We rounded out our KMSC race season with the final event of 2020 yesterday. It’s been a strange year which has seen us consolidate classes together and generally pull together as a Club. Things haven’t quite gone to plan this year, but we’ll make preparations for a full calendar of events in…
Yearly Archives: 2020
The Aston Martin Vantage Experience at Knockhill
With its bigger brother claiming both the GTE Pro and GTE Am victories at Le Mans at the weekend… we had the three guests at Knockhill this week living their own Le Mans style ‘Racing Track’ Experience in the road-going Vantage. The 503 bhp, 195 mph Vantage is just sensational on a…
Paul di Resta wins Le Mans 24-Hours
SCOT PAUL DI RESTA took a dominant LMP2 victory in the gruelling Le Mans 24-Hours, writes Jim McGill. The 34-year-old from Bathgate admitted it was “unbelievable”, and that it would take some time for the significance of the win to sink in.Partnered by Portuguese racer Filipe Albuquerque and England’s Phil Hanson in…
KSMC September Highlights 2020
A few highlights from the weekend’s event. Thanks to the British Sidecar Championship for coming to Knockhill and congratulations to Kershaw Racing for once again winning the #JockTaylorMemorialTrophy. The next KMSC meeting will be held on Sunday 4th October.
Lloyd & Fifi sample Knockhill
The stars behind The adventures of Lloydi & Fifi came to Fife recently to sample the delights of Pitreavie Golf Club and the speed of Knockhill in our Honda Civic Type Rs. Welcome to Fife invited the dynamic duo to sample what Dunfermline had to offer in terms of golf and entertainment……
SLS & SMRC events at Knockhill
Knockhill will host two motorsport events this weekend. On Saturday we will play host to the opening SMRC race meeting of the season, whilst on Sunday we’ll be hosting the 4th round for the Super Lap Scotland and Mod Sports Series. Unfortunately, both events will once again be run behind closed doors…
Rory Butcher dominates Knockhill BTCC win
FIFER RORY BUTCHER repeated his Knockhill victory of 12 months ago when he won the final race in the British Touring Car Championship triple-header at his home circuit, writes Jim McGill. The win also came seven days after he took victory at Oulton Park. The 33-year-old from Kirkcaldy, who started the day’s…
Sandy Mitchell storms to British GT win
SCOTS ENDURANCE RACER Sandy Mitchell delivered his first win of the season in a thrilling two-hour race at Brands Hatch, writes Jim McGill. The victory catapulted the 20-year-old from Forfar, driving his Black Bull Lamborghini Huracan Evo GT3, into the lead of the British GT Championship. “It’s fantastic to finally get our…
Rory Butcher: Knockhill BTCC Interview
Ahead of this weekend’s British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Knockhill, Jim McGill speaks exclusively to ‘local hero’ Rory Butcher and get his views on Covid, the lack of fans, his return to Motorbase, and his BTCC title hopes “IT’S CERTAINLY NOT GOING to be the same, that’s for sure.” Twelve months…
SLS Event Highlights
We take a quick look back at some of the highlights from Sunday’s Super Lap Scotland and ModSports event at Knockhill. With both series being joined by the Junior Saloon Car Championship and the Northern Saloons and Sports Car Championship, there was plenty of action taking place on our 1.27 mile track…