Youngsters have oval to themselves at Racewall

The format was set as a race format and as a result the youngsters were in great form.

Despite the Micro F2 drivers being between seven and 11 years there was a lot of close and fast racing and it was a similar story with the Ministox drivers.

The racing got off to a good start when half of the Micro F2 drivers appeared with Mia Cross leading the cars away from Charlee Stewart but next time around Cole Ramsay had burst through into the lead. Connor St. Aubyn from Glenrothes closed in on Cross and then moved into second place a couple of laps later. In the end Ramsay went on to record an easy win from St. Aubyn with Cross in third spot.

Race two saw the remainder of the Micro F2 drivers take to the oval with Ben McLellan leading the field away from Rhys Anderson and Charlie Burgoyne. Within a couple of laps Burgoyne had forced his way through into the lead and whilst McLellan was still second David Philp Jnr jnr was closing them down. In the end Burgoyne had a comfortable win over Philp with Anderson just grabbing third from McLellan.

The Micro F2s third heat saw all cars on track and whilst Cross made an early break from Stewart, they were both soon passed by Ramsay and St. Aubyn. Burgoyne moved into second but then dropped to third as Philp moved around him. Although the gap between the first two decreased Ramsay held on to pick up his second win of the afternoon.

Ramsay made it three out of three in the fourth race of the afternoon ahead of St. Aubyn, Davidson and Cuthill.

The next Micro F2 race was for newcomers and after a slow start Taylor Rigby dominated the race going through for an easy win. Stewart led the cars away when the Final started but by mid-way through the opening lap Cross took over at the front. Ramsay soon made his way into the lead but when St. Aubyn’s car ground to a halt with broken steering the cars were brought to a temporary halt. On the restart Cross got ahead of Ramsay and she led the lead for a couple of laps until Ramsay forced his way through into the lead. On the last lap Philp sneaked through to win from Burgoyne and McLellan, Ramsay originally crossing the line in second place but being docked two places for the earlier contact on Cross.

Philp went on to win the Allcomers race from Ramsay, Burgoyne and St Aubyn to end an exciting afternoon’s racing from the youngsters.

The other formula in action was the Ministox with local drivers Koddi Wright (Lochgelly) and Rian Mitchell (Kirkcaldy) on the grid.

The opening race was for White and Yellow graded drivers only with no fewer than ten cars making it onto the track. From the standing start Wright was the first to show from Kyle Rogerson and Sam Cavanagh but before the drivers could get into their rhythm the race was suspended after Andrew Scott was spun as the cars bunched up Walker’s car was squeezed up the wall before being stranded across the track. Wright led on the restart from Rogerson but a few laps later the latter dropped back after bouncing off the wall. There was another stoppage when Wright’s car shed a wheel and he crashed heavily into the wall. This elevated Ethan Doull into the lead and when the race restarted he eased away before going through to win from Cavanagh and Rogerson.

The first Ministox race with a full field brought most of the field onto the grid. Hutchinson was first to show but next time around Rogerson was ahead although under pressure from Scott who led for a couple of laps before Cavanagh hit the front. He was running just ahead of Doull and a lap later they swapped places. Smith spun whilst Cavanagh retired after a trip to the wall, but up from Doull was clear as Robbie Armit moved into second although he had Charlie Hardie in close order. There were no further changes as Doull went through to win his second race of the afternoon.

The second Ministox of the afternoon was a cracker with Scott making the better of the starts to lead from Cavanagh and Doull whilst Lewis Clark Burgoyne was running ahead of Jay Paterson although they were catching the leader they in turn were being caught by Armit and Hardie. Rogerson was spun but then the race was suspended after the leader Scott was sent wide and bounced off the wall before stopping on the back straight. The field lined up behind Cavanagh but on the restart he was shunted wide as Doull moved to the front of the pack. Doull was denied his third victory in a row as Burgoyne moved through into the lead but again there was another stoppage. This time it was Burgoyne who had the pack on his back bumper but was edged wide and that allowed Armit into the lead. Hardie nudged the leader wide on the final bend of the final lap and although he went on to cross the line first he was docked two places for jumping the start, handing the win to Armit.

Their final was every bit as exciting as heat two and was suspended almost as soon as it had started with the initial leader Hannah Borthwick being sent spinning. Rogerson led but within a few laps Burgoyne was leading from Paterson, Hardie and Armit. Hardie made light work getting into the lead but he had Armit in close order with Burgoyne and Paterson dicing for third. Armit managed to get very close on the last lap but Hardie held on to win from Armit and Jay Paterson with Mitchell again finishing in seventh. Hardie then made it a hat trick of wins when he won the Allcomers race from Armit and Paterson with Mitchell sixth.