No other rider in the 65 years of competition for this coveted trophy has succeeded in doing so.

The two day event looked promising with the Birnie team's rain dance working a treat on Saturday to provide wet and slippy conditions. Bruce was confident that in these difficult conditions his smooth riding style would shine through and perhaps with a bit of luck help him clinch the title.

With handling gremlins Bruce only managed to qualify sixth, but with the problem identified he was still in a confident mood prior to the race. Unfortunately the two races prior to Bruce's were marred with accidents and saw a bike burst into flames and several riders injured.

The officials decided the conditions were just too dangerous and called a halt to the day.

With a cold but dry and sunny morning on Sunday, the bikes were returned to their dry settings and battle commenced.

Bruce had a 16 point lead and needed to finish second and third if main title rival Torquil Paterson won both races.

With a difficult start from sixth place, Bruce was held back for six of the 10 laps by a visiting rider from the British series. Once he got past, Bruce manged to close the gap on the other riders and crossed the line in fourth.

The saving grace was Paterson had been beaten into second by Yamaha rider Bob Grant. This left the Birnie team nursing a nine point lead going into the second race.

As tension rose both within the team and the large following that were there to cheer on the effervescent barber, the bikes took to the line for the final race that would decide the season long battle.

As each lap passed things didn't look good for Birnie Racing as Bruce diced between 3rd and 4th for nine of the 10 laps with Paterson out in the lead.

Birnie Racing's pit team waited patiently on the last lap for the bikes to re-appear into the hairpin, prepared to see Paterson in the lead and Bruce third. That would have meant a tie on points, but the championship would have gone to Paterson as he had more outright wins.

The bikes appeared and the team and crowd rose to their feet as Bruce had squeezed through into second place. As the team jumped for joy as Bruce crossed the finishing line the race was red flagged due to an accident.

This meant the result was likely to be taken back a lap and the championship awarded to Paterson. Thankfully after several minutes it was clarified that Bruce had indeed crossed the line prior to the red flag going out and had re-written the Scottish road racing history books.

Bruce was engulfed by team and fans alike as the champagne corks were popped and the huge pressure of the previous few months were lifted from the Birnie team.

Bruce said: "That was so hard out there, I felt physically sick before I went out, but hey we did it. I can't believe I've done it again.

"I would like to thank all my long standing sponsors and also some new ones this season - Petrofac Training, PJH Offshore Services, Stirfresh and Foreign Currency Solutions who made it all possible for the team.

"I do the easy fun bit riding the bike but thanks to absolutely everyone behind the scenes Dodge, Graeme, Calum, Pixie, both the Kevs and mum. Oh and the 'Birnie Babes' for turning out in force today."

When asked what his plans were for next year, Bruce said: "Like everything else it is down to opportunity and finances, but I would like to think I could perhaps look at other levels of bike racing now, funds permitting of course.

"I certainly need to look at new bikes to stay competitve, but we'll just need to wait and see. Hopefully I'll be on Santa's list this year and hopefully some of the big teams may have me on their Xmas lists as well."

WIth the pressure off Bruce enjoyed the next two races that concluded the day. They were non championship but he was representing Scotland in the Celtic match races and the Scottish team were victorious over teams from the Isle of Man, England, Ireland and Wales.

Bruce has one more outing before winter sets in and is crossing the water to race at the Sunflower Race of Champions in Co. Down in Northern Ireland on October 18.