Archive for August, 2011
Knockhill Motor Sports Club bike racing conclusion
The final round of the Knockhill Motor Sports Club bike racing series will see action from Superbikes through to 125cc race machines. Champions will be crowned and some from fantastic prizes will be won by the elite competitors in each class. It should be quite simply a superb finale to our first Club bike racing [...]
Neal fit to race
Matt Neal will race in Knockhill’s round of the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship this weekend (3-4 Sept) after passing a final fitness test. Neal broke a hand two weeks ago during a martial arts exam but after plenty of rest was able to shake down his Honda Racing Team Civic today ahead of [...]
Shedden more wins than Cleland
Gordon Shedden will arrive at his home circuit of Knockhill this weekend (3-4 Sept) knowing he’s now the most successful Scottish driver in terms of race wins to contest the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. Fife racer Shedden’s latest victory, achieved at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk in early August, was the 18th of [...]
Di Resta backs Scottish Motorsport Festival
BATHGATE’S FORMULA ONE ace Paul di Resta as pledged his support for the inaugural Scottish Motorsport Festival, writes Jim McGill. The 10-day event will celebrate the success of Scotland which, as a small country, has outperformed on the motorsport stages around the world. CLICK HERE to read full report
Youngest ever race winner to make debut at Knockhill this weekend
Fourteen year old Charlie Robertson, who’s Grandparents hail from Stirling, made sporting history earlier this year by winning a race in the Ginetta Junior Chmapion outright at Croft. The win makes him the youngest ever winner of an MSA event in the UK. The deminutive Scot, who now lives in Whteleafe and is run by [...]
Mystery driver delivers top hospitality for Visit Scotland team
Conference and Meetings organisers of Visit Scotland were treated to a tour of Knockhill and its meeting facilities last week and had a special surprise encounter Knockhill’s very own mystery driver. The team saw around the international racing circuit and the meeting facilities, but the highlights were a lap of the Circuit and being served by Knockhill’s own [...]