KNOCKHILL, THE SINUOUS 1.3-mile ribbon of tarmac settled in the Fife hills, is this weekend the mecca for bikers across Scotland. But while it hosts the British Superbike Championship, for two Scots, whose lives will be forever intertwined, the meeting will bear special significance, writes Jim McGill.
It’s 10 years since double British Superbike champ and 11-times Isle of Man TT-winner, Steve Hislop, was tragically killed in a helicopter crash.
‘Hizzy’, as the 41-year-old was affectionately known, had already identified his successor: fellow Hawick racer Stuart Easton.