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DAWSON’S BUSY NIGHT
Robbie Dawson had a busy night at the Racewall with the plus being
winning the final by a car’s length from Gordon Moodie.
However it didn’t start well for Robbie who only did a couple of laps
before stopping after hearing a grumbling noise coming from the car. The
diff was the first thought but in the end it was a crank problem so they
set about changing an engine and were back out on track for the second
heat where they ended up in second spot.
SALOON CARNAGE
There may not have been too many saloons at the track but there was
certainly carnage in the opening heat which saw Alan Ainslie and Chris
Lattka tangle, head for the infield, bounce off the armco where the
former was hit by Frankie Cunningham and then rolled.
Earlier Steve Webster and Lindsay Wilson had pulled out and shortly
after the roll there was another stoppage after Willie Mitchell had been
nudged and in the incident Richard Stirling had been shunted into the
wall on the top bend.
IN THE FRAME!
David Frame dominated the stock rods on Saturday night winning the
opening heat and then going through to win the final but he had to fend
off the attentions of fellow yellow grader Ian Ostler to win the Jane
Burt Memorial trophy.
KA FLIES
Did you see and hear the screaming KA of Paul Wightman dominate the hot
rod races on Saturday night? The car was pulling over 10,000 revs and
boy did we hear everyone of them!
In the final Wightman came under pressure from Karl Price and had the
latter squabbling all over the back of his car for a few laps before a
broken half shaft sent him into retirement.
SCOTTISH FOR THE TWOS
This Saturday we have the formula II Scottish Championship with John
Fortune the defending champion and hoping to become only the second
driver to successfully defend his title.
The main contenders to Fortune should be Chris Burgoyne, Paul Ford, Gary
Coffey, Robbie Dawson and George MacMillan.
However we could see some surprises with Dennis Middler and Garry Sime
in the frame or could one of the yellow grade drivers give them all a
run for their money?
INVALIDS AT THE RACEWALL
It was good to see Gordon Alexander and Ally Noble at the Racewall even
although they were relegated to a spectating role.
Both are recovering from their shunts with Alexander maybe the only one
to race again this year.
Noble is still suffering from the effects of his concussion and his car
is being used by Bryan Forrest just now – maybe it’s worse watching
someone else racing your car.
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