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Obituary – Malcolm Chesher

It was with regret that we learned of the death of former National Hot Rod driver Malcolm Chesher on Monday 23rd April. Malky, as he was more commonly known, was one of Scotland’s top Hot Rod drivers and had raced his cars at Cowdenbeath during its Spedeworth days, Armadale, Newtongrange, and then back at the [...]

Scottish Scene

The annual Banger meeting at the Racewall saw a field of over 80 Bangers at the track and they put on a great show. The stands were full, the terracing busy and the place was buzzin’. There were drivers from all over Britain and a few from Northern Ireland but as usual not too many [...]

Racewall Preview

The Racewall fixture list looks to be an interesting one there should be plenty of action over the forthcoming season. The first one has the well tried combination of F2′s, Saloons, Ministox and Prostox and we could well see Daniel Scrimgeour make his debut in the F2′s and Tam Melrose and Ross Watters in the [...]

Car Changes at the Racewall

The car changes have been rather quiet this year at the Racewall but we know that Gordon Moodie has got his RCE ready for action, in fact he raced down at Taunton with it at the opening meeting of the year and that Garry Sime and Robbie Dawson are awaiting delivery of or have received [...]

Changes to Cowdenbeath

The big news from the Racewall came in the statement that the owners had compiled a 2 year programme of upgrades that they were about to put into action. The first part was to knock down the infield wall and gate posts and remove the infield fence. This was started as soon as the season [...]