NEWCLUB SECRETARY &MEMBERSHIP SECRETARYHeather Brunton takes over as Club Secretary andwill also become the Membership Secretary, a rolethe Comp. Secretary has performed in the past.NEWTREASURERGrahamMcPhee from the club’s accountants willbe taking over this role.NEWCOMMITTEEMEMBERSElected at theAGMwere Classic Mini driver NicBoyes, Legends racerGareth Davies and Saloons& Sportscars stalwart AndrewMorrison.GOODBYE TO COMMITTEEMEMBERSChris Edwards has stood down as CompetitionSecretary. This is following 9 years in the job,where he proved to be enthusiastic and hardworking. He will be missed as he put in anenormous amount of time and effort into the role,and he has been a committee member for over 10years as well. He continues in his role as an MSAappointed Clerk of the Course and might evenreturn to the track occasionally, he’s raced XR2sand had an outing in an ST last year. He has also

organised several SMRC winter indoor kartingcompetitions.Mike Gascoigne has twice been Chairman of theclub and although leaving the committee after beinginvolved for many years the former Chief Observerwill continue as a Clerk of the Course, along withhis involvement in SMMCmarshalling and rallying.Andrew Fenwick was on the committee for over10 years and will continue as Chief Observer in themarshalling team, he has also organised the end ofseason marshal’s fun day at Knockhill for severalyears.

GOODBYETOTHECLUB SECRETARYGillian Edwards has performed well in this role forseveral years looking after the club’s accounts.WELCOMEThere were many new drivers making their debutonApril 8th, Mini Coopers, XR2s, Legends andClassics all saw new faces. Amongst them were inthe Mini Copper Cup - Stefan di Resta, the 22 yearold brother of Sahara Force India Grand Prix starPaul. Classics - Christie Doran,16 year olddaughter of Scottish SUN Sports Deputy EditorJohn, she raced a Triumph TR8.

NEWVICECHAIRMANRussell Paterson who is aClassic Sportscar racer andformer Scottish ClassicsSports and SaloonsChampion. Well known forhis involvement withMorgans and has racedthese cars across the UK.

NEWCOMPETITIONSECRETARYGraham Brunton, hasalways been involved withFormula Ford. A driveroriginally now successfulcar preparer and teamprinciple, he also runs a twoseater formula car atKnockhill on corporatedays. He is the newCompetition Secretary hewill be assisted by his wife Heather.

NEWCHAIRMANHugh McCaig took over as Chairman in April. Well known in motor racing circles worldwide, Hugh is the patron of EcurieEcosse. He is also a member of the British Racing Drivers Club and Regional coordinator for the BRDC.He said; “I am delighted to have been elected Chairman of our club, and will ensure we build upon the strong foundations wehave in place. My intention is to bring the Club’s activities and way of doing business into the 21st century, and we have alreadybrought in a new accounting system.“It is also my intention to improve our liaison and support for the grass roots of motor sport in Scotland, an area that ourpresident Allan McNish is already heavily involved with. While our first meeting saw a record number of entries for a seasonopening SMRC club meeting, demonstrating the good health of our sport in Scotland. We are working on a number ofinitiatives, including updating the club web site and making race entry payment easier.“I would like to wish the new Competition Secretary Graham Brunton every success in this important role, and thank ChrisEdwards for his hard work during the last 9 years in that position. We also thank former Chairman Mike Gascoigne and longterm committee member Andy Fenwick for their work on behalf of the club. They have now stood down, but there are newmembers on the committee and we look forward to their input as we take the club forward.”

APRIL/MAY 2012 www.smrc-uk.com

NEW FACES FOR A NEW SEASON

Hugh McCaig

Russell Paterson

Graham Brunton

ECURIE ECOSSEWIN FIRST TIME OUTLegendary Scottish outfit Ecurie Ecosse returned to full-time top-level sportscar racing in superb style onEaster Monday (9th April) as they steered their Barwell Motorsport-run BMW Z4 GT3 to victory in theseason-opening British GT Championship event at Oulton Park.Monday marked their highly anticipated return to competition with victory as drivers Alasdair McCaigand Oliver Bryant powered the team’s BMW to a dramatic last gasp win.Torrential rain greeted the drivers for the season-opening race. McCaig took the start from third on the 25-car grid before easing into second spot on lap four. Bryant assumed the controls at mid-point in the60-minute race and quickly began hounding the leading United Autosports Audi R8 LMS of CharlesBateman and Matt Bell. As the cars entered the final lap the Audi slowed dramatically after appearing torun out of fuel, sparking emotional celebrations in the Ecurie Ecosse garage. Bryant started race two fromeighth on the grid but it was quickly evident that the team’s Z4 was struggling with major front-end handling problems, causing the car to lap some three seconds offits earlier pace. The issue was later traced to a rare block tread failure on the front right tyre that had been deteriorating throughout the race and was partlydeconstructed by the flag.Without this a top five finish was within reach but the issue, coupled with an additional 15 second pit handicap following their earlier race win, saw the Scottish teamdenied another points haul. Nevertheless McCaig and Bryant achieved a 10th place finish, leaving them third overall in the championship.

Celtic Speed Scottish Mini CooperCup in association with YokohamaTyres, Superchips & WheelsaroundRace 1: (restart) 7 laps

A big grid of 27 Minis formed up on the grid for thefirst race of the season. The top five featured a realfamily affair with Tim Sleigh on pole, KennyBrewster second, David Sleigh third, KennyMcLeod fourth and Steven Brewster in fifth. Stevenlost two places off the start and was at the back ofthe front pack. On the second lap there was a bigincident at McIntyres involving Stephan Di Restaand Kenny McLeod resulting in them being out ofthe race, and leaving cars littered around thechicane. The safety car came out then the race wasred flagged. There was a long wait for the restart.From the start Kenny Brewster was hot on Tim’s tailand made him work hard to keep his lead, onlybeing robbed of his second place when David Sleighgot a fantastic run on him. Kenny then gave David ahard time and that contest allowed Tim to build acomfort gap, and enjoy his first bit of relaxation inthe race. Kyle Reid had a strong race in fourth.Steven Clark and Steven Brewster had a crackingrace for fifth and sixth, Brewster managing to takefifth and keeping it to the line. Ross Wylie attracteda lot of justified praise from commentators for hisdrive in which he picked off car after car to finish ina very fine seventh. Good drive from Tim, hard luckfor Stephan Di Resta making his debut today. TheLadies class went to Fiona Wallace a few secondsahead of Elaine Marshall.Results: 1 Tim Sleigh 7m 35.7s 2 David Sleigh+1.78secs 3 Kenneth Brewster 4 Kyle Reid 5 KyleReid 6 Steven BrewsterFastest Lap: Kyle Reid 63.83secsRace2: 9 lapsTim Sleigh led by a car length from his brother

David on a damp track. These two were tied togetherall race but Tim held on for a fine win despite lots ofpressure from David. They were 9 seconds clear ofthe pack. Kyle Reid ran second on lap 1 thendropped a place as cars slithered around at Butchers.Kenneth Brewster moved into third on lap 2 butKyle stayed with him and retook thirrd on lap 4. Heheld the place until lap 7 when he had a tank slapperat Duffus while on the outside of Brewster, anddropped places. This allowed Steven Brewster to nipinto third, he’d been chasing his brother and Kyle allrace and was on their tails when he took the pass.Kenneth recovered for fourth. Steven Clarke was alonely sixth for much of the brace then moved up aplace late on. Stevie Kerr chased him and keptMalcolm McNab a second or so behind all race. Topnewcomer was Clarke with McNab second in class 3seconds back. The ladies had a good scrap. ElaineMarshall had Fiona Wallace all over her for theentire race but held on well.Results: 1 Tim Sleigh 10m 42.7s 2 David Sleigh +0.43secs 3 Steven Brewster 4 Kenneth Brewster5 Steven Clarke 6 Stevie KerrFastest Lap: Steven Brewster 65.78secs

Race 3: 9 lapsThe reversed grid had the top 6 cars switched round.Stevie Kerr led from a fast starting Tim Sleigh whogot from sixth to second in no time or as they turnedinto Duffus. He was leading by Clark chased byKenneth Brewster. On lap 2 David Sleigh movedinto third with Steven Brewster fourth, then a secondback came Kyle Reid with Ross Wylie on his tail.Wylie had started eighth and was charging. By lap 4he was up to fifth. At the front Tim Sleigh was underserious pressure from Kenneth Brewster as the top 4ran nose to tail. Lap 6 saw a sort out David Sleighgot into second then Kenneth Brewster went off atClark letting Wylie through to third now chased bythe recovering Brewster. Right behind them wasKyle Reid, with Steven Clarke a second back. Thelast lap on a wet track saw a few moments and aback straight crash. David Sleigh took the lead atClark passing Tim who was also demoted by RossWylie. Kenneth Brewster and Kyle Reid clashed onRailway Straight and both ended up in the tyre wall.Steven Clarke took fourth half a second behindRoss. Kenny McLeod then arrived in fifth after asterling drive up from 14th, with Michael Falconer a

few seconds back in sixth.Results: 1 David Sleigh 10m 58.1 secs 2 RossWylie + 0.85sec 3 Tim Sleigh 4 Steven Clarke5 Kenny McLeod 6 Michael FalconerFastest Lap: Kenneth Brewster 70.68secs

Scottish Saloon & SportscarChampionshipRace 1: 10 laps

Fifteen widely assorted normally aspirated cars andturbo charged fire snorting monsters assembled fortheir first race. Stewart Whyte’s mighty Escort hada close exciting race. Stewart took second fromCameron Purdie off the line and Garry held him offuntil lap 4 when he took the lead. Garry wasn’tfinished with and gave him a good run for hismoney. The field spaced out quite early on leavingsome drivers a bit lonely, but Fiona Kindness,Andrew Morrison and Alex Bruce enjoyed a goodbattle until Alex dropped off the back of that group.Andrew eventually took fifth from Fiona. On thelast lap Philip Duncan who had been lonely in fourthclosed on Cameron who had been equally lonely inthird, but there was not enough time left for them tohave fun racing each other.Results: 1 Stewart Whyte ( Escort Cosworth) 8m51.9sec 2 Gary Watson ( Westfield) + 0.5s secs3 Cameron Purdie ( Westfield) 4 Philip Duncan(Westfield) 5 Andrew Morrison (Seat)6 Fiona Kindness ( Skyline) Fastest Lap: S Whyte51.94secs. Class winners: Whyte, Watson,M Robson, AMcGowanRace 2: 10 lapsResults: 1 Stewart Whyte 9m 58.5 sec2 Philip Duncan +8.9secs 3 Gary Watson4 Andrew Morrison 5 Fiona Kindness 6 Alex Bruce(Mitsubishi Evo)Fastest Lap: Whyte 58.42secs Class winners: Whyte,Duncan, M Robson, AMcGowan

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Knockhill April 8th:

The Season Starts

Tim Sleigh leads Kenneth Brewster

Fiona Wallace batlled through for Ladies Cup wins

Ross Wylie heads a typical Mini scrap

Stewart Whyteʼs 4WD Escort took 2 wins

Philip Duncan at speed in his Westfield

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A record entry for the first meeting of the season but the weather was changeable

Scottish Formula FordChampionshipRace 1: 10 laps

Alistair Dow led from Ian Munro. Strangely thefield spaced out on the second lap with no reallyclose fighting for position. By the fourth lap thefront two were stretching their lead and a big gaphad developed behind Ross McEwan in fourth.Now things began to get exciting! Ian closed onAlistair and took the lead at the hairpin with Alistairin hot pursuit. They were side by side through thechicane, Alistair retaking first. They sped off toClark nose to tail now with Jordan Gronkowski ascompany. Ian took the lead again and Alistair hadJordan right on his tail. Alistair took the lead againat Clark. The fight was really on up the start/finishstraight with Jordan giving us a splendid pass bytaking the two of them on the outside at Duffus, amove not for the faint hearted, but beautifullyexecuted. Ross McEwan had joined in the partynow. Then disaster struck, Jordan developed aproblem in his electrics at the start of the last lap sothat was an end to his race as he retired. Then moredisaster Alistair and Ian having fought so hard,excitingly and close through the race got a bit tooclose at the hairpin and both went off, so that wasthe end of their race, only yards from the flag. Therace win then went to a delighted Ross McEwan, but

post race then it was taken away because he wasunderweight. That was the end of the disasters andnext up came the somewhat bemused, but veryhappy people. Ivor Mairs won, Andrew Cheshertook second and Keiron Blake was third. That wascertainly one of the very best, most exciting FormulaFord races I’ve had the pleasure of watching. Moreof the same again please guys!Results: 1 Ivor Mairs (Mondiale) 10m 6.07secs2 Andrew Chesher (Van Diemen) + 2.3secs3 Keiron Blake (Van Diemen) 4 Laurie Hughes (VanDiemen) 5 Paul Kopec (Ray) no other classifiedfinishers Fastest Lap: I Munro 56.56secs Classwinners: Kopec, MairsRace 2: 10 lapsLight rain greeted the cars as Ivor Mairs led the field

away chased by Keiron Blake. The faster cars allstarted at the back following race 1 dramas. IanMunro shot into fourth as Paul Kopec spun off atScotsman from that place on lap 1. Munro meantbusiness the former XR2 star was second by lap 2and as the lap ended dived past Ivor to lead at thehairpin. He was never headed again as he opened up2 seconds gap by mid race. Jordan Gronkowski tooksecond as the cars finished lap 2 and then hadAlistair Dow all over him. These two ran nose to tailfor a few laps before Dow went through on lap 6 hequickly dropped Jordan but was only taking a fewtenths out of Munro each lap. Ross McEwan startedlast and worked his way through the field, takingfifth fromAndy Paterson on lap 5 as he went up thehill. He got fourth on lap 8 demoting Ivor. Well doneto Ian Munro for his first Championship win.Results: 1 Ian Munro (Van Diemen) 10m 49.1sec2 Alistair Dow (Ray) + 1.09 secs 3 JordanGronkowski (Van Diemen) 4 Ross McEwan (VanDiemen) 5 Ivor Mairs 6 Andy Paterson (VanDiemen) Fastest Lap: Dow 62.75 sec

Scottish Legends Cars ChampionshipHeat 1: 8 laps

Scott Hynds led from Gerard McCosh and a faststarting Ross Marshall at Duffus. Ross was in fineform and led as the cars headed into the hairpin forthe first time, taking the inside line and leading upthe hill. He was never headed again and won as hepleased. The fight for second was good. Scott heldoff Gerard until lap 4 when Gerard got past. Thesetwo were shadowed closely by Carol Brown whohad raced up from seventh on lap 1. She dived pastScott at the hairpin on lap 5 and stuck to Gerard’stail as these three ran nose to tail. On lap 7 Carolwent wide at the hairpin and Scott was up to thirdbut on the last lap Carol regained the place. Gerardsat about a car length ahead of these two in a closefinish. Behind this scrap came a train that yoyoedbetween 5 and 7 cars. Led by David Allan thenKeiran Murray mid race before Robbie Burgoynecharged into fifth at the hairpin on lap 6. He held offMurray though it was often close and they swappedplaces twice on lap 7 but he was there at the flagwhile Dean Brace moved into seventh.Results: 1 Ross Marshall 8m 17.6 sec 2 GerardMcCosh + 5.8 secs 3 Carol Brown 4 Scott Hynds5 Robbie Burgoyne 6 Keiran MurrayFastest Lap: D Hunter 60.96 secHeat 2: 8 lapsDavid Hunter led the charge into Duffus, but RobbieBurgoyne shot into the lead at Butchers on theopening lap. Ross Marshall may have started downin 12th but was soon ripping through the pack. Bylap 2 he was third a lap later second before takingthe lead at the hairpin on lap 4 from RobbieBurgoyne. But Robbie fought back and was aheadagain by Duffus before Marshall repassed him onlap 6 at the chicane. Ross then stormed away to win

number two on the day. Burgoyne was safe insecond as Carol Brown kept close to him. Carol hadstarted 10th and moved up taking fifth by lap 2 thenwas up to third on lap 4 at the hairpin. Just behindthem David Hunter battled with Paul O’Brien. Acouple of seconds back was a 6 – 8 car train withKieran Murray at its head mid race, then ChrisHynds was there but Murray retook the place on lap7 only to spin at the hairpin delaying Chris Hynds,letting Scott Hynds through. On lap 7 we also sawGerard McCosh stopping at the hairpin as his carengine caught fire, but the marshals moved quicklyto douse the fire.Results: 1 Ross Marshall 9m 34.1 sec 2 RobbieBurgoyne + 1.6 secs 3 Carol Brown 4 David Hunter5 Paul O’Brien 6 Scott HyndsFastest Lap: R Marshall 69.8 secsFinal: 10 lapsPole man Paul McKay led into Duffus but ChrisHynds was soon up into the lead. Some drivers wereblasting through the traffic. Robbie Burgoyne hadstarted 14th but was up to 4th as lap 1 closed, theninto second on lap 2. Chris Hynds led until lap 4then Burgoyne was through on Railway straight.They were joined moments later by the hardcharging Ross Marshall. He has started 16th but shotup the order to be fifth on lap 2 then third a lap laterdemoting Dean Brace who retired on lap 4. The top3 ran nose to tail on lap 5 with Hynds leading at thehairpin only for Burgoyne to repass him going upthe hill as lap 6 began. Marshall was not hangingabout, he took second at Clark on lap 6 then wasleading a lap later as he exited Clark. Burgoyne gavechase but Ross was soon clear and off to his thirdwin of the day and a rarely seen maximum haul ofpoints in Legends. He had been in excellent form allday. Chris Hynds battled with David Hunter over theclosing laps, they swapped places a couple of timesbefore he just held onto third. Carol Brown camethrough from 15th to finish fifth a place she got toon lap 4 but couldn’t quite close down a few secondsgap with David Allan following in a lonely sixth.Results: 1 Ross Marshall 12m 5.1 secs 2 RobbieBurgoyne + 3.7 secs 3 Chris Hynds 4 David Hunter5 Carol Brown 6 David AllanFastest Lap: R Marshall 70.1 secs

Scottish Fiesta ChampionshipRace 1: 10 lapsThe first race where all cars were on Yokohamatyres, and starting off one grid. George Orr led awayin an ST chased by 3 STs headed by Dave Colvillewho had moved from XR2s. Then came BlairMurdoch and Scott Robertson. They were all gluedtogether during the race. Peter Cruickshank was nextand top XR2 chased by Stuart Haston in an ST.Haston got into fifth on lap 2 leaving Cruickshank tohold off Wayne MacCauley in another XR2. Thesecars pulled away from the rest headed by StephenRussell who slowly got away from Hamish Smart.At the front we had 4 STs running very close. ScottRobertson got past Blair Murdoch on lap 6 to be

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Ivor Mairs took a surprise Race 1 win

Ian Munro was victorious in Race 2

Ross Marshall took a maximun 600 pointsfor his 3 wins

Robbie Burgoyne heads Ross Marshall

third. On the last lap Orr and Colville were side byside at the hairpin but Orr held on to win, as Colvilletook a wide line while Robertson in third tried atight line. These two were side by side on the run tothe flag with Colville getting second by 7hundredths of a second from Robertson. Murdochwas less than half a second back in fourth withHaston under a second behind him. In sixth was topXR2 Cruickshank who absorbed more pressure lateon to beat MacCauley’s XR2 by 3 tenths of asecond they were just 4 seconds back on the STtrain. Russell took eighth and was third XR2. ThreeXR2s retired while further down the field ChrisHannah took the XR Newcomers class.

Results: 1 George Orr (ST) 10m 44.4 secs 2 DaveColville (ST) 3 Scott Robertson (ST) 4 BlairMurdoch (ST) 5 Stuart Haston (ST) 6 PaterCruickshank (XR2) Fastest Laps Collville (ST)63.2secs WMacCauley (XR2) 64.10 secsClass winners: Orr, Cruickshank, HannahRace 2: 10 lapsGeorge Orr once again led a tight bunch of STs on adamp track. In second was Colville while up to 5thcame Cruickshank’s XR2 demoting Haston atDuffus as MacCauley zipped past them both. Thecars went sliding through the chicane and third andfourth placed drivers Robertson & Murdoch STswent off. This put MacCauley’s XR2 into thirdchased by Cruickshank. Orr had a second lead whichhe held all race, until crucially the last lap. Colvilleclosed up on him and as they braked for the hairpin

and Dave dived up the inside taking the lead. Heheld on to cross the line and win his first ST race.Around 8 seconds later MacCauley took third asCruickshank who was a couple of seconds back allrace let two battling STs past at the hairpin on thefinal lap, not wanting to lose class points bybecoming involved. The STs were Haston andMurdoch. We had seen Murdoch reel in Haston fromlap 3 onwards after passing Stephen Emslie’s XR2.Emslie would later spin, while Robertson chargedback and finished seventh. Hamish Smart got eighthand was third XR2 just holding off Mike Strong’sXR2. Dave Colville said: “Fair play to George hegave me room, it was a good clean race, I reallyenjoyed it.”Top XR2 MacCauley said: “It’s raining, it’s my timeto shine when it’s raining, and I was quite surprisedto keep up with the STs.”Results: 1 Dave Colville (ST) 11m 31.3 secs2 George Orr (ST) + 0.13secs 3 Wayne MacCauley(XR2) 4 Stuart Haston (ST) 5 Blair Murdoch (ST)6 Peter Cruickshank (XR2)Fastest Laps: S Robertson (ST) 67.4 secs,W MacCauley (XR2) 68.4 secsClass winners: Colville, Maccauley, Hannah

Scottish Classic Sports and SaloonChampionship in association withYokohama, Water Revolution andTMS Motor SparesRace 1: 10 lapsDark clouds were overhead as the race started.Andrew Smith had his Morgan +8 ahead from pole.He didn’t get away from the rest as Stan Bernardhad his 911 right behind the +8 with RaymondBoyd‘s 911 with them. A few cars length’s back wasWillie Robertson’s Datsun 240Z . These 4 kept closeall race. Behind them in 5th Robert Marshall had hisMK2 Escort going well. He dropped a few secondsthen closed up as the race wore on. As Smith slowlyopened up a gap the 4 cars behind him were gettingclose over the last few laps. On lap 9 Robertsonpassed Boyd. The rest were well behind. In sixthwas a new car to classics, the MGB GT V8 of AlexMontgomery he eased clear of the a train of 5 cars

headed by Tim Reid’s Marcos. Reid was constantlypressed by Nick Boyes flying Mini which headedclass A all race. On lap 8 we had light rain and theMarcos retired pulling off at Butchers. Boyes thenheld off the 3 litre Capri of Robin Benn until lap 10when they swapped places but Boyes dived past theCapri at the hairpin to beat it by a tenth of a secondto the line. David Scott had his 924 Turbo up to 9thpassing Alan Barron’s Alfasud Sprint on lap 9. Postrace Robertson and Marshall got 10 second jumpstart penalties promoting Boyd to third.Andrew Smith said: “Stan was always there, it waspretty slippery and its the first time out for a whileso it blows the cobwebs away.”Results: 1 Andrew Smith ( Morgan +8) 10m 30.1secs 2 Stan Bernard ( Porsche 911) + 1.9 secs

3 Raymond Boyd ( Porsche 911) 4 Willie Robertson( Datsun 240Z) 5 Robert Marshall (Escort) 6 AlexMontgomery ( MGB GT V8)Fastest Lap: W Robertson 61.6 secs Class winners:A Smith, S Bernard, R Marshall, D Laird, N Boyes,Race 2: 10 laps

There was a dry line on a dampish track. AndrewSmith led the charge into Duffus then quicklyopened up a second lead. He eased it out anothersecond mid race and won after a smooth drive. StanBernard chased him but was under pressure.Raymond Boyd’s 911 is going quicker this year andhe stayed with Stan though Robert Marshall wasalso all over him. Then on lap 8 Marshall got pastBoyd, and they all stayed close. In fifth was AlexMontgomery the MGB GT was outpacing the rest.Where was Willie Robertson’s 240Z? He had beenlate out from the paddock and had to start at theback of the 21 car grid. So he was in for a busy race.He climbed up to 11th by lap 2, and had got toseventh by lap 5 passing Nick Boyes on RailwayStraight. He took sixth at the hairpin on lap 8 fromDonald Laird’s Elan which was going well. A laplater the 240Z blasted past the MGB GT on the backstraight. Willy Toye had also moved up with his TR8after also starting near the back following an earlyretirement in race 1. The TR8 was 11th by lap 3 andmade up a few more places by the end. Nick Boyestook class A again but this time George Leitch wascloser, out in a class A Fiesta MK1 for this meetingand he was just behind Scott’s 924 Turbo.Results: 1 Andrew Smith 11m 8.3 secs 2 StanBernard + 1.5 secs 3 Robert Marshall 4 RaymondBoyd 5 Willie Robertson 6 Alex MontgomeryFastest Lap: R Marshall 65.5 secs Class winners:A Smith, S Bernard, R Marshall, D Laird, N Boyes

Kevin Pick & Maggie Miller(My thanks to Maggie for reporting on Minis,

S&S, FF1600 first races)

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George Orr won the ST Cup in Race 1

Dave Colville won the second ST Cup race

Andrew Smithʼs Morgan took two fine race wins

Alex Montgomeryʼs MGB GT V8 ran well

George Leitch out in his new Class A Fiesta Mk1

Peter Cruickshank took a win in the XR2Championship

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Scottish Legends Cars ChampionshipRound Two – Heat One: 8 lapsCarol Brown used pole well to lead away she wasnearly 3 seconds clear of a big pack by lap 2. KevinKetterwell had led the pack on lap 1 then Scott Hyndstook over for a lap before Ross Marshall was past him.Marshall has started 12th and was on top form. Hecaught Carol by lap 6 and was into the lead at thehairpin. He held on for a good win despite a slideexiting Clark on lap 7. Carol kept close as these twowere over 5 seconds clear of the rest. Paul O’Brientook 3rd having moved into that place as early as lap2. He was never troubled as a train of up to 9 carsjostled behind him. By lap 4 Glen Burtenshawemerged at its head and stayed there despite ScottHynds being on his bumper for several laps. GerardMcCosh started 13th and moved up taking 9th fromDavidAllan on lap 4 at the hairpin, he grabbed twoplaces on the last lap at the hairpin to finish 6th.Results: Ross Marshall 8m:18.89s (73.89mph);2 Carol Brown + 0.33s; 3 Paul O’Brien; 4 GlennBurtenshaw; 5 Scott Hynds; 6 Gerard McCosh; PolePosition: Brown. Fastest lap: Marshall 1m00.38s(76.31mph). Starters: 20.Heat Two: 8 lapsGerard McCosh had pole but was 4th into Duffus asDavid Hunter led Robbie Burgoyne and RossMarshall. Marshall was into 2nd at Clark demotingBurgoyne before taking a lap to pass Hunter also atClark. Marshall then sat about a second clear ofHunter who chased him all the way to the flag. Thefight for 3rd was an 8 car pack headed by Burgoyneuntil lap 3 then McCosh dived past at the hairpin.Burgoyne sat on his bumper and repassed Gerard onlap 5. We now had a huge pack of 10 cars all nose totail. In there was Carol Brown. She started 11th andwas working up the order. By lap 4 she was 7th, a laplater 5th as she dived inside Burtenshaw at Clark. Shesat there for a couple of laps then on the last lapmoved up to 3rd. Burtenshaw managed a quick spin atScotsman on the last lap when in the pack, they allmissed him, but it broke up the train a little. Up into4th came O’Brien but he only got it on the last cornerof the last lap demoting Burgoyne who had run 3rdfrom laps 5 to 7. McCosh took 6th with David Newallonly a few feet back in 7th.Results: 1 Marshall 8m18.2s (73.98mph); 2 DavidHunter + 0.55s; 3 Brown; 4 O’Brien; 5 Burgoyne;6 McCosh; Fastest lap: Marshall 1m00.54s(76.11mph). Starters: 20.Final: 10 lapsChris Hynds had pole and led away. Kevin Ketterwellstayed with him during lap 1. Robbie Burgoyne wasflying, up from 8th he was 3rd for much of lap 1 then2nd as they exited the hairpin. He dived into the leadat the hairpin on lap 2. Not far behind came RossMarshall. He had started 13th and was charging In 4thon lap 3 he went up past 2 cars at the hairpin to be2nd. One lap later he was leading. He quickly openedout 2 seconds lead, which was reduced a little byDavid Hunter, then Marshall eased off a bit on thefinal lap and the gap was half a second. Hunter hadeased away from a 6 car scrap which Burgoyne leduntil lap 8 then Burtenshaw moved past before

Burgoyne was 3rd on lap 9, then David Newall hadthe place on the last lap, as he slid up the inside atClark corner. But a sort out at the hairpin saw CarolBrown who had been 7th in a close pack slip pastthem all. O’Brien and Burgoyne demoted Newall asdid McCosh. Just one second covered this group at theline. It was Ross Marshall’s 2nd clean sweep of theyear all 3 races won, no problem.Results: 1 Marshall 10m25.44s (73.67mph);2 Hunter +2.51mph; 3 O’Brien; 4 Brown; 5Allan;6 McCosh; Pole Position: Chris Hynds. Fastest lap:Marshall 1m00.74s (75.86mph). Starters: 19.

Legends Round ThreeHeat One: 8 lapsThe track was dampAlan Fearnley had pole but wasswapped as they dashed down to Duffus. DavidHunter had the lead from 4th at the rolling start as along train headed by Glenn Burtenshaw chased him.On lap 2 David Newall shot into 2nd at the hairpin. Hequickly opened out a second on the pack as he stuck toHunter’s bumper. Burtenshaw eased out a few carlength’s from Chris Hynds. Next up was RossMarshall. He started 14th and moved up the train. Hewas 7th on lap 2 and 5th on lap 4. As the track driednow the sun was out Ross took 4th. He was up to 3rd alap later, by lap 7 he had caught the top 2 cars and theyall ran nose to tail. On the last lap Ross grabbed thelead a Clark then drifted wide as he exited the cornerand Hunter and Newall blasted past him. The top 3were covered by half a second at the flag, it was agood race. Burtenshaw held 4th with a second gap toBurgoyne who had O’Brien all over him as the raceended. O’Brien had been on a late charge taking 3 carsin the last 2 laps. McCosh got 7th just 3 tenths of asecond ahead ofAlan Fearnley.Results: 1 D Hunter 8m26.120s (72.83mph);2 Newall +0.17s; 3 Marshall; 4 Burtenshaw;5 Burgoyne; 6 O’Brien. Pole Position: Allan Fearnley.Fastest lap:Marshall 1m00.71s (75.89mph). Starters: 20.Heat Two: 8 lapsThe track was fully dry Ross Marshall had pole, itlooked like a straight forward run but Paul O’Brienbeat him into Duffus. In 3rd was Carol Brown withRobbie Burgoyne on her tail. As lap one ended Carolpitted with a rough sounding engine. On lap 2Marshall took the lead as they braked for Duffus. Rossslid around at Butchers but held it well. Half a lap laterfrom the mid field Scott Hynds slid off at Clark andkissed the tyre wall. A few hundred meters later KevinKetterwell went off at the hairpin. MeanwhileMarshall led by half a second from Paul O’Brien who

still had Burgoyne on his bumper. These 3 drew acouple of seconds clear of David Hunter who waschased by David Newall. Lap 5 saw some changesnear the front. Burgoyne and O’Brien swapped aroundtwice for 2nd as Newall took 4th . On lap 6 Hunterwas 4th passing Newall up the hill. Two laps laterNewall was back past Hunter as these two had a goodscrap. Behind this action we had a race long tussle asChris Hynds closed on BillyWait mid race then took7th. He closed on Glen Burtenshaw and was throughon lap 7, but Burtenshaw didn’t give up. He stayedright with him and nipped past on the run to the flag alap later to be 6th. Marshall won again having ledfrom lap two.Results: 1 Marshall 8m28.41s (72.50mph);2 O’Brien +0.65s; 3 Burgoyne; 4 Newall; 5 Hunter;6 Burtenshaw; Pole Position: Marshall. Fastest lap:O’Brien 1m02.09s (74.21mph). Starters: 19.Final: 10 lapsCarol Brown led from pole as the pack chased her. Sheopened up a second gap quickly as a 7 car trainfollowed headed by Scott Hynds then BillyWait onlap 2. David Newall and Robbie Burgoyne were up to2nd & 3rd a lap later. Championship leader RossMarshall started 16th and was charging through. Hewas 6th by lap 2 and 4th a lap later, grabbing 2ndfrom Robbie Burgoyne on lap 4 at Clark having taken3rd a few hundred meters earlier from David Newallat Leslies. This left him with Robbie and impressiverookie David Newall on his tail. They all chased Caroland caught her on lap 5. We then had 4 cars nose totail at the front for a lap before Ross was through andleading by Duffus on lap 7. Robbie also passed Carolbut ran wide at Butchers so Carol nipped past. Sheheld 2nd to the flag as Robbie and David were side byside out of the hairpin on the last lap with Newall justgetting it by inches. Paul O’Brien came through 5thhaving started 13th , he moved well through the packpassing Billy on lap 7 who lost another place on lap 8to David Hunter. But Billy held off Gerard McCosh byless than half a second at the line for 7th.Results: 1 Marshall 10m26.822s (73.51mph);2 Brown +0.96s; 3 Newall; 4 Burgoyne; 5 O’Brien;6 Hunter;. Pole Position: Brown. Fastest lap: Hunter1m00.34s (76.36mph). Starters: 19.

Scottish Saloon and SportscarChampionship and NSSCC classes A,E, FRace One Saturday: 15 mins + 1 lapA packed grid as NSSCC cars joined SMRC regulars.Two championships together, this mirrors what hashappened at Croft a few times in recent years. This

Knockhill May 5th / 6th:

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5KnockhillIt was one of those 4 seasons in one day meetings. Sunshine, cloud, light rain, hail and snow, then back to sunshine, and all that

within an hour or two! We also had races for visiting NSSCC who brought a wide assortment of cars from the North of England.The meeting stretched over a day and a half and ran to time. Saturday saw qualifying for everyone and 4 races, with 15 races onSunday.

Glenn Burtenshaw was in the thickof the action all day

Adam Kindness took Class B1 in both races

race was also longer than usual SMRC races. StewartWhyte led from pole and had GaryWatson for closecompany. Cameron Purdie was close in 3rd for acouple of laps then dropped back a couple of seconds.The twoWestfields were chasing the Escort Cosworthhard. David Headen had his Caterham in 4th andslowly got clear of Bill Addison who was the firstNSSCC runner in another Caterham. Lap 5 ColinSimpson took his Marcos into 5th to be top NSSCCcar. On lap 7 Purdie closed onWatson as the threeleaders were loosing time in traffic having caught thetail of the field were several cars battled. Purdienipped into 2nd and held off Watson who was only acar length behind for several laps. Whyte pulled out 3seconds lead as this battle raged. It wasn’t until lap 15that Watson regained 2nd at Seat Curves. He thenclosed a little onWhyte but the Escort was first overthe line. Headen was over 10 seconds back on Purdiein 4th. We’d had a change for 5th on lap 7 as PhilipDuncan got his Westfield past Simpson and he stayedthere slowly easing clear to make the top 5 cars fromSMRC. NSSCC cars were 6,7 & 8th but in 9th wasAndrew Morrison’s Seat the only car entered in bothChampionships.Results: 1 Stewart Whyte (Ford Escort) 18 laps in16m12.03s (85.33ph); 2 GarryWatson (Westfield)+1.44s; 3 Cameron Purdie (Westfield); 4 DavidHeaden (Caterham CSR); 5 Philip Duncan(Westfield); 6 Colin Simpson (Marcos Mantis); PolePosition: Whyte 53.40s (87.93mph). Fastest lap:Watson 52.74s (87.35mph). Starters: 28. Classwinners, Whyte, Watson, AKindness (Subaru), AMcGowan (Citroen)Race Two: Sunday 15 mins + 1 lapThe track was damp but the sun came out. Whyte ledfromWatson and Purdie on lap 1 but Colin Simpsondived into 3rd at Clark. He had wets on the otherschose slicks. A lap later David Headen also demotedCameron Purdie this time at the hairpin. Simpson wasreally motoring and took 2nd at the hairpin fromWatson on lap 5. By now the 4wd Escort was 4seconds ahead. Simpson eased out a second gapholding it for a few laps then was caught as the trackdried. On lap 9Watson and Headen where nose to tailwith him and almost alongside as they came out ofClark. Next lapWatson was back in 2nd and a lap laterHeaden took 3rd from Simpson, the Marcos then

started to drop rapidly back on the leading 3 cars. Hewas caught and passed by Cameron Purdie on lap 14but Simpson was well ahead of the rest led by JohnGrant’s Evo. Grant had put in a good drive. Starting14th he fought up the order and moved up to 7th onlap 7 and 6th a lap later. At the front Stewart Whytetook the flag easing up on the last lap.Results: 1Whyte 17 laps in 16m37.34s (78.54mph);2Watson +1.01s; 3 Headen; 4 Purdie;5 Simpson; 6 John Grant (Mitsubishi Evo); PolePosition: Whyte. Fastest lap: Headen 55.90s(82.42mph). Starters: 23. Class winners, Whyte,Watson, AKindness (Subaru), AMcGowan (Citroen)

Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup inassociation with Superchips,Yokohama Tyres and Wheels Around,Race One: 9 lapsThe weather was interesting the racing moreenjoyable. We had light snow then hail halfwaythrough the race. David Sleigh led all the way frompole to the flag. He was chased hard by Steven Clarkewho headed a massive 11 car train in the opening twolaps. Third was Kyle Reid with newcomer Stefan DiResta on his bootlid. Di Resta took 3rd at the hairpinon lap 3 but was repassed a few hundred meters lateron lap 4 at Seat curves by Reid, who went round theoutside of him which delayed Di Resta, allowing RossWylie and Kenny McLeod to nip past. Were was TimSleigh , double race winner inApril he qualified 13th.So he had lots of work to do. By lap 2 he had got into8th, he was 7th on lap 4 then as the snow came downmoved into 4th on lap 6 at Clark corner demotingWylie. He didn’t get any higher but it was a goodeffort in this closely matched field. Lap 7 saw DiResta back in 5th and he headed a tight bunch of 4cars that all slid wide at Clark together. On the last lapWylie battled past Di Resta this was for thenewcomers class win, as McLeod held 7th with LewisGrant on his bumper. Three seconds later a close threecar battle came through headed by Steven Brewsterwho passed Chris Reid on the last lap, asAndyWaughfinished on Reid’s bumper. Up front David Sleigh tookthe flag after a fine drive with Steven Clarke closebehind. David Sleigh said: “That was incredible theway it changed so quickly halfway through the race.”Steven Clarke celebrated his first podium and said itwas quite hard to stop at the hairpin. Kyle Reid alsogot his first podium.Results: 1 David Sleigh 9m45.74s (70.80mph);2 Steven Clarke +0.33s; 3 Kyle Reid; 4 Tim Sleigh;5 RossWylie; 6 Stefan Di Resta;. Newcomers class:Clarke. Ladies Cup: Elaine Marshall. Pole Position:David Sleigh 1m03.38s (72.69mph). Fastest lap:Wylie 1m03.50s (72.56mph). Starters: 27.Race Two: 9 lapsLight rain greeted the cars, and a few changed wheelsin the holding paddock. David Sleigh led the chargeand was soon a second clear of Steven Clarke who hadTim Sleigh on his bootlid. As David eased out anotherhalf second on lap 3 Clarke still led a tight bunch withTim Sleigh, Kyle Reid and RossWylie running noseto tail. The track was now fully dry David Sleighstarted to pull away as Tim moved into 2nd at Seatcurves. Tim soon opened up a second gap as RossWylie got into 3rd with Kyle Reid and now KennyMcLeod following. Clarke had been shuffled down to6th, but it was still close. Lap 6 saw Clarke retake 5thand he closed quickly on Kyle Reid. As the flag cameout David Sleigh was nearly 4 seconds clear, a finedrive from the Champion. Tim was half a secondahead of RossWylie, and into 4th came Steven Clarkepassing Kyle Reid late on. Kenny McLeod took 6thhalf a second ahead of Steven Brewster. IKt wasHamish Brandon who got 8th holding off MalcolmMcNab who along with Murray Muir behind him wasalways in the thick of the action. Wylie beat Clarke tothe newcomers class. The Ladies Cup went to FionaWallace who passed Elaine Marshall at the start andgot a few cars in between them, giving her a cushionas she finished 14th.Results: 1 David Sleigh 9m58.67s (69.27mph);2 Tim Sleigh +3.79s; 3Wylie; 4 Clarke; 5 McLeod;6 McLeod; Newcomers class: Wylie. Ladies Cup:FionaWallace. Pole Position: David Sleigh. Fastestlap: Clarke 1m04.77s (71.14mph). Starters: 27.Race Three: restarted over 8 lapsThe top 8 cars were reversed so Hamish Brandon wason pole. At Duffus Steven Brewster led from KyleReid, as the lap closed there was a crash at the hairpin

involving a couple of cars. The red flags came out.The race restarted over 8 laps Steven Brewster led atrain of 8 cars from Kyle Reid and Kenny McLeod. AtClark, Malcolm McNab slid into the gravel exitingClark thanks to a friendly tap. He kept it going though.Brewster held on at the front on lap 5 there were spotsof rain Brewster was at the head of 4 cars all runningnose to tail. Reid, McLeod and Tim Sleigh were in thegroup. David Sleigh was now closing on them andjoined the train a couple of laps later. A second backon the top 5 came RossWylie with Steven Clarke onhis bumper. On the final lap Brewster held on for afine win with Reid close behind. Third was DavidSleigh. He benefitted from last lap heroics as TimSleigh got past Kenny McLeod at Duffus for 3rd thenDavid was into 4th at Scotsman. He chased Tim andhad the place as the lap closed. McLeod was a close5th nearly a second ahead of RossWylie who waschased by Steven Clarke. Into 8th came Lewis Grantafter surviving lots of pressure fromAlanWaugh whowas later disqualified. Malcolm McNab came throughto 9th on the final lap demoting Hamish Brandon. TopnewcomersWylie and Clarke were 4 tenths apart atthe flag. The Ladies Cup class went to Elaine Marshallwho had a close race with FionaWallace. For much ofthe raceWallace led the class with Marshall a fewlengths behind chasing, then Elaine she got past on lap7. There was a fracas in the post race holding paddockand some drivers finished up in front of officials.Results: 1 Steven Brewster 8m39.813s (70.58mph);2 Reid +0.35s; 3 Tim Sleigh; 4 David Sleigh;5 McLeod; 6Wylie; Newcomers class: Wylie. LadiesCup: E Marshall. Fastest lap: David Sleigh 1m03.59s(72.45mph). Starters: 26.

Scottish Formula Ford ChampionshipRace One: 10 lapsRoss McEwan had pole and led the cars away. AlistairDow sat on his exhaust pipe as Jordan Gronkowskiwho qualified 3rd was crawling at the back. McEwanheld off Dow for several laps then on lap 5 he spun atLeslie’s when leading. This let Dow take over, withMark Brenan only a couple of lengths behind him.Next lap and Brennan spun off at Scotsman restarting4th. Dow now led fromMichael Gray but therecovering McEwan was closing on him. On lap 7McEwan took 2nd at the hairpin and pulled out acouple of seconds gap but he was too far behind Dowwho took his first ever FF win after spending lastseason finishing second twelve times behind KennyThirlwall. It was a sweet moment forAlistair whosaid: “I’m totally overcome, its been 4 years I’ve racedat Knockhill and not had a win. They don’t make iteasy for me, there’s tough competition out there.”There were some twists post race as Michael Gray gota 5 second time penalty dropping him to 4thpromoting Mark Brennan to 3rd. The field had spreadout a little as the race wore on, Greg Stark had a quietrun to 5th easing away from Paul Kopec. Behind himthere was a spirited dice over the last 3 laps as IvorMairs held off Mathew Chisholm for 7th Chisholmhad put in a late charge passing andAndy Paterson onlap 7.Results: 1Alistair Dow (Ray GRS09) 9m38.15s

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(79.70mph); 2 Ross McEwan (Van Diemen RF92)+2.21s; 3Andrew Brennan (Swift SC92F);4 Michael Gray (Vector); 5 Greg Stark (Van Diemen);6 Paul Kopec (Ray GRS08); Class winner: Ivor MairsNewcomers class : Brennan. Pole Position: McEwan55.70s (82.72mph). Fastest lap: McEwan 55.86s(82.48mph). Starters: 11.Race Two: 10 lapsAlistair Dow set off from pole and opened out acouple of car lengths from Ross McEwan. They weretracked half a second back byAndrew Brennan.Starting last was Jordan Gronkowski, not starting at allagain was Ian Munro who blew his engine in practise.Dow held off McEwan for 2 laps but by Duffus on lap3 McEwan led the race. Dow then spun at Clarkrestarting down in 9th. McEwan raced clear openingup 3 seconds lead onAndrew Brennan who was a fewseconds ahead of Greg Stark. On lap 4 Michael Graypitted from 5th . Up through the order came JordanGronkowski. He was charging, starting 11th he was7th by lap 2, then 4th on lap 4. He chased down Starkand took 3rd on lap 6. That lap Mathew Chisholmspun and Paul Kopec glanced off him as they chased5th place manAndy Paterson. On lap 7 Dow hadmoved up to 5th then had a quick spin at the hairpinbut didn’t loose a place. Then we had the safety carout for a lap as Chisholm’s car was moved. The carsall closed up but Michael Gray was still quite a fewseconds back from the end of the field when racingrestarted. After only 1 lap racing resumed andMcEwan had 3 laps to race. He eased away asBrennan held off Gronkowski for a lap, then Jordanwas into 2nd but he couldn’t catch Ross McEwan.Alistair Dow took 3rd on the last lap at the hairpin offAndrew Brennan. Paul Kopec went into 5th passingAndy Paterson also on the last lap. Ross said: “Thatwas the longest race of my life , once I got past Aly Iwas hoping for the flag. When the safety car went in Igot a break and the win.”Gronkowski was given driver of the day at the GarageDoor Company podium awards.Results: 1 McEwan 11m16.04s (68.16mph);2 Jordan Gronkowski (Van Diemen); 3 Dow;4 Brennan; 5 Kopec; 6 APaterson (Van DiemenRF92) Class winner: Mairs. Newcomers class :Gronkowski. Pole Position: Dow. Fastest lap: Dow56.27s (81.88mph). Starters: 11.

Scottish Fiesta Championship inassociation with Yokohama TyresRace One: 10 lapsScott Robertson was poleman, the sun was shining butthe track was damp after a light hail storm. AndyAllan got the best start to lead into Duffus fromRobrtson. These two were chased by Dave Colvillewho had George Orr and Blair Murdoch on is tail asSTs filled the top 5 places. In 6thWayne MacCauleyjust headed Peter Cruickshank the top XR2s , as thelap ended Stuart Haston got past both XR2s in his STat the hairpin. Wayne passed Peter on lap 2 with CraigTaylor’s XR2 hanging on a second back as the trackdried. On lap 3 Robertson had the lead diving up theinside at Duffus. AndyAllan stayed with him and wasonly 2 car lengths ahead of Colville. On lap 4 Taylorwent onto the grass at Scotsman but held his place

though dropped back a few seconds. He now hadMike Strong all over him. On lap 6AndyAllan retookthe lead and was able to defend enough to keepRobertson behind him all the way to the flag. It was afine return after 18 months away forAllan. These twopulled nearly 4 seconds clear of Dave Colville whohad George Orr for company. But Orr would bepenalised post race and dropped down to 11th overalland 6th in STs. Stuart Haston and Blair Murdoch gotpromoted as were plenty of XR2s. Wayne MacCauleyled the XR2s home in 6th Peter 3 seconds behindhim. Mike Strong was 8th and 3rd XR2 as Taylor whohad chased him home after a late race dice withHamish Smart finished 2 seconds back on the roadbut was dropped down the order with a post race timepenalty. Top XR Newcomer GrantAnderson was 10thhaving scrapped with Stephen Russell.Results: 1AndrewAllan (Fiesta ST) 11m13.97s(68.37mph); 2 Scott Robertson (Fiesta ST) +1.44s;3 Dave Colville (Fiesta ST); 4 Stuart Haston (FiestaST); 5 Blair Murdoch (Fiesta ST); 6WayneMacCauley (Fiesta XR2 XR Class winner: McCauley.XR Newcomers class: Grant Anderson. Pole Position:Robertson 1m02.65s (73.55mph). Fastest laps: ST -Robertson 1m04.82s (71.08mph) XR2- PeterCruickshank 1m 7.38s . Starters: 17.Race Two: 10 lapsThe sun was shining and the track was dry. AndyAllan led the filed into Duffus with Scott Robertsonand Dave Colville all running nose to tail. Robertsondived past at the hairpin to lead, and Colville was 2nd

by the time they were at Duffus. Robertson was ingood form and pulled out a couple of seconds gap onColville who hadAllan on his tailgate all race. GeorgeOrr took 4th fromMurdoch at the hairpin on lap 5,Murdoch immediately fought back up the hill retaking4th. He then eased out half a second and left Orr tofend off Haston. In the XR2s Peter Cruickshank satonWayne MacCauley’s bootlid before outbraking himat Duffus on lap 4. They then ran nose to tail withPeter just easing out around half a second by the flag.They slowly pulled 4 seconds clear of Mike Strong.Top newcomer Craig Taylor finished next after he hadgot past Stephen Russell on lap 6 and they remainedclose. It was a good win for young Robertson.Results: 1 Robertson 10 laps in 10m38.86s(72.12mph); 2 Colville +2.19s; 3Allan; 4 Murdoch;5 George Orr (Fiesta ST); 6 Haston; XR2 Classwinner: Cruickshank. XR Newcomer class : CraigTaylor. Fastest laps ST - Robertson 1m 2.85sXR2 -WMacCauley 1m 3.89s Starters: 17.

Scottish Classic Sports and SaloonsChampionship in association withYokohama TyresRace One: 10 lapsA dry track and a good grid sawAndrew Smith leadaway in his Morgan. He was never headed but he waskept honest by Barry Riddell in his TR8. These twowere chased by Robert Marshall’s MK2 Escort whichkept a second behind them until lap 4 when he startedto come under pressure fromWilly Toye’s TR8. He in

turn had Raymond Boyd’s 911 on his tail. Theystayed close until lap 7 when Boyd got past both ofthem to run 3rd. He closed the gap on Riddell to lessthan a second but didn’t drop Marshall. Willy Toye fellback a little but Riddell, Boyd and Marshall were noseto tail on the last lap. Where was Stan Bernard, his911 started last having missed Saturday qualifying. Heblasted up through the pack but a 24 car field takes awhile to pass. He was in 8th on lap 3 out poweringKeiron Baillie’s Escort up the hill to be 7th by lap 4.Then he got past Donald Laird’s rapid Elan on lap 6 tobe 6th but ran out of time as he was only 3 tenthsdown onWilly Toye at the flag. ClassA for up to1500cc cars saw the biggest entry and Nic Boyes runaway with it in his Mini. He had his usual race longdice with Robin Benn’s 3 litre Capri, drawing a coupleof seconds clear. ClassA’s 2nd spot was tighter.George Leitch in a Mk1 Fiesta fought withAndyWalker’s Triumph Sports passing it a couple of times,then getting back past Colin Beveridge’sAlfa Sud onthe last lap to be 2nd in class.Results: 1Andrew Smith (Morgan +8) 10m16.04s(74.80mph); 2 Barry Riddell (Triumph TR8) +0.25s;3 Raymond Boyd (Porsche 911); 4 Robert Marshall(Ford Escort RS); 5Willy Toye (Triumph TR8);6 Stan Bernard (Porsche 911); Class winners: Smith;Boyd; Donald Laird; Nick Boyes (Mini Cooper). PolePosition: Smith 59.57s (77.35mph). Fastest lap: Smith1m00.12s (76.64mph). Starters: 24.Race Two:This was another Morgan win asAndrew Smith tookoff from pole and kept them all behind him. BarryRiddell sat close to him until mid distance, then a gapof around a second opened up. It grew a little thenBarry closed onAndrew on the last lap, and there wereonly a few tenths in it as the Morgan had a power slideout of the hairpin and took the flag. Robert Marshallhad 3rd on lap 1 as Stan Bernard had a good a goodstart and went round the outside of Willy Toye atDuffus. He sat behind the Escort in his 911 until lap 7when Stan got through and opened out a second gap.He was around 3 seconds behind Riddell but theleaders hit traffic on lap 9 and Stan closed in butcouldn’t get nearer than just over a second behind theTR8. Marshall was chased byWilly Toye all race andgot some clear air from lap 8. Raymond Boyd driftedback in 6th then closed on Toye to be 2 seconds adrift.He got well clear of Jimmy Crow’s Escort which hadbeen chased all race by Donald Laird’s Elan. RobinBenn got 9th with his Capri beating Nic Boyes Miniby 2 seconds. The Mini had a dented door following afirst lap door handling moment with another classAcar. Nic won the class but wasn’t too happy with thedamage. He was well clear of Grant Allan’s 911 whichovertook George Leitch’s Fiesta on the last lap. TheFiesta also fell back behind class rival Alan Barron’sAlfasud Sprint on that final tour.Results: 1 Smith 10 laps in 10m08.09s (75.77mph);2 Riddell +0.70s; 3 Bernard; 4 Marshall; 5 WToye(TR8); 6 Boyd; Class winners: Smith; Bernard; Crow;Boyes. Pole Position: Smith. Fastest lap: Bernard59.70s (77.18mph). Starters: 19.

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Jordan Gronkowski holds off Alistair Dow

Andy Allan and Scott Robertson dicing for the lead

Raymond Boyd took a good third in Race 1

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Legends CarsRoss Marshall has now won 8 of the first 9 races inthe season. We haven’t seen this sort of dominantform since the days of Ben Mason and before himColin Noble. To get three wins is always difficult asthe top scorers in the two heats of the day start at theback in the Final. Others to shine include last year’stop rookie Robbie Burgoyne and this year’simpressive top rookie David Newall.1 R Marshall - 1770; 2 R Burgoyne - 1380;3 P O’Brien - 1345; 4 D Hunter - 1200The Fiesta ST Cup has had 4 different race winnersin its 4 rounds.ST Cup1 D Colville - 81; 2 S Robertson - 73;3 G Orr - 67; 4 B Murdoch - 54XR2s have 2 drivers each with 2 wins and 2 seconds.So its tight at the top.XR21 = P Cruickshank - 90; 1= WMaccauley - 90;3 M Strong - 56; 4 H Smart - 54XR Newcomers1 C Hannah - 73; 2 GAnderson - 65;3 S Robertson - 54; 4 C Taylor - 41Classics have had only one car win all 4 racesAndrew Smith in his Morgan but it’s a class basedchampionship and 3 drivers have a perfect score sofar. Smith is joined by Robert Marshall and NicBoyes.1= A Smith - 100; 1= R Marshall - 100;1= N Boyes - 100; 4 S Bernard - 95

Saloons and Sportscars see Stewart Whyte with 4race wins but another multi class Championshipmeans he has Gary Watson for company.1S Whyte - 100; 2 G Watson - 95;3 C Purdie - 70; 4 P Duncan - 67TheMini Cooper Cup has had 3 winners in 6 races,two of them from the same family have won 5 races.The Sleigh brothers David and Tim have 5 betweenthem, with Steven Brewster another racing brothertaking round 6. Newcomer and Ladies Cups are alsobeing keenly contested.Mini Cooper Cup1 D Sleigh - 130; 2 T Sleigh - 116;3 S Clarke - 80; 4 R Wylie - 76Newcomers1 S Clarke - 135; 2 R Wylie - 131;3 M McNab - 90; 4 L Grant - 77Ladies Cup1 E Marshall - 140; 2 F Wallace - 110;3= E Bruce - 92; 3= S - McMurdoFormula Ford has had 4 winners in 4 races, alltaking their first ever Scottish FF wins, plus top carsretiring and being disqualified. This means a reallyopen Championship and newcomers cup.1 A Dow - 63; 2 R McEwan - 60;3 I Mairs - 55; 4 K Blake - 37FF Newcomers1 P Kopec - 57; 2 G Stark - 54;3 J Gronkowski - 50; 4 M Brennan - 45

RACE STATISTICS - PROVISIONAL POINTS

SMRC AGMReconvened 7. 30pm Tuesday 29th May, DakotaHotel , South Queensferry EH30 9QZ

New SMRC Chairman Hugh McCaig wil l chairthe meeting.