The opening round of the SCOTTISH MOTORCYCLE RACING CHAMPIONSHIP provided a dramatic day of dices at KNOCKHILL RACING CIRCUIT, SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL MOTORSPORT CENTRE on Sunday 4th May. With 14 action packed races on the card, spectators eager to witness the sort of close racing regularly served up at the Fife Circuit were…
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Rizla Suzuki Star has a Quick Look at Knockhill
Double Japanese Superbike Champion, Atsushi Watanabe paid a fleeting visit to Knockhill recently to check out the Circuit he’s heard so much about, since signing for the Rizla Suzuki Team to contend the 2008 Bennett’s British Superbike Championship. The 31 year old star, who will ride alongside team mate, Tom Sykes was…
Di Resta bags second at Mugello
Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta bagged his best result of the season when he finished second behind his HWA Mercedes in the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who replaced double Formula One world champ Mika Hakkinen in the team, found himself following team…
Shedden fifth on Donington BTCC grid
Fifer Gordon Shedden had to make do with qualifying his Team Halfords Honda fifth for the first of tomorrow’s (Sun) British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Donington. The Dalgety Bay racer, who won last time out at Rockingham, lapped the 1.95-mile Leicestershire track in 1min 12.601secs just missing out on the fourth-place…
Franchitti hints at early Nascar return
Seven days after fracturing his left ankle in a 180mph smash in the Nascar race at Talladega, Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti has spoken publicly about the injury for the first time, and hinted it won’t be long before he’s racing again. “I feel good,” the 34-year-old said at Richmond International Raceway, where…
Di Resta lines up fifth at Mugello
Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta maintained his excellent start to the German Touring Car Championship by qualifying fifth for Sunday’s 60-minute race at Mugello in Italy. The 22-year-old, who topped the timesheets during Friday’s free-practice session, lapped the tortuously undulating 3.2-mile circuit in 1min 43.487secs, 0.408s off the pole time of Audi’s Timo…
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