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1975
SALOON STOCK CARS 70 CARS
40 | Howard Jarman | 177 | Brian Seago | |||||||
46 | Keith Jarman | 180 | Robin Kennedy | |||||||
83 | James Rae | 181 | Gordon Brunton | |||||||
91 | Desmond Murphy | 182 | Ronnie Dewar | |||||||
100 | George MacMillan Jnr | 183 | John Brady | |||||||
102 | Ronnie Burns | 195 | Andy Johnstone | |||||||
105 | Bob Smith | 197 | Stew Sneddon | |||||||
106 | Hamish Buchanan | 198 | George Gordon | |||||||
108 | John Thomson | 199 | George Chirray | |||||||
110 | David Harley | 203 | Colin Forbes | |||||||
114 | Franky Tait | 205 | John Nash | |||||||
117 | James Lumsden | 208 | David Wallis | |||||||
118 | Johnny Davidson | 209 | Bruce Nash | |||||||
121 | Pete Malone | 210 | John Grierson | |||||||
123 | Graham King | 214 | Jimmy McAlpine | |||||||
124 | Robin Dowie | 217 | Ian Stewart | |||||||
127 | Alex Grant | 219 | Derek Mackie | |||||||
128 | Norman Brown | 222 | Fraser Dunlop | |||||||
129 | Ernie Duff | 226 | William Bauld | |||||||
131 | Gordon Brown | 230 | William Paton | |||||||
140 | Graham Wait | 235 | Jock Robertson | |||||||
142 | Malcolm MacIntyre | 240 | Allan Ross | |||||||
144 | Peter Muirhead | 241 | Charlie Milne | |||||||
150 | James Blair | 242 | Bob Malone | |||||||
154 | Dave Cronin | 244 | Jimmy Low | |||||||
155 | William Gray | 245 | Bernie McConnachie | |||||||
158 | Thomas Allison | 247 | John Gibson | |||||||
160 | Cluffy Crichton | 248 | Eddy Stevenson | |||||||
161 | Bill Shortreed | 251 | Jack Robertson | |||||||
163 | Donald Keddie | 255 | Edward Gilfillan | |||||||
164 | Derek Donaldson | 256 | Brian Duncan | |||||||
168 | Alan McHattie | 306 | Archie Dewar | |||||||
170 | James Cochrane | 314 | George Spalding | |||||||
171 | Tommy Davidson | 316 | Ronald Berry | |||||||
176 | Billy Birse | 330 | Robert Bruce |
SUPERSTOX CARS 39 CARS
7 | Terry Henderson | 51 | Jimmy Gordon | |||||||
9 | John Duncker | 55 | Bob Morton | |||||||
10 | Les Page | 56 | Tommy Carruthers | |||||||
12 | Bob Buchanan | 59 | Brian Russell | |||||||
15 | Tommy King | 60 | Ronnie Golightly | |||||||
16 | Douglas McLean | 73 | Alex McKellar | |||||||
17 | Mike Jack | 76 | Harry Gilespie | |||||||
18 | Richard McLean | 81 | Bill Pullar | |||||||
19 | Tim Stirling | 84 | Les Brown | |||||||
21 | Stephen Watt | 92 | Bill Smith | |||||||
26 | James Aitkin | 94 | Vic Russell | |||||||
27 | Noel Colgan | 97 | Bob Cameron | |||||||
31 | Tenant Douglas | 103 | Bobby Dow | |||||||
36 | Billy McCourt | 107 | Malcolm Paterson | |||||||
38 | Ian Edmiston | 109 | Gavin McCreadie | |||||||
39 | Les Clark | 115 | Dave Morris | |||||||
41 | Gordon McDougall | 132 | John Bell | |||||||
42 | Peter Mann | 146 | James Hunter | |||||||
44 | Chick Findlay | 325 | Bill Cunningham | |||||||
47 | Orr Thompson |
HOT RODS 15 CARS
25 | Willie Taylor | 140 | Graham Wait | |||||||
30 | Stewart Banks | 162 | Malcolm Chesher | |||||||
37 | Ian Simpson | 167 | Bill McLellan | |||||||
64 | Les Kay | 194 | Davey Philp | |||||||
95 | Alex Butchart | 196 | Kenny Ireland | |||||||
116 | Mike Reilly | 206 | Bert Stevens | |||||||
130 | Malcolm Watt | 293 | Ian Cook | |||||||
138 | William Turnbull |
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The points awarded for 1975 season as follows:-
Note: I do not have published confirmation of this but believe points allocation did not change for 1974, 1975 & 1976.
Saloon Stocks | Superstox | Hot Rods | ||||||||
Heats | Final | Heats | Final | Heats | Final | |||||
1st | 6 | 12 | 1st | 8 | 12 | 1st | 6 | 10 | ||
2nd | 5 | 10 | 2nd | 7 | 10 | 2nd | 5 | 8 | ||
3rd | 4 | 8 | 3rd | 6 | 8 | 3rd | 4 | 6 | ||
4th | 3 | 6 | 4th | 5 | 6 | 4th | 3 | 4 | ||
5th | 2 | 4 | 5th | 4 | 4 | 5th | 2 | 2 | ||
6th | 1 | 3 | 6th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 1 | 1 | ||
7th | 2 | 7th | 2 | 2 | ||||||
8th | 1 | 8th | 1 | 1 |
The Saloon Stocks averages were much the same as 1974, down one at 25. Unfortunately the Superstox were down again down four to 16 & the Hot Rods down again, this time by 3 to 7 cars.
The highest total for the Saloon Stocks of 33 cars was at the last meeting of the season the "Cock O the North" meeting, always well attended. The best attended Superstox was the "UK Challenge Cup" on the 10th August at 22 cars & for the Hot Rods the "Open Scottish" on the 24th August at 13 cars.
Spedeworth Scotland's first banger races took place on 18.05.75. 20 cars started the first race with Superstox driver 49 Eric Moore having the honour of being the first winner. A demolition derby rounded off the meeting with Janet Ireland (wife of Kenny) the winner.
The bangers were originally due to commence at Armadale Raceway on the 2nd May, where they had been scheduled along with the Superstox. In the end this did not happen & in fact Armadale did not re-open for a number of years.
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1975 SUPERSTOX POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP
REDS | ||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||
1st | 39 | Les Clark | 614 | |||
2nd | 81 | Bill Pullar | 423 | |||
3rd | 94 | Vic Russell | 392 | |||
4th | 55 | Bob Morton | 329 | |||
5th | 84 | Les Brown | 303 | |||
6th | 41 | Gordon MacDougall | 288 | |||
7th | 47 | Orr Thompson | 168 | |||
8th | 107 | Malcolm Paterson *** | 162 | |||
9th | 38 | Ian Edmiston | 155 | |||
10th | 76 | Harry Gillespie | 147 | |||
***retired June |
BLUES | YELLOWS | |||||||||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||||||
11th | 115 | Dave Morris | 144 | 21st | 92 | William Smith | 19 | |||||||
12th | 59 | Brian Russell | 102 | 22nd | 21 | Stephen Watt | 13 | |||||||
13th | 36 | Billy McCourt | 101 | 23rd | 27 | Noel Colgan | 12 | |||||||
14th | 109 | Gavin McCreadie | 87 | 24th | 26 | James Aitkin | 11 | |||||||
15th= | 73 | Alex McKellar | 73 | 25th | 9 | John Duncker *** | 10 | |||||||
15th= | 325 | Bill Cunningham | 73 | 26th | 42 | Peter Mann | 9 | |||||||
17th | 31 | Tennant Douglas | 70 | 27th= | 51 | Jimmy Gordon | 6 | |||||||
18th | 12 | Bob Buchanan | 68 | 27th= | 132 | John Bell | 6 | |||||||
19th= | 17 | Mike Jack | 64 | ***retired April | ||||||||||
19th= | 44 | Chick Findlay | 64 |
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP - 7th SEPTEMBER OPEN SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP - 13th APRIL
1st | 84 | Les Brown | 1st | 39 | Les Clark | |||||||||
2nd | 41 | Gordon MacDougall | 2nd | 107 | Malcolm Paterson | |||||||||
3rd | 55 | Bob Morton | 3rd | 81 | Bill Pullar | |||||||||
4th | 47 | Orr Thompson | 4th | 84 | Les Brown | |||||||||
5th | 81 | Bill Pullar | 5th | E407 | Jim Davey | |||||||||
6th | 44 | Chick Findlay | 6th | E685 | Brian Jones | |||||||||
7th | 27 | Noel Colgan | 7th | 9 | John Duncker | |||||||||
8th | NOF | 8th | 36 | Billy McCourt |
UK CHALLENGE CUP - 10th AUGUST EAST of SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - 28th SEPTEMBER
1st | 39 | Les Clark | 1st | 92 | Bill Smith | |||||||||
2nd | E170 | Howard White | 2nd | 59 | Brian Russell | |||||||||
3rd | 94 | Vic Russell | 3rd | 38 | Ian Edmiston | |||||||||
4th | 38 | Ian Edmiston | 4th | 81 | Bill Pullar | |||||||||
5th | E235 | Stu Blyth | 5th | 41 | Gordon MacDougall | |||||||||
6th | E685 | Brian Jones | 6th | NOI | ||||||||||
7th | 44 | Chick Findlay | 7th | NOI | ||||||||||
8th | NOF | 8th | NOI |
"COCK of the NORTH" - 26th OCTOBER
1st | 94 | Vic Russell | ||||
2nd | 84 | Les Brown | ||||
3rd | NOI | |||||
4th | NOI | |||||
5th | NOI | |||||
6th | NOI | |||||
7th | NOI | |||||
8th | NOI |
The stats for the most wins in 1975 were as follows:-
Pos | No | Name | Finals | Heats | Pos | No | Name | Finals | Heats | |||||
1st | 39 | Les Clark | 11 | 25 | 7th | 31 | Tenant Douglas | 1 | 1 | |||||
2nd | 107 | Malcolm Paterson** | 5 | 2 | 8th | E170 | Howard White | 1 | 1 | |||||
3rd | 94 | Vic Russell | 3 | 7 | 9th | 92 | Bill Smith | 1 | 0 | |||||
4th | 55 | Bob Morton | 3 | 5 | 10th | 41 | Gordon MacDougall | 0 | 3 | |||||
5th | 84 | Les Brown | 3 | 3 | 11th | 38 | Ian Edmiston | 0 | 1 | |||||
6th | 81 | Bill Pullar | 1 | 4 | 12th | 17 | Mike Jack | 0 | 1 | |||||
** retired 8th June |
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Malcolm Paterson retired on 8th of June 1975, he had already 5 finals under his belt this season.
His name was removed from the 6th points chart, but the points gained were enough for him to finish in 8th position in the end of season totals.
Malcolm is a major candidate for Scotland's greatest ever Stock Car Driver, his first major win was the UK Challenge Cup back in 1966, and his career incorporated 94 final wins and 212 heat wins, his biggest win was the European but he also won the British, Scottish, East of Scotland three times, West of Scotland twice, Open Scottish & UK Challenge Cup four times.
Malcolm commenced racing in 1966, made 6th place in the points in 1967, and won the points in 6 out of the following 7 years, in the year he didn't win, 1970, he finished 2nd.
It was rumoured in 1982 that Malcolm was to make a comeback, and indeed he did have quite a few races in Gordon McDougall's F2 collecting a number of wins as a white top, in fact was leading the Scottish F2 Championship in a star studded field by the proverbial mile until forced out with mechanical gremlins. Unfortunately the bug didn't take hold again. Trajically Malcolm died in 1990.
Malcolm's son Steven Paterson did take up F2 Stock Cars & had a very successful career winning the Scottish Points Championship.
More of that to come later.
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1975 SALOON STOCK CHAMPIONSHIP
REDS | BLUES | |||||||||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||||||
1st | 330 | Robert Bruce | 423 | 12th | 158 | Eddy Stevenson | 124 | |||||||
2nd | 106 | Hamish Buchanan | 420 | 13th | 150 | Jimmy Blair | 99 | |||||||
3rd | 208 | Dave Wallis | 253 | 14th | 100 | George MacMillan J | 91 | |||||||
4th | 131 | Gordon Brown | 241 | 15th | 209 | Bruce Nash | 86 | |||||||
5th | 118 | Johnny Davidson | 229 | 16th= | 121 | Pete Malone | 66 | |||||||
6th | 222 | Fraser Dunlop | 228 | 16th= | 183 | John Brady | 66 | |||||||
7th | 241 | Charlie Milne | 218 | 18th | 105 | Bob Smith | 57 | |||||||
8th | 195 | Andy Johnstone | 213 | 19th | 255 | Edward Gilfillan | 53 | |||||||
9th | 124 | Robin Dowie | 200 | 20th | 235 | Jock Robertson | 48 | |||||||
10th | 244 | Jimmy Low | 179 | 21st | 170 | Jas Cochrane | 43 | |||||||
11th | 46 | Keith Jarman | 176 | 22nd | 171 | Tommy Davidson | 35 | |||||||
12th | 40 | Howie Jarman | 170 | 23rd | 214 | Jimmy McAlpine | 34 |
YELLOWS | ||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||
24th | 198 | George Gordon | 24 | |||
25th | 256 | Brian Duncan | 23 | |||
26th | 117 | James Lumsden | 31 | |||
27th= | 205 | John Nash | 19 | |||
27th= | 102 | Ronnie Burns | 17 | |||
29th | 155 | Bill Gray | 13 | |||
30th | 180 | Robin Kennedy | 10 |
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP - 6th JULY EAST of SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - 31st AUGUST
1st | 106 | Hamish Buchanan | 1st | 118 | Johnny Davidson | |||||||||
2nd | 209 | Bruce Nash | 2nd | 330 | Robert Bruce | |||||||||
3rd | 222 | Fraser Dunlop | 3rd | 195 | Andy Johnstone | |||||||||
4th | 131 | Gordon Brown | 4th | 241 | Charlie Milne | |||||||||
5th | 244 | Jimmy Low | 5th | 46 | Keith Jarman | |||||||||
6th | 235 | Jock Robertson | 6th | 106 | Hamish Buchanan | |||||||||
7th | 155 | Bill Gray | 7th | 40 | Howie Jarman | |||||||||
8th | 244 | Jimmy Low |
COCK of the NORTH - 26th OCTOBER
1st | 330 | Robert Bruce | ||||
2nd | 118 | Johnny Davidson | ||||
3rd | 131 | Gordon Brown | ||||
4th | 241 | Charlie Milne | ||||
5th | 208 | Dave Wallis | ||||
6th | 244 | Jimmy Low | ||||
7th | 222 | Fraser Dunlop | ||||
8th | 106 | Hamish Buchanan |
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The stats for the most wins in 1975 were as follows:-
Pos | No | Name | Finals | Heats | Pos | No | Name | Finals | Heats | |||||
1st | 330 | Robert Bruce | 7 | 19 | 11th= | 40 | Howie Jarman | 1 | 0 | |||||
2nd | 118 | Johnny Davidson | 4 | 3 | 11th= | 46 | Keith Jarman | 1 | 0 | |||||
3rd | 106 | Hamish Buchanan | 3 | 8 | 11th= | 140 | Graham Wait | 1 | 0 | |||||
4th | 131 | Gordon Brown | 2 | 6 | 14th= | 124 | Robin Dowie | 0 | 1 | |||||
5th | 208 | Dave Wallis | 2 | 2 | 14th= | 158 | Eddy Stevenson | 0 | 1 | |||||
6th= | 150 | Jimmy Blair | 1 | 4 | 14th= | 195 | Andy Johnstone | 0 | 1 | |||||
6th= | 241 | Charlie Milne | 1 | 4 | 14th= | 205 | John Nash | 0 | 1 | |||||
8th= | 171 | Tommy Davidson | 1 | 1 | 14th= | 209 | Bruce Nash | 0 | 1 | |||||
8th= | 222 | Fraser Dunlop | 1 | 1 | 14th= | 219 | Derek Mackie | 0 | 1 | |||||
8th= | 244 | Jimmy Low | 1 | 1 |
Johnny Davidson 118 returned after a two year away sabbatical from the Saloon Stocks to win the East of Scotland on the 7th September.
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1975 HOT ROD POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP
REDS | BLUES | |||||||||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||||||
1st | 196 | Kenny Ireland | 445 | 8th | 293 | Ian Cook | 118 | |||||||
2nd | 64 | Les Kay * | 335 | 9th | 130 | Malcolm Watt | 114 | |||||||
3rd | 194 | Davey Philp | 318 | 10th | 162 | Malcolm Chesher | 85 | |||||||
4th | 37 | Ian Simpson | 154 | |||||||||||
5th | 25 | William Taylor *** | 147 | |||||||||||
6th | 140 | Graham Wait | 138 | |||||||||||
7th | 95 | Alex Butchart | 125 | |||||||||||
*l/a 05.10.75 *** 08.06.75 | ***Last Appearance |
YELLOWS | ||||||
Pos | No | Name | Pts | |||
11th | 138 | William Turnbull | 50 | |||
12th | 116 | Mick Reilly | 24 | |||
13th | 167 | Bill McLellan | 12 |
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP - 21st SEPTEMBER EAST of SCOTLAND CHAMPIONSHIP - 5th OCTOBER
1st | 140 | Graham Wait | 1st | 140 | Graham Wait | |||||||||
2nd | 196 | Kenny Ireland | 2nd | 196 | Kenny Ireland | |||||||||
3rd | 293 | Ian Cook | 3rd | 194 | Davey Philp | |||||||||
4th | 25 | William Taylor | 4th | 25 | William Taylor | |||||||||
5th | 194 | Davey Philp | 5th | 293 | Ian Cook | |||||||||
6th | 138 | William Turnbull | 6th | NOF |
OPEN SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP - 24th AUGUST "COCK of the NORTH" - 26th OCTOBER
1st | 64 | Les Kay | 1st | 140 | Graham Wait | |||||||||
2nd | 196 | Kenny Ireland | 2nd | 196 | Kenny Ireland | |||||||||
3rd | E394 | Roy Sheridon | 3rd | NOF | ||||||||||
4th | E121 | Tom Laffey | 4th | NOF | ||||||||||
5th | 140 | Graham Wait | 5th | NOF | ||||||||||
6th | 194 | Davey Philp | 6th | NOF | ||||||||||
Only Two Competitors! |
The stats for the most wins in 1975 were as follows:
Pos | No | Name | Finals | Heats | ||
1st | 64 | Les Kay | 10 | 18 | ||
2nd | 196 | Kenny Ireland | 8 | 12 | ||
3rd | 140 | Graham Wait | 5 | 9 | ||
4th | 130 | Malcolm Watt | 3 | 8 | ||
5th | 194 | Davey Philp | 1 | 3 | ||
6th | 37 | Ian Simpson | 0 | 1 |
This was definitely not a classic year for Hot Rods. Two contestants for the "Cock O The North" race seemed to exemplify this. Kenny Ireland secured a comfortable points win. Graham Wait signalled he would be a force to be reckoned with capturing the Scottish & East Of Scotland titles. Graham's driving style is best described as wild!, he was always taking the greatest of risks with the greatest commitment, his little Hillman Imp rocket ship spent more time on 2 and 3 wheels rather than 4.
Les Kay didn't see out the season but finished in runner up spot in the points & also captured the prestigious Open Scottish Championship.
A You Tube video of the 1975 Hot Rod World Championship can be viewed here.
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