2014 is the Year of Homecoming AND the 40th anniversary of the first race meeting at Knockhill so we have got plenty to celebrate. At the Superbikes meeting next weekend, we have assembled the Homecoming Scotland 2014 / Knockhill 40th Anniversary Marquee, displaying bikes from each of the four decades of Knockhill…
Monthly Archives: June 2014
Third giant screen booked for MCE Superbikes next weekend
Great news as a third giant screen confirmed for the Superbikes next Sunday! We have booked another giant screen for the middle near the commentary tower to give live coverage for everyone from Butchers to Hislops corners. This is addition to the one located at the Hairpin and at the Leslie’s, so…
MCE British Superbikes on the horizon for Scottish race fans
Britian’s best bike racing series, the MCE British Superbike Championship, rolls into Knockhill in less than 8 days time (27/28/29 June) for what will be a fantastic festival of speed; as the cream of Europe’s leading bike racers take to the technical and challenging Knockhill track for three days of full-blown racing…
KMSC Bike racing featuring 80s Yamaha Rewind Festival
Scottish and Knockhill Motor Sports Club bike racing returns this weekend (Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June); featuring racing action from Scotland’s top classes including Superbikes, Superstock 600 and more, the event will also feature a special 80s Yamaha Rewind Festival, with LC and TZ machinery on show (and on track). This…
Double delight for leading racers at SMRC meeting!
The latest instalment of the Scottish Motor Racing Championship season, held at Knockhill Racing Circuit on Sunday 15th June, saw a number of the leading title contenders signal their intentions with some dominant displays. Before the weekend, we had identified the Scottish Formula Ford trio of Ciaran Haggerty (Johnstone), Jordan Gronkowski (Banff)…
Audi achieves “impossible” Le Mans win
AUDI’S LE MANS 24-HOURS winning trio of drivers in the No2 car — Andre Lotterer, Marcel Fassler and Benoit Treluyer — have admitted they thought it would be “impossible” to recover from losing five laps after it suffered turbo problems on Sunday morning, writes Jim McGill. CLICK HERE to read full report
Allan McNish celebrates double Le Mans win
SCOT ALLAN McNISH may not have been driving, but he was left celebrating two stunning successes at the end of a dramatic and intense Le Mans 24-Hours, writes Jim McGill. The 43-year-old from Dumfries — who won the gruelling race three times, once with Porsche and twice with Audi, including 12 months…
Knockhill’s Garry Stagg interviews Dario Franchitti for KnockhillFM
Lead Knockhill commentator, Garry Stagg, caught up with 4 times IndyCar and 3 times Indy500 winner, Dario Franchitti on a recent Scottish Championship Racing event (May 2014). Dario has undoubtedly been one of Scotland’s leading racing drivers for the past 15 years and in this interview he talks openly about his career,…
Audi wins ‘first’ Le Mans race
AUDI MAY NOT have secured pole position for this weekend’s Le Mans 24-Hours, but it’s already won its own race, before the world’s most gruelling and famous race, writes Jim McGill at Le Mans. Less than 24-hours after Frenchman Loic Duval’s No1 Audi R18 e-tron quattro was destroyed in a horrific 170mph…
Toyota bags pole at Le Mans
TOYOTA BAGGED THE bragging rights ahead of the 82nd running of the Le Mans 24-Hours when Kazuki Nakajima powered it to pole position for Saturday’s race, writes Jim McGill. The former F1 racer set his fastest time in the early stages of the third qualifying session, lapping the 8.27-mile circuit — which…