Remembering when the Scots made history at the Racewall

An evening of Scottish domination ended with a first, the Scots securing the front row positions for the world finals which would be held later in the year at King’s Lynn.

The grid for the world final is determined by a series of qualifying rounds at each of the BriSCA tracks in Britain before the top 56 drivers are seeded into two semi-finals.

The top 10 finishers in each semi are seeded straight into the world final grid.

The non-qualifying drivers get the chance to make the back of the grid during a last chance qualifying race with the first six across the line qualifying.

When the grid was formed for the opening semi at the Racewall, Liam Bentham and David Polley filled the front row with Scottish drivers Craig Wallace on the inside of row three whilst Dennis Middler was on the outside of row eight.

The first semi saw at the Racewall saw Scot Craig Wallace forced his way through into the lead which was greeted by a roar from the partisan crowd before going on to win

The second brought out Gordon Moodie from Windygates, who was to start from pole position, and he had Euan Millar right behind with Robbie Dawson on row seven.

Moodie was to lead from start to finish.

Following a couple of stops, Moodie was soon a couple of car lengths clear of Luke Wrench.

Robbie Dawson was now challenging Wrench for the second spot and this allowed Moodie to pull away, making good use of a clear track ahead of him.

When the chequer appeared Moodie celebrated yet another win, crossing the finish-line clear of Dawson to make it a Scottish 1-2.

Wrench held on to third place whilst Millar ended up in fifth place.

When Moodie later finished second at the meeting’s final he had done enough to secure pole for King’s Lynn.

Moodie and Wallace had taken the chequered flags in their respective semi-finals and had helped complete another first as Scots claimed to opening two places for the worlds.