An incident packed morning of racing at Knockhill produced its fare share of drama and controversy. A number of red flags including three of the Scottish Supertwin race kept marshals, riders and officials on their toes.
Danderhall’s Michael Robertson took a dominant win in the Scottish Superstock 600 Championship by a clear margin. That win added to his win on Saturday takes the Yamaha R6 rider up to 2nd in the Scottish Championship behind Glasgow’s Bryan Duncanson.
In the Scottish Superbikes, Bruce Birnie took a hard thought race win from David Paton, only for the Montrose rider to suffer a 10 second penalty which forced him back down the order to fifth.
A despondent Birnie said:
“It is what it is, l’ve got to put that down to bad luck and perhaps not paying enough attention, but in my eye’s l won the race. We obviously didn’t, but we’ll come back out fighting this afternoon.”
One of the most impressive performances so far this weekend has been that of racing newcomer James Laing. The Troon rider, in only his first race meeting at Knockhill has taken to it like a duck-to-water, securing 3 Clubman race wins so far this weekend. Laing however, has been more than matched by F125 competitor Lewis Rollo. The young Gifford racer has taken an impressive 4 race wins from four starts this weekend. Spectators, commentators and riders alike predict a bright future for this young man.
The Scottish Supertwin, F400 and Classic race saw riders falling and stoppages galore. After 3 failed restarts the race was cancelled and will now be amalgamated with the KMSC race this afternoon. Supertwin competitors will score points for both championships with grid positions being determined by Saturday’s qualifying results.
Racing should be back underway shortly with tickets available on the gate.