TRAVES WINS BIG ON SCOTTISH FORAY TO THE RACEWALL
Simon Traves had never raced a
BriSCA F1 around the fearsome Cowdenbeath Racewall before last Saturday but that did not stop him winning heat and final and claiming the Scottish Championship.
Dan Hughes took the lead from the drop of the green with Phoebe Wainman and Catherine Harris breaking away from the pack to close in on the leader. Wainman clouted the Turn 3 wall and slipped out of the race. At the same time, Traves moved into second and a few laps later he made his racewinning move on Hughes.
As the race approached half distance Harris made her move for second the lead passing Hughes, getting on the inside of her rival in Turn 1. However, she then tangled with a backmarker, puncturing her right-rear tyre.
That promoted Michael Scriven to second place and Lee Fairhurst to third spot. The positions remained static for the remainder of the race.
Traves said: “I had a good start and that helped me, after that I just kept it on the wide line, I like the track, you have to keep in right up against the wall and that makes it more interesting.”
“I couldn’t catch Traves, the harder I tried the more I got loose and got close to the wall. Sometimes you have to settle for second and hope something happens to his car, but that didn’t happen,” said Scriven.
Results
Organiser: YorStox, BriSCA F1 When: June 4 Where: Cowdenbeath Racewall, Scotland Starters: 28. 1 Simon Traves; 2 Michael Scriven; 3 Lee Fairhurst; 4 Frankie Wainman Jr; 5 Paul Hines; 6 Craig Finnikin; 7 Jake Harrhy; 8 Frankie Wainman Junior Jr; 9 Dan Hughes. No other finishers.