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Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti scored his second-best result in the Nascar Nationwide Series when he powered his Ganassi Dodge to 11th at the Texas Motor Speedway. But the 34-year-old Scot was frustrated not to qualify for the Sprint Cup race on the same 1.5-mile oval, blaming a lack of front-end grip for his…

Bathgate’s Marino Franchitti was denied his second American Le Mans Series podium in succession when, just 10 minutes from the end of the two-and-a-half-hour race in St Petersburg, his Porsche was taken out by a rival. The 29-year-old Scot had qualified his Dyson Porsche RS fifth on the 29-car grid, and fourth…

Musselburgh’s Graham Carroll dominated the opening double-header of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship when he won both rounds at Knockhill. Carroll, piloting his Van Diemen racer, finished ahead of Glasgow’s David Brown in both races to establish a healthy lead in the title race. In the ‘Battle of the Butchers’, 21-year-old…

Fifer Jonathan Adam defence of his British Seat Cupra Championship got off to a frustrating start at Brands Hatch when a wrong tyre choice saw him slip from third on the grid to eventually finish ninth in the opening race. The 23-year-old gambled on wet tyres for the opening race of the…

Knockhill hosts the opening round of the CRS Scottish Formula Ford Championship this weekend and much of the attention on the 20-odd car grid will be focused on brother and sister, Rory and Jillian Butcher. Ok, so Jillian now masquerades under her married name of Shedden – something to do with that…