Racewall reporter catches up with first Scots’ hotrod champ

THE National Hot Rod World Championship started in 1972 and up and till now has tended to be dominated by drivers from England and Ireland until 2019 when for the first ever time it headed to Scotland, writes our Cowdenbeath Racewall reporter Jim Turner.

has taken a mere 47 years for it to do so but it wasn’t for the want of trying with the Scottish drivers doing their best to bring the title to Scotland.

After a couple of seasons being pipped at the post for the fastest lap and therefore having to start from the outside of the front row of the grid Armadale’s Robert McDonald finally claimed pole position at Ipswich Raceway this year in his Tigra