KMSC Bike Racing & SIDECAR Festival

Event Info

Come to Knockhill and see the best bike racers in Scotland go head-to-head on track during a weekend-long programme of racing. You’ll see action from super-fast Superbikes, Clubman racers and 600cc racers. We'll also have visiting action from the British F1 Sidecars, FSRA British F2 Sidecars and the prestigious 41st anniversary Jock Taylor Memorial Race will once again take place around the undulating twists and dips of Knockhill.

A super-slick timetable will see the track action come thick-and-fast as up to seven different Championships race on the same day. A grand total of 30 races will be completed over the course of the weekend, make no mistake the action comes thick and fast... you’ll be blown away the first time you see a bike hurtle past at 160mph – never mind a full grid of them racing inches from each other. The admission price offers great value for money, with entertaining races on all day from 10am to 5pm. 

Highlights

• Sidecar Festival  – Featuring the Marin Scottish, British F1's and F2's Sidecar Championship - all at the one meeting. They are the most competitive and hard-fought championship in the UK - the Knockhill round will be the finale to their championship seasons. The Jock Taylor Memorial Race winner will secure the prestigeous Jock Taylor Memorial Trophy - named after the late, great Jock Taylor - Scotland’s 1980 Sidecar World Champion.

• KMSC Superbikes and Clubman - sponsored by Shirlaws - Our Scottish/KMSC Superbike competitors will take to the track five times over the course of the weekend, aboard machinery boasting 1000cc and over. Our Clubman competitors will also join these races creating a race within a race.

• KMSC Formula 600 - sponsored by Kirkcaldy Kawasaki - The Scottish and KMSC Motorcycle Formula 600 Championship will see upwards of 30 racers take to the track aboard 600cc (and over) motorcycles. These race machines from the likes of Yamaha, Triumph, Kawasaki and Suzuki provide plenty of close-knit racing with the top finishers in class crossing the finishing line within seconds of each other.

• KMSC Lightweights - sponosred by Autoperfekt - The Lightweight class is actually made up of several different classes – each competing for their own Championships that include – Mini Twin and Formula 400.  Due to the differences and variety of bikes on show, there is always some really exciting racing, with passing moves galore throughout the field.

• KMSC Pre-Injection 600 -  Like the Formula 600 machines, the Pre-Injection 600s also boast up to 600cc but are generally older spec machines. This class provides plenty of thrilling racing and offers a relatively cheap route into the world of bike racing. This class sees newcomers entering the fold each and every season and often sees its elite competitors progress onto the Clubman, Formula 600 or Superbike categories.

KMSC Formula 300s - sponsored by Motorrad Central - a growing class for younger and new riders on 300cc bikes.

• KMSC CB500 - sponsored by BWR Recycling - This class has went under a transformation in the past few years. Re-introduced a few years back, this class has gone from strength to strength. We now regularly see over-subscribed grids with competitors needing to pre-qaulify just to make the grid. The parity of the bikes performance allows for great, close racing with championship battles regularly goiung down to the wire.