Eck Cunningham is all revved up and ready for another Racewall year

Promoter GMP announced on Sunday that there is now light at the end of the tunnel that practice sessions allowed to take place at the Cowdenbeath Racewall from August 8.

However these sessions will be staged behind closed doors and the drivers must book in through the website and payment will be by card only.

The first session will be for formula II, saloons and stock rods with drivers urged to book in early as only limited spaces are available.

It’s music to local racer Cunningham’s ears as he aims to hit the ground running when competitive racing starts up again.

He said: “My car is basically ready to go.

“David (Hughes, fellow stock car racer) has helped me out a lot to get it ready and it is looking good.”

Cunningham credits old school friend Hughes for getting him into racing and once he had the bug he hasn’t looked back.

He’s aiming to build on the positives of the last campaign in the new year.

“Last season I had quite a bit of work to do on the Tully car I bought in 2017 and was in the process of moving into a bigger workshop and that held me back, so I made a late-ish start to the racing.”

“The World Championship was at the Racewall but I hadn’t managed to qualify although I had an opportunity to do so in the last chance qualifying race.

“The car was going well and I was making up places only for the car developed a misfire and I had to retire. To make matters worse I had managed to get into the top six and would have made the final grid. Over the weekend I just couldn’t cure the misfire so it was a case of being confined to spectating.

“At the end of the season the car was going well in the Superbowl but when I came to lap a couple of back markers they sent me crashing into the wall resulting in my gearbox getting wrecked.

“On the Sunday the season ended on a high note. I won the last race of the afternoon even although there was a race suspension with only three laps to go.

“I knew that I had to make a good restart and happily I did and went on to win.”