre-meeting draw take place which would determine the grid for the opening heat, with the grid reversed for heat two, and the points tallied to form the grid for the Scottish Championship race later in the night.

The Stock Rod formula have provided a lot of hard, close and extremely competitive racing this year, with next to nothing between a lot of the drivers.

Stewart Aitken made a return following a short lay off, and looked to be on the pace and in with a chance of success, but Sean Naismith took the win in the opening heat ahead of Aitken, with Koddi Wright rounding out the top three.

Heat two would see a few dockings during the race, with Teri Linden taking the race win ahead of Gary Dean and Koddi Wright, and, after the points were tallied up, Koddi Wright found himself on pole position for the Scottish Championship, with Gary Dean alongside and Aitken just behind.

As the green flag dropped, Koddi got away well and into the lead of the race on the opening lap, whilst Gary Dean dropped in behind in second place, with a train of cars hot on his bumper.

Come the end of the opening lap, Koddi ran deep into turn one, and Gary Dean didn’t need any invitation to put his car up the inside of Koddi.

Whilst Koddi did his best to hold the lead, he soon found himself out of shape into turn three, with the oncoming pack trying to take evasive action.

Dean had moved into the lead of the race, with Sean Naismith, David Crichton, Charlie Hardie and Dean McGill all in close pursuit. A race stoppage saw the pack close up, and Dean led the field away, under pressure from Naismith behind from the outset.

A couple of laps into the restart, Naismith moved to the lead of the race. Dean McGill would move into second place with Dean caught outside, and Hardie and Crichton trying to follow suit behind.

Gary Dean managed to get back in and into third place, whilst Dean McGill closed up to Naismith ahead, though seemed to sit behind him as the laps wore on. Naismith crossed the line ahead of McGill, Crichton, Dean and Hardie.

However, all was not over, with a few decisions to be made by the box which ultimately saw Naismith demoted for an infringement during the race, whilst Crichton was also penalised. This saw McGill take the win ahead of Gary Dean and Charlie Hardie following penalties.

Post-race checks would see McGill removed from the results, with Gary Dean being confirmed as Scottish Champion, with Hardie moving into second, and Naismith third.

The CC Rods saw race wins go the way of Craig Mason and John Downs in the heats, whilst Brian Allen took a hard fought win in the final, having managed to overcome points champion, Ian Christie.

The Ninja Karts were once more in good form, with a lot of excellent racing from the youngsters.

Jayden Jeffrey had his best meeting of the season, as he raced to a hat-trick of wins on the night, whilst Alfie MacLeod took a deserving victory in the whites and yellows race, and was unfortunate not to add to that during the meeting.