Scottish A.C.U. 500cc Scottish Open Championship 1930

Scottish A.C.U. 500cc Scottish Open Championship	28 June 1930
Edinburgh 1st Harry Whitfield 2nd Stan Catlett 3rd Syd Parsons
Ht 1 Colin Stewart George Cumming Norrie Isbister 1min 25.8 Ht 2 Tommy Hatch Arthur Mann Sprouts Elder (EF) 1min 28.4 Ht 3 Stan Catlett Cliff Watson Bill Barclay 1min 25.8 Ht 4 Harry Whitfield Buzz Hibberd Bill Llewellyn 1min 24,4 Ht 5 Colin Watson Austin Humphries Tony Golding 1min 23.4 Ht 6 Arnie Cattell Arthur Moore (F) George McKenzie (EF) 1min 28.6 Ht 7 Arthur Atkinson Alby Taylor Scott Michie 1min 25.2 Ht 8 Syd Parsons Harry Butler Bert Spencer (F) 1min 27 Ht 9 Len Stewart Tom Farndon Jimmie Pinkerton 1min 25.8 Semi Final Stan Catlett Tommy Hatch Colin Stewart 1min 24 Semi Final Harry Whitfield Arnie Cattell Colin Watson (EF) 1min 23.8 Semi Final Syd Parsons Arthur Atkinson Len Stewart (F) 1min 23.8 Final Harry Whitfield Stan Catlett Syd Parsons 1min 22.4 (new track record) Harry Whitfield Winner £100 Plus S.A.C.U Championship Cup Stan Catlett Second £50 Syd Parsons Third £25 MATCH RACE ( After Heat 6 ) Sprouts Elder Bt George McKenzie 1min 24.6 LAP RECORD ATTEMPT Sprouts Elder 20.2sec ( New Track Record )
On 26 July, before a crowd of 20,000 Harry Whitfield, the Wembley rider, won the Marine Gardens 500cc Track Championship and so repeated his performance at the end of June when he became Scottish Champion on the same track. As in the Scottish championship, Whitfield broke the track record, his time of 1 min 21 and one fifth secs being two fifths better than the time recently returned by Frank Charles. In each of his three races Whitfield gained by splendid riding clean cut victories. His track mate Stan Catlett was also in good form and only a lapse in the third lap of the final when Gordon Byers got ahead of him prevented Catlett being runner up to Whitfield. The local riders Len Stewart, Drew McQueen and George McKenzie were heat winners, the last named by a very narrow margin, but none of the three was able to get beyond the semi-final stage. McQueen came down and Stewart, after leading for almost half the distance, went too far out and was behind Gordon Byers for the remainder of the journey. McKenzie was disappointing and against Catlett was always struggling ineffectively. In a match race with Frank Charles, Drew McQueen came down heavily but was able to remount and start again.