QUEEN AND DEMPSEY SHARE FORMULA FORD 1600 WINS
The National Formula Ford 1600 Championship produced a pair of typically scintillating races at Knockhill, with Colin Queen and Jordan Dempsey taking centre stage.
Queen took the race-one David Leslie Trophy after a late-race bid to pass points leader Dempsey paid off, but they made contact in an equally frenetic second race.
From his race-one pole position Dempsey took the lead at the start with Queen glued to his gearbox throughout. American Queen bided his time before making a decisive move for the lead on the final lap, surprising Dempsey by slicing by under braking for McIntyres.
Behind, Lucas Romanek got the better of BM Racing’s Jamie Sharp for third after a late lunge to the inside of Duffus Dip on the final tour.
Queen and Dempsey resumed their battle in the early stages of race two but made contact at the Hairpin on the fifth lap of 22. That sent both onto the grass, giving Sharp the lead from Romanek.
Sharp’s lead didn’t last long either, spinning while fighting Romanek at the same corner.
The latter therefore took the victory ahead of Morgan Quinn and Ben Cochrane.
Michael Weddell started the defence of his Mini Cooper Cup title with two wins and a third place as car racing rookie Jack Irvine prevailed in race three.
In race one, Minimax driver Weddell got the better of polesitter Neil Hose after a safety car restart to build a healthy margin at the front, beating Chad Little to the line by just over half a second. It was a similar story in race two as
Weddell led from start-to-finish with Ian Munro second.
Irvine started the reversed-grid third race from pole and made the most of a strong getaway to fend off Little, with Weddell third.
Ross Dunn brilliantly edged out Finlay Brunton by a mere 0.016s to win the opening C1 Cup race, before finishing a close second to Sam Corson in race two.
V8 power dominated the Scottish Classic races, with Russell Paterson leading Tommy Gilmartin in a Morgan 1-2 in the opening bout. Contact between the pair in race two handed the Rover 3500 of John Kinmond victory in the second. Steven Gray took both Scottish Fiesta ST Cup victories, beating his long-time rival Dave Colville and Liam McGill respectively.