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Scottish Formula FordChampionship

Race One: Ken Thirlwall was on pole, the track waswet but the sun came out as Ken shot off the grid tolead. He never looked back as he had 3 seconds leadby lap 3 and cruised further away and off towardsthe flag to win as he pleased. There was no AlistairDow to chase him, but Ian Munro dived into 2nd atthe hairpin passing Andrew Brennan on lap 1. ThenRoss McEwan demoted Brenan on lap 2 and took2nd from Munro on lap 3 at Duffus. Brenan foughtback and a lap later retook 3rd diving up the insideof Munro at Clark. He was a second down on 2ndplaced McEwan, but McEwan lost time oppositelocking as he came out of the chicane . By lap 6Brennan was on his gearbox. Two laps later Brenanwas back in 2nd going through at Butchers asMcEwan had slowed defending at Scotsman. Welost Munro on lap 6 he went off at Clark head oninto the tyre wall when half a second back in 4th.These 3 had pulled well clear of the rest led byJordan Gronkowski. He had grabbed 5th back onlap 6 at Scotsman from Keiron Blake havingdropped behind him on lap 4. Blake understeered atClark as he chased but slowly fell back. LaurieHughes was 6th and top Classic class car withMathew Chisholm pressing him all race.Results: 1 Kenneth Thirlwall (Van Diemen) 10 lapsin 10m58.3s (69.9mph); 2 Andrew Brennan (Swift)+8.1s; 3 Ross McEwan (Van Diemen); 4 JordanGronkowski (Van Diemen); 5 Keiron Blake (VanDiemen); 6 Laurie Hughes (Van Diemen). PolePosition: Thirlwall 1m05.9s (69.9mph). Classwinner: Hughes. Fastest lap: Thirlwall 1m04.9s(70.9mph). Starters: 10. Race Two: Ken Thirlwall put in another masterclass drive despite a Safety car period for 3 lapsafter on lap 2 Andrew Brennan went into the tyrewall at Clark when lying 2nd having passed the faststarting Ross McEwan. Once racing resumedThirlwall disappeared at the rate of 2 seconds per lapas the rest scrapped. Jordan Gronkowski wasquickly up to 2nd past Keiron Blake as RossMcEwan had spun off and was out. Gronkowskieased away opening 5 seconds gap in 3 laps as

Blake defended from an inspired Ivor Mairs. Theclassic class driver was in sparkling form, he hadpassed Michael Gray on lap 4 at Butchers havingrun side by side through Scotsman. Ivor took 3rd atthe hairpin on lap 6. He kept the place to the flag forhis best result this season. Post race Ivor said: “Ican’t believe it, I’ve never been to the podiumbefore in over 20 years of racing.”Results: 1 Thirlwall 11 laps in 16m43.9s (50.4mph);2 Gronkowski +17.0s; 3 Mairs; 4 Gray; 5 Chisholm; no other finishers. Pole Position:Thirlwall. Class winner: Mairs. Fastest lap:Thirlwall 1m02.7s (73.4mph). Starters: 10.

Scottish Classic Sports and SaloonChampionship in association withWaterevolution and Yokohama TyresRace One: The smallest grid this year following abig turnout at BTCC the week before, but the racingwas still keen. Stan Bernard beat poleman JohnMarshall into Duffus. These two were nose to tailfor 2 laps then Raymond Boyd went through to 2nd

as John had electrical problems going up the hill. Herecovered and was back in 2nd at the hairpin. Hechased Stan who was now a second clear, catchinghim by lap 5. They swapped places on lap 6 atDuffus . John then eased a second clear though Stanwould cut the gap a few cars lengths at Scotsmanbut then drop back again by Clark as John kept asteady lead. Then he slid exiting Clark on the lastlap and Stan again closed to within a few car lengthsbut John held on to win. Robert Marshall chasedRaymond Boyd and passed the 911 at Scotsman onlap 6 his Escort going up the inside. Boyd was underno threat as he was over 10 seconds clear of WillyToye by then. Willy has chased Mario Ferrari’sFerrari 308 ( what else would he drive) for a fewlaps , before passing him on lap 7 at Duffus, thengave the crowd a big opposite lock slide out of thehairpin on the last lap in the TR8. Tim Reid got theMarcos home 7th despite Robin Benn’s Capri beingall over him from lap 3 when Benn demoted topClass A car the Mini Ogle of George Leitch.Results: 1 John Marshall (Ford Escort) 10 laps in11m23.7s (67.3mph); 2 Stan Bernard (Porsche 911)+0.5s; 3 Robert Marshall (Ford Escort RS);

4 Raymond Boyd (Porsche911); 5 Willy Toye(Triumph TR8); 6 MarioFerrari (Ferrari 308GTB) Pole Position: Marshall1m07.9s (67.7mph). Class winners: Marshall;Bernard; Leitch; Toye. Fastest lap: John Marshall1m06.5s (69.2mph). Starters: 14. Race Two: We only had 13 cars as Mario Ferrariwas a dns and the track was drying with a clear dryline. John Marshall was again beaten away by the911 of Stan Bernard. But he was into the lead atClark on lap 1 and his Escort was uncatchable as heopened up a second a lap gap, before easing up onlap 7. Stan looked safe, Raymond Boyd was 3rd fora lap then Willy Toye rumbled past up the hill. Stanwas 3 seconds clear of Willy Toye by lap 3, but thegap stabilised until over the final 2 laps, whenWilly cut it so they were under a second apart at theflag. Robert Marshall was always just a couple ofcar lengths behind Willy having nipped past Boydon lap 3, but Boyd was also only 3 or 4 car lengthsback so this train all nearly caught Stan near theend. Well back in 6th came Donald Laid in his Elan,but he had Tim Reid and Robin Benn for closecompany. Benn had led this group for 7 laps beforeLaird dived past at Duffus, then Reid followed a laplater at the hairpin in his Marcos, as the 3 litre Caprilost another place to a lighter Sportscar. RogerMotherwell took class A in his Alfasud. Results: 1 John Marshall 10 laps in 10m23.0s(73.9mph); 2 Bernard +9.9s; 3 Toye; 4 RossMarshall; 5 Boyd; 6 Laird. Pole Position: JohnMarshall. Class winners: Marshall; Bernard; Toye;Motherwell. Fastest lap: Marshall 1m01.29s(75.1mph). Starters: 14.

Scottish Fiesta ChampionshipRace One: On a wet track with the rain spitting theXR2s are no match for the STs who run full wettyres. Despite a 20 second start delay we knew whatwas coming. The XR2s were led by Russell Milloywith Wayne MacCauley and Dave Colville on hisbumper. Peter Cruickshank was a second back onthese 3 until lap 5 when the leading ST caught them.Rory Bryant led the ST charge passing Peter atScotsman for 4th then was into the lead at the

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K N O C K H I L L - S AT U R D AY 1 0 t h S E P T E M B E RChangeable weather but good grids meant some close racing, and a few spins, butonly one championship was settled so the other five went down to the wire in October.

Andy Brennan at speed in his FF

Stan Bernard pursued by John Marshall

Rory Bryant on his way to an outright race win

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hairpin demoting Wayne MacCauly who had justtaken the lead from Milloy at Clark on the same lap.Then on lap 6 disaster for XR2 Championshipcontender Cruickshank as he went into the airfenceat Scotsman. He had been collected by the ST ofGeriant Jones who retired a lap later. Bryant ledhome a 1, 2, 3, 4 by STs with George Orr clear ofStuart Haston who had his best ever race result as hebeat ST title contender Blair Murdoch. MacCauleywas top XR2 in 5th before Ian Fletcher was 6th in anST then Milloy close on his tail. Colville haddropped a few seconds back as Paul Curtis went pastin an ST and Craig Taylor then closed up on him.

Results: 1 Rory Bryant (Fiesta ST) 10 laps in11m40.4s (65.7mph); 2 George Orr (Fiesta ST)+6.2s; 3 Stuart Haston (Fiesta ST); 4 Blair Murdoch(Fiesta ST); 5 Wayne MacCauley (Fiesta XR2); 6 Ian Fletcher (Fiesta ST). Pole Position: ST GeraintJones 1m06.1s (69.7mph). XR Newcomers: Milloy.Fastest lap: Bryant 1m06.3s (69.4mph). Starters: 20.Race Two:It was dry so the top XR2s would not becaught by the STs. Milloy led from Maccauley atDuffus with Colville and Taylor right with them.Mike Strong and Chris Philip were only a couple ofcar lengths back so the top 6 ran close. By lap 3Philip was 5th but was slowly dropped by the top 4.These cars also started to spread out as Milloy hadnearly 2 seconds gap by lap 5 , though MacCaulyreduced it, he slid wide at Clark on lap 8 and the gapwas back out to 2 seconds. Peter Cruickshank’s 2ndhand car moved past Russell Morgan early on but hehad to follow Hamish Smart all race as his enginesounded as if he had a slight misfire. The STs wereled by Rory Bryant who had George Orr for closecompany with Stuart Haston a few seconds back. Onlap 9 Geriant Jones got on the wet grass in his STexiting Clark as he went close by Russell Morgan’sXR2. He slid into the tyre wall on the inside of thetrack and the car rolled onto its side. This broughtout a red flag, game over. Jones was laterdisqualified to add to his woes. Rory Bryant’s classwin saw him take the ST Cup so defending his title.Results: 1 Milloy(XR2) 9 laps in 9m48.1s(70.5mph); 2 MacCauley (XR2)+2.3s; 3 Colville(XR2); 4 Craig Taylor ( XR2); 5 Chris Philip (XR2);6 Mike Strong ( XR2). Pole Position: MacCauley.Newcomer’s: Milloy. ST Bryant Fastest lap: Bryant1m02.8s (73.3mph). Starters: 20.

Scottish Legends CarsChampionshipRace One: Robbie Burgoyne led from pole on lap 1with a 10 car train chasing him. Glen Burtenshawheld 2nd for most of lap 1 then John Marshalloutbraked him at the hairpin. Marshall took the leada few hundred meters later at Duffus but he didn’tget away. Butenshaw took 2nd at Scotsman on lap2and stayed with him, with Ross Mickel glued to hisbumper. Mickel took 2nd on lap 4 at the hairpin andthe two leaders ran side by side up the hill a laplater but Marshall held on at Duffus. Lap 6 Mickelnow had Ross Marshall on his tail with Burtenshaw

right behind her. Mickel was on the grass on theback straight on that lap and just missed the barriers,but dropped well back. Ross closed on his dad butJohn held on to win. Burtenshaw dropped back to4th as Carol Brown had passed him on lap 6 and shewas on Ross’s bumper at the end. Scott Hynds alsomade it up to 4th on lap 6. Gerard McCosh alsopassed Burtenshaw, but on lap 7 when there was ared flag soon after as Fiona Ireland was stuck in thegravel at Clark. So the results were declared fromlap 6 with McCosh back in 6th.Results: 1 John Marshall 6 laps in 7m26.7s(61.8mph); 2 Ross Marshall +0.2s; 3 Carol Brown;4 Scott Hynds; 5 Glenn Burtenshaw; 6 GerardMcCosh; Pole Position: Burgoyne. Fastest lap: RossMarshall 1m11.5s (61.8mph). Starters: 25. Race Two: Ross Marshall had pole but was slowaway from the rolling start and was 4th beforeslowing to a crawl and stopping at Clark. RossMickel led and despite early pressure from ScottHynds who had David Hunter and Carol Brownnose to tail behind him. Mickel was never headed ashe slowly pulled out nearly 2 seconds lead. Brownmoved into 3rd on lap 4 at Scotsman then 2nd on lap6 . But Hynds fought back retaking 2nd a lap later atScotsman and despite sliding wide as he exited thechicane on the last lap he held on to 2nd. JohnMarshall started 10th and raced up to 5th by lap 2.He was still there on lap 5 before charging and wasin 3rd by lap 7 diving past Carol at the hairpin.David Hunter sat safe in 5th over 3 seconds clear ofGerard McCosh at the flag, as Gerard worked hisway from 11th on lap 1. Glen Burtenshaw andRobbie Burgoyne were next up, tied together afterthey both passed Colin Atkinson on lap 7. Results: 1 Ross Mickel 8 laps in 9m41.2s(63.4mph); 2 Hynds +1.7s; 3 John Marshall; 4 Brown; 5 D Hunter; 6 McCosh. Pole Position:Ross Marshall. Fastest lap: John Marshall 1m10.6s(65.2mph). Starters: 25.

Final: Billy Wait had pole and led into Duffus butRoss Marshall started 3rd and was into the lead byClark. He was chased by Colin Atkinson from lap 2with Ross Mickel moving into 3rd on lap 3, as BillyWait headed a 4 car train close behind him. DavidHunter moved into 4th on lap 4 but up front RossMarshall started to drop his pursuers. He was 5seconds clear by the flag as Atkinson kept 2nd andeased 4 seconds up on Mickel. But 4th was a lotcloser as Scott Hynds charged up from 12th at thestart . He was 7th on lap 3 and took a couple of lapsto get to 5th before chasing down Hunter andpassing him on the last lap. Carol Brown came home6th from 13th on the grid having been in a 5 cartrain headed by John Marshall, who ran wide exitingClark on lap 7 letting several cars go past him.Results: 1 Ross Marshall 10 laps in 10m30.40s(73.0mph); 2 Atkinson +5.0s; 3 Mickel; 4 Hynds;5 Hunter; 6 Brown. Pole Position: Billy Wait.Fastest lap: 1m01.37s (75.0mph). Starters: 25.

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Race One: The track was damp but drying. VicCovey jnr set off from pole but Chris Smiley beathim into Duffus. Niki Dickson was off at Scotsmanand a car had spun in the middle of the pack atDuffus on the opening lap with everyone missing it.But on lap 2 Steven Brewster and Tom Denhamwere off on the main straight and into the tyre wall.Newcomer Denham had qualified an excellent 6th inthe wet, but his race was short lived. We had a safetycar then a red flag on lap 2. The restart saw Smileyagain lead from Covey . Smiley made the break asCovey headed a 5 car train. Covey slowly shook offDavid Sleigh and closed on Smiley, but ran out oflaps being less than half a second behind at the flag.David Sleigh eased away from Hamish Brandonwho had Tim Sleigh all over him. Tim took 4th fromHamish on lap 5 but the flag came out after 6 laps,so he didn’t have time to catch David even thoughhe closed on him. Kyle Reid held 6th throughoutwith Adam Leitch on his bumper in the closing laps.Results: 1 Chris Smiley 6 laps in 7m03.1s(65.3mph); 2 Vic Covey Jr +0.4s; 3 David Sleigh; 4 Tim Sleigh; 5 Hamish Brandon; 6 Kyle Reid; PolePosition: Covey Jr 1m09.3s (66.4mph). Newcomer’sclass: Tim Sleigh. Fastest lap: Covey Jr 1m09.4s(66.3mph). Starters: 21.Race Two: The track was virtually dry by now.Chris Smiley led with Tim Sleigh passing Vic Coveyjnr for 2nd at Duffus on the opening lap. On lap 4Tim kissed the gravel exiting Clark and had Coveyand David Sleigh right with him. The top 4 carswere then nose to tail on lap 5. Going up the hill onlap 6 Covey, Smiley and Tim Sleigh were all side byside. Sleigh took the lead at Duffus, but then therewas contact with Smiley and Tim had a tank slappergoing down Duffus and went onto the grass atLeslies and came back on to the track, letting Coveyslip into the lead. Covey now had David Sleigh onhis tail as Smiley had dropped back a second. Thesetwo were nose to tail on the last lap and side by sideat the hairpin, but Covey just won the drag race tothe line. Smiley beat Tim Sleigh by half a second tokeep 3rd. Kyle Reid was 5th all race and eased afew seconds clear of Hamish Brandon who lost 6thlate on the last lap to Murray Muir. Elaine Marshallwas top lady driver again in a steady 12th. Results: 1 Covey Jr 8 laps in 8m46.0s (70.0mph); 2 David Sleigh +0.0s; 3 Smiley; 4 Tim Sleigh;5 Reid; 6 Brandon. Pole Position: Smiley.Newcomer’s class: Tim Sleigh. Fastest lap: DavidSleigh 1m04.1s (71.7mph). Starters: 21. Race Three: The top 8 cars from race 2 werereversed on the grid, giving Adam Leitch pole. Heled into Duffus and was never headed. It was a finedrive from Adam, and he took his first win andbecame only the 5th driver to win in Minis this year.He had opened out a 2 second gap on the train of 8cars who squabbled behind him by lap 4. HamishBrandon was 2nd until lap 3 then Tim Sleigh wentthrough at the hairpin. Tim closed the gap to Adam

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John Marshall ahead of son Ross on his way to winning Heat One

Adam Leitch won for the first time in Minis

Wayne Macauley rides the kerb ahead of Russell Milloyand Rory Bryant’s ST


and was on his tail by lap 7 but he couldn’t find away past. Tim had Chris Smiley and David Sleighright behind him on the last lap so had to defend aswell as attack. Vic Covey jnr had a fraught racehaving started 8th he went down Duffus on lap1taking an unusual route on the grass all the way. Helost a place but was tied up at the back of an eightcar train. He got to 7th on lap 5, closed the by now 1second gap to Kyle Reid, they both went pastHamish Brandon and Covey then overtook Reid onlap 7 but Reid repassed Covey on the same lap atButchers and held on to finish a good 5th. StevenBrewster started 13th and moved up through a bigmidfield battle to grab 7th on the last lap. Results: 1 Leitch 8 laps in 8m43.9s (70.3mph); 2 Tim Sleigh +0.2s; 3 Smiley; 4 David Sleigh; 5 Reid; 6 Covey Jr. Pole Position: Leitch.Newcomer’s class: Leitch. Fastest lap: David Sleigh1m04.0s (71.91mph). Starters: 20.

Scottish Saloons and SportscarChampionshipRace One: It was damp and the kerbs were slippery.Pole sitter Gary Watson beat Robert Drummond intoDuffus and never looked back. He drove off intothe distance as we had a scrap over 2nd. Drummondheld off Graham Wait’s elderly Sierra Cosworthuntil lap 2 when Wait was along side him at thehairpin and outdragged the Escort Cosworth up thehill. On lap 3 Wait got on the kerb at Clark and spunonto the grass loosing his front bumper. Drummond

was 2nd again but now under pressure from PhilipDuncan’s Westfield. Drummond held on until lap 6then spun at the hairpin . Duncan was through but hehad a slow exit from the hairpin and Marco Haignailed him up the hill taking 2nd with his FiatCoupe. By lap 9 Duncan was back on Haig’s tail. Onthe last lap they were close and Duncan nipped paston the run to the line as Haig missed a gear. StuartWalker came through for 4th in his Porsche wellclear of Paul Nevill’s Escort Cosworth which wasonly just a few meters ahead of the recoveringDrummond who demoted David Headen’s Caterhamat the hairpin on the last lap. Results: 1 Garry Watson (Westfield) 10 laps in10m15.4s (74.8mph); 2 Philip Duncan (Westfield)+6.3s; 3 Marco Haig (Fiat Coupe); 4 Stuart Walker(Porsche GT2); 5 Paul Nevill (Ford Escort RSCosworth); 6 Robert Drummond (Ford Escort RSCosworth. Pole Position: Watson 1m01.09s(75.4mph). Class winners: Watson; Nevill; Robson;

Tracey-Louise Muir (Citreon AX). Fastest lap:Watson 1m00.0s (76.6mph). Starters: 13. Race Two: It was still dry late in the afternoon asWatson led the field away. He rapidly opened out afew seconds gap, but then the safety car came outon lap 3. Marco Haig was in the gravel after RobertDrummond had spun and taken him with him atScotsman. A few hundred meters up the road JohnArmstrong and Mark Robson were off exiting thechicane, with Armstrong coming back on the tarmacand being stranded across the track in his Fiesta.Marshalls did a good job slowing the cars, and thenassisting the recovery crews. Racing resumed after acouple of laps . Watson again disappeared up theroad and by the flag had left the field well behind.Philip Duncan was 2nd early on with no pressure,then David Headen got motoring. He closed the 3second gap by lap 7 and dived past at the hairpin tobe 2nd. Duncan stuck to his tail, and Headen ranwide exiting the chicane on lap 9 kicking up a sprayof gravel but held on to keep his place. These twowere well clear of Graham Wait who had moved into4th at the hairpin passing Stuart Walker on lap 5.Tracey Louise Muir won class C again in herCitroen AX finishing 7th but well down on PaulNevill.Results: 1 Watson 11 laps in 13m20.6s (63.3mph); 2Headen +16.1s; 3 Duncan; 4 Wait; 5 Walker; 6 Nevill. Pole Position: Watson. Classwinners: Watson; Wait; Muir. Fastest lap: Watson53.9s (85.4mph). Starters: 12.

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Gary Watson leads the field

• NEWS •Vic Covey S nr ResignsVic Covey Snr has resigned as Mini Cooper Co-ordinator and also as an SMRC committeemember. He was instrumental in developing theMini Cooper Cup and arranging for SMRCraces to be televised. He had been a committeemember for several years. Competition Secretary Chris Edwards has become thenew Mini Co-ordinator. Charlie Falconer is the new Mini Cooper ChampionshipRepresentative.

S aloons and S portscar to use Raceivers Saloons and Sportscar will become the 3rd Scottish Championship to use theone way radio communication Raceivers in 2012, this follows their successfulintroduction in Fiestas this season. They are an excellent way for officials towarn drivers of on track hazards, safety car useage and accidents or spinners.

Fourth ti tle for FranchittiDario Franchitti wins fourth Indycar title at tragic Las Vegas race, October 16th. The Scottish star won his fourth Indycar title it was his third consecutiveIndycar title and he is now one of the greats in this Championship, but it wasmarred by the tragic death of Dan Wheldon.

British GT Championshipwin for Geddies and CRSRacingCRS Racing’s father and son pairing ofJim and Glynn Geddie took theirFerrari 458 to Championship glory atSilverstone in the final round of the2011 Avon Tyres British GTChampionship.

Classics class changesNext season there will be six classes in the Classics Championship:A: Up to 1500cc; B: 1501-1800cc; C: 1801-2300cc; D: 2301-3600; E: over 3600cc and F: Invitation.

Jim and Glynn Geddie

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Race One: It wasn’t one of their biggest grids, butthe racing was still good. We had 4 drivers in with achance of the XR2 title, Russell Milloy was leadingby 26 points from Peter Cruickshank, with twooutsiders in Dave Colville and Wayne MacCauleyover 40 points back. The ST cup had already gone toRory Bryant. We had a wet track and the rain wasspitting down, so the ST drivers were smiling, theymay start 20 seconds after the XR2s but they havesuperior tyres. Pole sitter MacCauley was beateninto Duffus by Dave Colville. Russell Milloy nippedinto 2nd on lap 2 at Clark with Craig Taylor keepingup with the top 3, but were was Cruickshank.Answer he was now up to 5th but not in his familiarred car, he had hired a car and it was slowlydropping back. To make matters worse on lap 6 TheSTs caught him and ST leader George Orr went pastsoon followed by Scott Robertson, who had beenclose to George early on. George was 3rd by lap 7taking Milloy at Clark, then diving into the lead afew hundred metres later as he swept past the toptwo XR2s to lead the race. He then opened outnearly 3 seconds lead as Robertson took a littlelonger to pass the XR2s. Dave Colville held on to3rd despite lots of pressure from Wayne MacCauley,then Stuart Haston’s ST went by them on the lastlap. Dave was still top XR2 in 4th only 4 tenths of asecond ahead of Wayne at the flag. Russell Milloycame home 3rd XR2 in 7th playing it safe andgetting lots of points as Craig Taylor was still 2seconds ahead of Peter Cruickshank. Russell wonthe XR2 title and said: “There was no need to go outand try to win, when 3rd would be enough.”

Results: 1 George Orr (Fiesta ST) 10 laps in11m37.0s (66.1mph); 2 Scott Robertson (Fiesta ST)+2.8s; 3 Stuart Haston (Fiesta ST); 4 Dave Colville(Fiesta XR2); 5 Wayne MacCauley (Fiesta XR2);6 Blair Murdoch (Fiesta ST). XR Newcomer’s class:Milloy. Pole Position: MacCauley 1m11.2s(64.6mph). Fastest lap: Orr 1m05.8s (69.9mph).Starters: 13. Race Two: Dave Colville had the lead for 200hundred meters then Russell Milloy squeezed past atDuffus. Wayne MacCauley led a 4 car train in 3rd.Milloy quickly opened up a second lead but Colvillewas under pressure. He succumbed on lap 3 asMacCauley nipped past. Further back PeterCruickshank had a half spin at Clark bounced overthe hot dog kerbs and continued, dropping from 5thto 8th. MacCauley closed down Milloy and by lap 8they were nose to tail, and that’s how they ran thelast 3 laps, with new Champion Milloy winning byunder half a second, despite some low flyingaerobatics from MacCauley who rode the high kerbsat Clark and got well up on two wheels. Colvilledrifted 4 seconds back but he was 7 seconds clear ofCraig Taylor who was going well and droppingMike Strong. Top ST George Orr came in 6th afterhaving Scott Robertson all over him for every one ofthe 10 laps. They were almost side by side a coupleof times, but George showed he’d really progressedas a racer at Knockhill today, and young Robertsonhas lots of talent. Results: 1 Milloy 10 laps in 10m59.2s (69.8mph); 2 MacCauley +0.4s; 3 Colville; 4 Taylor; 5 Strong; 6 Orr. Pole Position: Colville. Class winners: ST,Orr. XR Newcomers: Milloy. Fastest lap: Orr1m04.0s (71.9mph). Starters: 13.

Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cupin association with Yokohama Tyres,Wheelsaround, Crossflags Mini and SuperchipsRace One: Just two drivers could becomeChampion, David Sleigh who was 20 points aheadof Vic Covey jnr. Only 12 points go for a win inMinis so Vic needed to score well. Tim Sleigh ledaway from pole as 5 cars chased him in a tight trainon the wet track. Chris Smiley was 2nd on lap 1 thentook the lead at Clark. Covey ran 3rd with DavidSleigh shadowing him in a close 4th. They had halfa second gap on Adam Leitch who headed a 4 carbunch. On lap 5 the safety car came out. TomDenham had kissed the tyre wall at Scotsman butrestarted, as the commentators said, Minis crashwell, they are tough and bounce. Once marshals hadrepaired the wall racing restarted after 3 laps. Smileykept his lead and drew away to win well by over 2seconds. Covey drove it like he stole it, diving into 2nd on lap 5 at the hairpin then sliding it at Clark alap later, and again on lap 7 exiting the chicane,going sideways but keeping it under control. Hewas 2nd nearly 2 seconds up on Tim Sleigh. Tim hadbeen leading brother David in close formation until

the last lap, when Alan Waugh dived past atScotsman. He slid the car exiting Clark but heldonto 4th despite some rubbing at the hairpin. Waughhad been 6th a few laps earlier and was charging onthe last lap. Adam Leitch was also on David’sbumper at the end, a few seconds up on KennyMcLeod and Murray Muir who had scrappedmerrily for half the race. The Championship wasn’tsettled yet.Results: 1 Chris Smiley 8 laps in 12m30.5s(49.1mph); 2 Vic Covey Jr +2.3s; 3 Tim Sleigh; 4 Alan Waugh; 5 David Sleigh; 6 Adam Leitch.Newcomers’ class: Tim Sleigh. Pole Position: TimSleigh 1m09.6s (66.1mph). Fastest lap: Smiley1m08.5s (67.2mph). Starters: 20.

Race Two: Chris Smiley lead from the off, with VicCovey jnr in hot pursuit. Covey drew a second clearof Tim Sleigh who in turn had a similar gap onDavid Sleigh. On lap 3 Covey dived into the lead atthe hairpin only for Smiley to be back in the lead alap later, but now with Tim Sleigh leading the chaseas Covey was 3rd. David Sleigh his title rival hadclosed right up on Vic by lap 5. Covey slid wide atScotsman a lap later but held on, then on lap 7David Sleigh was on the grass on the railwaystraight and kissed the tyre wall but continued.Meanwhile Tim Sleigh had caught Chris Smiley sothe leaders ran nose to tail. On the last lap they wereside by side out of the hairpin but Sleigh took thewin by inches. Covey was 3rd on the road but waslater penalised 10 seconds and classified 10th. SoJames Bruce had his best result in Minis the formerEvo driver is learning Mini racing. He had started9th and worked his way up past Adam Leitch on lap4 for 6th then Alan Waugh on the last lap for 4thwhich became 3rd post race. Elaine Marshall drovewell and diced with Kenny McLeod for much of therace. Passing him on lap 3 but dropping back behindhim on lap 6. She was 8th on the road which became7th. David Sleigh got home 12th but the low scorefor Vic meant it was his title.Results: 1 Tim Sleigh 8 laps in 8m48.1s (69.7mph);2 Smiley +0.0s; 3 Bruce; 4 Waugh; 5 Leitch; 6 McLeod. Newcomers’ class Tim Sleigh. PolePosition: Smiley. Fastest lap: Tim Sleigh 1m04.6s(71.3mph). Starters: 19. Race Three: The track was dry and the top 8

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K N O C K H I L L F I N A L F L I N GS P O N S O R E D B Y J O H N C L A R K M O T O R G R O U PWe welcomed the John Clark Motor Group as the final meeting’s sponsors on October 9th, theyhave a long association with motorsport, John Clark himself having raced in Saloons andSportscars of all types,still competing in Historics. He has built up a successful business with severalmotor dealerships in Scotland. It was the last championship meeting of the year and 5 of the 6Scottish Championships were going down to the wire. Club President Allan McNish also attendedand spoke to the troops at the drivers briefing before racing commenced, he also spent time on amarshals post (right).

Russell Milloy on his way to the XR2 title

Alan Waugh leads some typical close action from the Minis

Geroge Orr won the first race outright in his ST


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finishers from race 2 were reversed on the grid.Hamish Brandon had pole and led into Duffus. Hehad a 1 second lead on lap 1 as Alan Waugh headeda 6 car train chasing 2nd. Vic Covey jnr made up aplace at the hairpin in a close pack of 5 cars runningbehind this first group. On lap 3 Tim Sleigh movedinto 3rd as Chris Smiley took 4th at Clark. Barely asecond covered the top 8 cars on lap 4, Brandon wasnow under pressure from Waugh. David Sleighslipped into 6th at Butchers he’d started 12th andhad a good couple of laps to pass two cars on eachof laps 1 and 2. On lap 5 Waugh made his movegoing into Duffus and had the lead. Brandon thenwent onto the grass at Scotsman, he lost places andsurfaced in 6th. Waugh had Tim Sleigh a couple ofcar lengths behind , and these two started to drop atight battle over 3rd, were by lap 6 Chris Smiley wasunder pressure from Adam Leitch, then Smiley had awide exit to Clark got wheels on the gravel andLeitch was through. Smiley was back ahead ofLeitch next time round with David Sleigh making amove to pass both and now lie 3rd on lap 7. Smileystuck to his bootlid on the last lap but couldn’t find away past. At the front Alan Waugh calmly took hisfirst win but by a very small margin over TimSleigh. David Sleigh was 3 seconds back in 3rd afteran excellent run. In 4th Chris Smiley had opened upover a second on Adam Leitch on the last lap asLeitch fought with James Bruce, and these two wereside by side at the hairpin only for Leitch to hold 5thby a few inches at the line. Vic Covey jnr camehome 7th having passed Hamish Brandon on lap 7.Race winner Alan Waugh said: “I’m speechless, itsfantastic , amazing, I’ve never been up here before(the podium) I got away, got a break and brought ithome.” New champion David Sleigh said: “ThankGod its over, but its good to go from a bad positionand get a good result,”Results: 1 Waugh 8 laps in 8m42.9s (70.4mph); 2 Tim Sleigh +0.1s; 3 David Sleigh; 4 Smiley;5 Leitch; 6 Bruce. Newcomers’ class: Tim Sleigh.Pole Position: Brandon. Fastest lap: David Sleigh1m04.2s (71.7mph). Starters: 19.

Scottish Legends CarsChampionshipin association with Beatons Building Supplies

Race One: A good grid of 26 cars took the rollingstart on a slippery track. Scott Hynds led into thefirst corner from Ross Marshall. Marshall whoheaded the championship title race, and was one of 6drivers in with a chance of the crown drove past himon Railway straight. By lap 2 we had 7 cars runningnose to tail at the front. Marshall led from GlenBurtenshaw and Colin Atkinson. Marshall inchedaway from this squabbling pack were Atkinson took2nd on lap 3 with now Ross Mickel on his bumper.Mickel was up from 11th at the start as he went pastBurtenshaw at Clark. His progress had been terrificbut it took 2 more laps before he was 2nd. RossMarshall was nearly a second ahead, but Mickelhunted him down. On lap 6 they were nose to tailand Mickel was through at Clark. These two were

very close until the end. They ran side by side up thehill on lap 7 but Mickel defended well to take thewin. Behind these two 7 cars fought keenly. JohnMarshall moved up to 3rd on lap 5 at Clark anddespite a grassy moment at Duffus on lap 6 kept thespot. He held off Atkinson for several laps beforeCarol Brown dived past Atkinson on the last lap tobe 4th. She had started 14th and worked her waythrough the pack. Atkinson and Burtenshaw werenext up with David Hunter close to them in 7th. Hehad taken the place on lap 7 as he got back pastGerard McCosh who had passed him on lap 3. ScottHynds had retired on lap 3 having run 4th on lap 2. Results: 1 Ross Mickel 8 laps in 9m22.8s(65.5mph); 2 Ross Marshall +0.2s; 3 John Marshall;4 Carol Brown; 5 Colin Atkinson; 6 GlennBurtenshaw. Pole Position: Scott Hynds. Fastest lap:Brown 1m08.3s (67.4mph). Starters: 26. Race Two: Carol Brown was on pole and headed thepack on lap 1. She was under pressure from RobbieBurgoyne but Ross Mickel moved into 2nd going upthe hill on lap 2. These 3 ran nose to tail and were asecond clear of a big pack of 8 cars. Gerard McCoshhad taken 4th at Scotsman on lap 3 from ErricoPalazzo, then Ross Marshall was on him and passedGerard at Duffus on lap 3. Ross caught the top 3 in alap. He got Burgoyne on lap 6 after Robbie haddefended well. Next past Robbie was John Marshallon Railway straight 1 mile down the road. RossMarshall dived into 2nd at the hairpin on lap 7 andwas in the lead on the final lap, beating Ross Mickelby 3 tenths of a second. John Marshall was less thana second behind him them in 3rd. Gerard McCoshtook 4th from Robbie Burgoyne on the last lap at thehairpin as David Hunter and Carol Brown followedthem closely having dropped places on the final tour,these 4 were covered by a second at the flag.Results: 1 Ross Marshall 8 laps in 8m25.0s(72.9mph); 2 Mickel +0.3s; 3 John Marshall; 4 McCosh; 5 Burgoyne; 6 Hunter. Pole Position:Brown. Fastest lap: Ross Marshall 1m01.4s(75.0mph). Starters: 26. Final: This was a race of 3 parts. From the off wehad a pile up on the first start. Paul O’Brien was onpole but the pack shot into Duffus as GlenBurtenshaw spun . At least six cars were involved asthey bumped and bashed into each other ending withcars all over the place at Leslie’s. Red flags cameout, as Ross Mickel stopped at Scotsman with areally bent bumper. Cars formed up on the grid andteams straightened out bent bumpers, Mickel was inthe pits having a new one fitted. On the restart wehad 20 cars, five were missing. This time ScottHynds led from Keiran Murray and they werechased by a huge train of cars. Hynds was drivingwell and was still at the front on lap 4 when the racewas stopped again. John Marshall had got to 2nd bythen with son Ross on his bumper. Paul O’Brien hadgone straight on at Clark and hit the tyre wall hard.He was winded but marshals and officials weretaking no chances so they cut the roof off his car toget him out as medical staff examined him. He wasokay and walked to the ambulance. There was a 3rdstart with Scott Hynds leading for a lap before thetwo Marshals ganged up and went past him. A laplater Carol Brown dived through at Leslie’s to be3rd. She got past John Marshall at the hairpin on lap5 and ran on Ross’s bumper to the end of thisshortened race. He top 4 were covered by 6 tenths ofa second at the end, blink and you missed them. Asecond later came a big train of cars led by RossMickel with Gerard McCosh close behind though hehad David Hunter on his bootlid. The win gave RossMarshall the Championship for the second time, hisfirst was in 2009. Results: 1 Ross Marshall 6 laps in 6m22.1s(72.3mph); 2 Brown +0.06s; 3 John Marshall;

4 Hynds; 5 Mickel; 6 McCosh. Pole Position: PaulO’Brien. Fastest lap: Hunter 1m01.5s (74.8mph).Starters:26 pre red flags, 3rd start 17.

Scottish Saloon and SportscarChampionship

Race One: The poleman was missing as the redlights went off on the bridge and the race started.Stewart Whyte’s Escort was in the pits steaming, agreen flag lap retirement. Gary Watson grabbed thelead with Philip Duncan on his tail at Duffus. A faststarting Graham Wait used 4wd well to go from 6thon the grid to 3rd by Clark on this wet track. StuartWalker was another fast starter his Porscherocketing up to 4th from 8th. He had AndrewMorrison on his bumper all race. These two headeda 4 car bunch with newcomer Paul Brydon’s BMWM3 just ahead of Marco Haig’s Fiat Coupe. Waitwent past Duncan going up the hill on lap 2 to be2nd and slowly closed on Watson. The big Sierracharged past the Westfield on Railway Straight onlap 5 to lead. He was a couple of car lengths aheadfor the next 4 laps as Watson had Duncan on his tail.These 3 pulled away from Walker. On the last lap itall changed. The Westfields mobbed the Sierra andwere 1 and 2 going into Duffus, but Duncan wentwide and slid onto the grass, but he held it and kept3rd. Watson meanwhile had the lead . He shot awayto win by 3 seconds on the final tour. Wait said postrace that he had lost 3rd gear so he couldn’t keepahead of them for a few laps. Back in 4th placeWalker came home less that a second clear ofMorrison. Paul Brydon had a good run to 6th in hisM3. He stayed with Morrison all race. CameronPurdie was 7th in a Westfield after passing MarcoHaig on lap 8. Watson had a 22 point lead overDuncan as the race started, his win extended it overthe magic 25 point gap so the title was his. Results: 1 Garry Watson (Westfield) 10 laps in10m12.2s (75.2mph); 2 Graham Wait (SierraCosworth) +3.1s; 3 Philip Duncan (Westfield); 4 Stuart Walker (Porsche GT2); 5 Andrew Morrison(SEAT Cupra); 6 Paul Brydon (BMW M3); Classwinners: Watson, Wait; Bruce; Kevin Robson(Caterham). Pole Position: Stewart Whyte (EscortCosworth) 57.0s (80.7mph). Fastest lap: Duncan59.7s (77.1mph). Starters: 18.Race Two: New Champion Gary Watson zippedaway on the now dry track. He never looked back ashe won by over half a mile or 23 seconds to the timekeepers. Second was fought over keenly. We hadunusually lost Philip Duncan from row 2 of the gridafter a spin on the green flag lap and he started fromthe back. Stuart Walker was 2nd on lap 1 withGraham Wait and Cameron Purdie right behind.Purdie was 3rd on lap 2 as Wait still had gearboxproblems. Purdie hassled Walker for a few lapsbefore taking 2nd on lap 5.Then he raced 9 secondsclear of the Porsche. Graham Wait was passed byPaul Brydon on lap 3 the BMW cruising past. Waitcontinued but was slowly dropping back before thecar slowed to a crawl on lap 8 and retired as it left

Ross Marshall dices with Ross Mickel

Graham Wait’s Sierra is still very effective


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Clark. He had run 5th just ahead of another debutantFiona Kindness. She handled the big old NissanSkyline very well having started from 10th she wasup to 6th on lap 1, then had Andrew Morrison chaseher all race before the experienced Morrison took6th on lap 9 at Butchers. Philip Duncan had asubdued race and came home 9th behind AlexBruce’s class winning Evo which had hung ontoRobert Drummond’s Escort early on. Drummondwas still 8th on lap 6 but closing on Morrison. AsWait retired he went past Morrison and thenKindness up the hill in one lap to be 5th thenopened up 3 seconds gap. In class C newcomerKevin Robson took his Caterham to its second classwin of the day.Results: 1 Watson 10 laps in 9m04.5s (84.6mph); 2 Purdie +23.5s; 3 Walker; 4 Brydon; 5 RobertDrummond (Escort Cosworth); 6 Morrison. Classwinners: Watson, Drummond; Bruce; Robson . PolePosition: Watson. Fastest lap: Watson 53.7s(85.7mph). Starters: 16.

Scottish Formula FordChampionship

Race One: Ken Thirlwall did it his way, leadingfrom the front and dashing off into the distance.Alistair Dow chased hard as usual and was soonclear of the rest, but Ken was over 7 seconds up bythe flag. Ross McEwan was 3rd pressed on lap 1 byIvor Mairs who had taken 4th from Ian Munro atScotsman. The older Mondial works well in the wetand Ivor was on it. McEwan headed a tight 3 cartrain for a 2 laps, then started to pull away. Munrojumped past Mairs at the hairpin on lap 3. As lap 4started Ivor fought back going side by side up thehill with Munro but he didn’t get past. As the trackdried he started to drop back, and managed to gosideways as he came out of the chicane on lap 5. Onlap 6 Michael Gray was into 5th demoting Ivor atClark. But these two ran nose to tail, with Ivorretaking 5th on lap 8 at the hairpin, but Michael wassoon past him as they went up the hill, and they didthe same on lap 9. By now Andy Paterson hadclosed up and joined in the fun. They all finishedclose as a second covered these 3 cars at the flag.Meanwhile 3rd had seen a good scrap as RossMcEwan held off Ian Munro, with these two beingtied together over the last 4 laps. But it was anotherclassy win from Thirlwall.

Results: 1 Kenneth Thirlwall (Van Diemen) 10 lapsin 10m09.0s (75.6mph); 2 Alistair Dow (RayGRS09) +7.7s; 3 Ross McEwan (Van DiemenRF92); 4 Ian Munro (Van Diemen RF91); 5 MichaelGray (Vector); 6 Ivor Mairs (Mondiale) Classwinner: Mairs. Newcomer’s: Thirlwall. PolePosition: Thirlwall 1m03.2s (72.8mph). Fastest lap:Thirlwall 59.9s (76.8mph). Starters: 10. Race Two: Ken Thirlwall was on pole he neededthis win for a 100% record and he shot away withAlistair Dow on his exhaust pipe. The track was dryand Alistair wanted a win. They were nose to tail for4 laps then Ken broke the tow and raced clear. Hewas 3 seconds ahead by lap 7 then over 6 seconds atthe flag, It was impressive driving as it had been allseason for the former Mini Champion. Third placewas keenly disputed Ross McEwan held it early on,but Ian Munro was on his gearbox from lap 3. Theywere close until lap 7 when Munro went through atScotsman and slowly opened out nearly a secondgap. Behind these two was a good 3 car battle.Michael Gray was 5th as Andy Paterson nipped pastIvor Mairs on lap 1 for 6th at Clark. On lap 3Jonathan Sinclair demoted Mairs and set off afterGray and Paterson who were 2 seconds ahead,running nose to tail. Sinclair closed the gap and lap6 saw a shuffle as Paterson moved up to 5th at thehairpin and Sinclair took 6th with Gray dropping 2places. But young Gray fought back retakingSinclair on the next lap and passing Paterson on lap8 to be 5th again, which he held to the flag as lessthan a second covered these 3 and their entertainingscrap.Results: 1 Thirlwall 10 laps in 9m28.9s (80.9mph);2 Dow +6.2s; 3 Munro; 4 McEwan; 5 Gray; 6 Paterson. Class winner: Mairs. Newcomer’s:Thirlwall. Pole Position: Thirlwall. Fastest lap:Thirlwall 55.9s (82.4mph). Starters: 10.

Scottish Classic Sports andSaloons ChampionshipRace One: Stan Bernard had pole and led the fieldaway but John Marshall was on him, and took thelead at Clark on lap 1. Marshall was in tremendousform and ran away at the front. Stan needed just afinish to take the title so he drove calmly in anuntroubled 2nd to take a class win and the title.Andrew Smith started 8th in his Morgan and on thedamp track moved up past a bunch of cars 5th on lap1 he was 3rd by lap 2 then followed Stan but slowlydropped back finishing 9 seconds adrift. Behind hima good scrap saw Russell Paterson’s Morgan holdoff Raymond Boyd’s 911 and Robert Marshall’sEscort early on. Marshall went off at Leslie’s on lap4, then pitted and restarted 3 laps down. Paterson’scar started smoking on lap 5 and he stopped on thenext lap. This left Boyd safe in 4th. Jimmy Crowfollowed him a second back. Then we had a safetycar period as a car was off at the exit of the chicane.Racing resumed after 4 laps and John Marshallrapidly built up a big lead, to take a fine win.Bernard similarly quickly dropped his pursuers.Smith got away from Boyd as the front cars spread

out. Jimmy Crow though held onto Boyd for a fewlaps and was less than a second behind the 911 at theflag. In 6th was Donald Laird (Elan) who had TimReid ( Marcos 1600) all over him for the final 4laps. These two have diced all year and are evenlymatched. Richard Merrell’s Alfa Giulietta pulledclear of class a winner Nic Boyes, the Mini likingthe damp track as he dropped Grant Allan’s 911. Results: 1 John Marshall (Ford Escort) 10 laps in14m12.1s (54.0mph); 2 Stan Bernard (Porsche 911)+15.9s; 3 Andrew Smith (Morgan +8); 4 RaymondBoyd (Porsche 911); 5 Jimmy Crow (Ford Escort); 6 Donald Laird (Lotus Elan). Class winners: JMarshall Bernard; Smith; Boyes (Mini Cooper).Pole Position: Bernard 1m07.7s (68.0mph). Fastestlap: Marshall 1m01.4s (74.9mph). Starters: 25.Race Two: When the red lights went out StanBernard again led the cars beating John Marshall offthe line. But once more Marshall was back in thelead at Clark with a real racers move going roundthe outside of Bernard. This time the track was dryso Andrew Smith stayed with them in his Morgan+8. He moved into 2nd on lap 4, but John was now 3seconds clear. Andrew tracked him down andeventually passed him going up the hill on lap 9.Then motored away in this longer race as the seasoncame to a close. John was well clear of Stan who inturn dropped Raymond Boyd. But Boyd hadcompany first Donald Laird chased him for a lap,then by lap 3 Robert Marshall was 5th 3 secondsback after a terrific few laps when he came from17th off the grid. It was a Legends style charge, butRobert couldn’t get any closer to the Porsche.Jimmy Crow dropped back from these two and wasslowly caught by Mathew Gordon’s TVR. Gordonhad started 18th and worked his way through thefield. He was 11th on lap 3 and 9th by lap 6, but hestuck to it, passing Richard Merrell on lap 9 thenDonald Laird on the last lap to take 7th. But he ranout of laps. Crow was just under 2 seconds ahead atthe end. Alan Barron won class A finishing 12th inhis Alfa Sud the newcomer has promise, but Class A star Nic Boyes had been up in 8th beforeslowing on lap 2 then retiring his Mini. Results: 1 Smith 12 laps in 12m04.2s (76.3mph); 2 John Marshall +5.2s; 3 Bernard; 4 Boyd;5 Robert Marshall (Ford Escort RS); 6 Crow. Classwinners: John Marshall; Bernard; Alan Barron(Alfasud). Pole Position: John Marshall. Fastest lap:Smith 58.8s (78.2mph). Starters: 22.

Kevin Pick

Ken Thirlwall had 100% win record in 2011

Stan Bernard finally took the Classics crown after dominating his class

SMRC Annual Dinner and Awards Ceremony Saturday 3rd December EdinburghThe club’s gala event is at the Balmoral Hotel, Princes Street, Edinburgh this year. The application form is on the club web site and hasalso been mailed to members. It’s a great night with plenty of racing stars in attendance. All the club trophies are presented, fromChampionship winners to special awards. It’s a formal night, so evening suits or kilts for the gentlemen, ladies in evening gowns orcocktail dresses please.


Scottish Classic Sports & SaloonsKnockhill Challenge Cup

Race One: There were two non championship races asthere are over 45 registered competitors, so to avoidregulars missing championship rounds these races werefor fun. Shonny Paterson was on pole with his TR8, and he ledthe 29 car grid away chased by Robert Marshall’sEscort. Russell Paterson sat 3rd in his Morgan but hewas under pressure from lap 2 then lost 2 places on theback straight on lap 3 as Adam Bernard (911) andBarry Riddell (TR8) went past, then Barry immediatelytook 3rd. Barry moved into 2nd on lap 4 and closeddown the second and a half gap Shonny had built up.On lap 5 Barry was leading diving past Shonny atScotsman. He then eased away opening out over 7seconds lead by the flag. Mario Ferrari had his 308GTB 5th on lap 2 as he passed Mike Connon’s LotusSunbeam going up the hill. Down at the back of thefield starting on the last row of the grid was AndrewSmith after missing practise. His Morgan +8 is a quickcar, and he spent the 15 laps passing the entire field barthe winner on his way to a terrific 2nd place. He was12th by lap 4 that’s 16 cars he passed, then he was 6thby lap 9. He got 3rd on lap 13 and finally wrested 2ndfrom Shonny Paterson on the last lap going intoDuffus. Shonny was given a 10 second penalty forjumping the start demoting him to 4th post race puttingRobert Marshall on the podium. Russell Paterson gothome a lonely 7th ahead of Jimmy Crow’s Escortwhich got past Mike Connon on lap 12 after dropping afew seconds behind him early on. Steve Cumming alsopassed Connon late on to get 9th in his 911. Top class acar was Nic Boyes Mini Cooper in 13th just beatingRobin Benn’s Capri. Results: 1 Barry Riddell (Triumph TR8) 15 laps in15m15.4s (74.9mph); 2 Andy Smith (Morgan +8)+7.4s; 3 Robert Marshall (Ford Escort RS); 4 Shonny Paterson (Triumph TR8); 5 Adam Bernard(Porsche 911); 6 Mario Ferrari (Ferrari 308 GTB). PolePosition: Paterson 1m07.7s (67.5mph). Class winners:Riddell; Marshall; Bernard; Nic Boyes (Mini Cooper).Fastest lap: Smith 58.8s (77.8mph). Starters: 29. Race Two: Andrew Smith led into Duffus from BarryRiddell, but as the big field went down the dip there wssome contact. Derek Hastings who had missed race 1doing an all nighter to repair his Caterham’s engine hadstarted at the back and at the first corner he spun andwas collected by Ian Morton’s Midget and Liz Swan.They were all out and the safety car was scrambled.When the safety car came in after 4 laps racing wasunder way. Smith led but he didn’t get clear as Riddellhassled him all the way. Riddell took the lead on lap 9at the hairpin surprising Smith diving up the inside.But the Morgan driver blasted past the TR8 going upthe hill to lead again. Next lap Barry turned the tables

as Smith had a tight line defending at the hairpin andRiddell went past up the hill to lead. Two laps laterthese two went side by side up the hill and Smith wasback in the lead. Shonny Paterson had dropped back 2seconds then charged up to the leaders and sat onRiddell’s bumper for the last few laps. So the top 3were close from lap 10 to the end on lap 14 when therace was red flagged. Mario Ferrari had stopped at thehairpin. He had been 9th then passed Jimmy Crow onlap 10 but started to slow dramatically on lap 13. WillyToye had also been on the move in his TR8 starting10th he was 6th on lap 1 then 4th by lap 7 and slowlygot a few seconds clear of Robert Marshall’s EscortMK2 but he was over 10 seconds down on the top 3.Adam Bernard tracked Marshall never more than acouple of seconds behind him , as they slowly easedaway from Russell Paterson. Top class A car was NicBoyes again in 12th his Mini was less than a secondbehind Jim Grant’s Elan, which he chased hard all race.Jimmy Crow and Olly Ross were 8th and 9th twotenths of a second apart as Olly put in a last lap charge.Results: 1 Smith 13 laps in 16m13.9s (61.08mph); 2 Riddell +1.3s; 3 Shonny Paterson; 4 Willy Toye(Triumph TR8); 5 R Marshall; 6 Bernard. PolePosition: Riddell. Class winners: Smith; Marshall;Bernard; Boyes. Fastest lap: Smith 58.3s (78.4mph).Starters: 27.

Celtic Speed Mini Cooper Cup in association with Yokohama Tyres, CrossflagsMini, Wheelsaround, SuperchipsRace One: This was a terrific race with the biggestever grid of Mini Coopers, as 26 cars qualified and 25started. Vic Covey jnr had pole and led into Duffusfrom Chris Smiley. Findlay Crocker had returned andqualified an impressive 4th but he dropped to 6th in theopening lap dash. David Sleigh sat on Smiley’s bumperin 3rd with Jamie Cleland close behind him as 7 morecars queued up in a big train at the front. Tim Sleighstarted in 10th and was on the move. He was 7th on lap1 and 6th a lap later. But lap 3 saw the safety car comeout as marshals recovered Kenny Mcleod from thechicane gravel trap. The race soon resumed and Coveyled from Smiley but a lap later David Sleigh took 2ndat Butchers and Jamie Cleland dived into 3rd at thehairpin leaving Chris Smiley 4th. Tim Sleigh was nowa close 5th and he had a second gap to Findlay Cockerwho had passed Hamish Brandon. On lap 9 we had

another change as the top 5 had been running closethen David Sleigh took the lead at the hairpin. Back in6th Crocker now headed an eight car train of cars. Lap10 and Jamie Cleland pulled off the move of the racegoing from 3rd to 1st at the hairpin, while Coveypassed David Sleigh as well. Tim Sleigh also took

Smiley for 4th,that was a lot of overtaking at onecorner. Cleland led for 2 laps then Covey retook thelead at the hairpin, with David Sleigh following himleaving Jamie 3rd. A lap later David was leadinganother hairpin move as the top 5 were now nose totail. David Sleigh then pulled out a couple of carlengths gap which he held until the end of this longer17 lap race. Covey had Tim Sleigh all over him the lastfew laps but kept the place. Cleland was shuffled downto 5th as Smiley went through to 4th at the hairpin onlap 16. In 6th came Hamish Brandon, he had moved upon lap 13 leaving Findlay Crocker to hold off StevenBrewster who had Kyle Reid and Malcolm McNab onhis bootlid.Results: 1 David Sleigh 17 laps in 19m09.5s(67.8mph); 2 Vic Covey jnr+0.2s; 3 Tim Sleigh; 4 Chris Smiley; 5 Jamie Cleland; 6 Hamish Brandon.Pole Position: Covey 1m09.4s (65.9mph). Newcomer’sclass: Tim Sleigh. Fastest lap: David Sleigh 1m03.6s(71.8mph). Starters: 26. Race Two: This time all 26 cars started and to spicethings up the top 7 finishers from the previous roundwere reversed. Findlay Crocker was on pole butHamish Brandon stole the lead with Jamie Clelandright behind him. Crocker was 3rd then Chris Smileymoved up rapidly to 2nd and was in the lead by lap 2.Further back in a big train Vic Covey jnr was 6th onlap 2 as 3 cars in the train ran side by side up the hill.Steven Brewster was also fired up. He was 7th on lap 1but got into 4th as lap 2 ended. A lap later he was in2nd benefitting from Jamie Cleland and HamishBrandon clashing at Scotsman with Brandon goingsideways, as both drivers lost places. Smiley wasopening out a gap at the front, it was nearly 2 secondsby lap 7 but Brewster stayed with him and cut it to asecond by lap 10. Close behind him Cleland had beenholding off Tim Sleigh and these two stayed very closeuntil the last lap when Sleigh dived past at the hairpin .But Tim was later penalised 10 seconds and droppeddown to 11th. Kyle Reid was a couple of secondsbehind this battle for the mid part of the race. He wasclosed down by David Sleigh who had MalcolmMcNab on his bumper, with Kenneth Brewster a fewcar lengths back. Steven Brewster closed up on theleader Smiley in the last few laps but it was Chris whotook a good win by less than half a second. JamieCleland came home 3rd in the results as Tim wasdemoted. Next was David Sleigh 4 seconds back butmanaging to shake off a 5 car posse over the last 2laps. Kyle Reid headed the chase with Vic Covey andMalcolm McNab running nose to tail right behind him.Covey had been up on 2 wheels at Scotsman on lap 14as he tried everything behind Malcolm McNab thismove worked as he nipped past a hundred yards later atButchers, then he sat on Reid’s bumper on the last lap.Murray Muir had a late charge and demoted AdamLeitch who had been holding him off,with KennethBrewster right behind in 10th. Results: 1 Smiley 15 laps in 16m11.80s (70.6mph); 2 Brewster + 0.4s; 3 Cleland; 4 David Sleigh; 5 Reid; 6 Covey. Pole Position: Finlay Crocker.Newcomer’s class: Reid. Fastest lap: Covey 1m03.7s(71.7mph). Starters: 26.

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Two S cottish Championships were invited to race in front of a packed circuitas the BTCC drivers (right) came north of the border for their annual visi t onS eptember 3/4th.

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Classics at Knockhill Touring CarsA good weekends racing, enjoyed every second, sorryfor those with avoidable damage. ITV4 footage wasgood and as was mentioned by the commentaryteam… hopefully the Classics will be shoehorned infor next seasons event. Big thanks out to Peter(Waterevolution) for a splendid BBQ in adverseconditions & to all the Knockhill marshal’s who aretoo many to name individually.Mr Mckinna (Classics Scrutineer) deserves a shouthere, chatting to Rob in the paddock left me a little inawe of the hours he contributes to Motorsport inScotland.I agree with Ian Morton, the social side isbuilding nicely, let’s keep up the camaraderie. Finallymy onboard footage can be seen on youtube... #68Incar. Cheers - Rodger Motherwell

Hi all,I would first of all like to thank Chris (Edwards) andeveryone involved in arranging the Classic series toappear during the BTCC weekend. Still can’t believethat my first outing in our newly completed SudSprint was in front of the touring car crowds. Wow ! I would also like to thank Peter for his very generoushospitality at Saturdays BBQ although I’m sure itwas a ploy to weigh some us down a bit for Saturdaysrace. Finally it was a pleasure to race alongside all ofyou, hope the newest rookie didn’t hold to many ofyou up. Regards Alan Barron

KevinJust for information, here’s what Richard John Neal(ITV 4 commentator) had to say: “It was probably the

best BTCC meeting I have been to in many years. Ashame that the race (Classics) was punctuated by thesafety car and ultimately stopped as we had a lotmore to talk about.I can tell you that the reaction was extremely positiveto both the Minis and the Classics. Everyone saidhow good it was to see some great motor racing witha huge variety of proper, well prepared cars on thecircuit.”Well done, everybody - Richard Merrell

Hi KevinOn behalf of Knockhill Circuit, I would like tocongratulate and commend the Scottish Mini andClassics competitors for their part that they played atthe 2011 BTCC event. The numbers, quality of racingand cars was the best seen, and it was evident fromthe crowd feedback that they loved the local racerstoo. The following is from Dan Mayo of TOCA: “Hi Stuart, I thought it was a great event, big crowd,great weather, good racing, bit of controversy andfew crash-bang incidents. Scottish classes were great,didn’t cause any issues in the paddock all weekendand provided good entertainment, which is excellent.And many thanks for your help with the event - it’salways a pleasure to come to your circuit, everyone isalways so helpful.Kind regards - Dan MayoBTCC Championship Co-ordinatorWell done to all the Scottish drivers for flying the flagso well at this event.Yours in Sport - Stuart GrayEvents Director, Knockhill Racing Circuit

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acting as a club steward). The whole team wereextremely professional and it was a real eye openeron just what it takes to make a race day runsmoothly. Well done to everyone. Olly RossYou may remember for 10 years I drove an AC3000ME the smaller version of Ron Cummingswider and much more luxurious version appearingin Wheelspin. David SmailMy father Colin Philips says the car is a March 802with an AC 3000 body, driven by Andy Barton, andthat Colin later owned and raced the car. TheChevette going sideways (at Ingliston) was drivenby John Cleland. Christopher PhilipAnswerThe car was an AC3000 driven by Bill Paul.The bonus question, it was Jimmy McRae whodrove the Ecurie Ecosse road saloon Chevette HSRwhich was drifting sideways round Arena atIngliston when leading, and he was passed aroundthe outside by Dr Hugh Chalmers in a LotusSunbeam, right in front of your spectating editor. Itwas some move.


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