Bathgate’s Paul Di Resta will start fifth on the grid for the latest round of the German Touring Car Championship at Zandvoort in Holland. And the 22-year-old Scot believes his Mercedes is capable of clinching his first win of the season.
Scottish SpeedFair and Classic Festival
The 2009 Scottish SpeedFair and Classic Festival will bring a new mix of classic and historic content to continue the growth of the popular event. From action on track, off track, race cars, show cars, motorbikes, rally cars and even a stunt bi-plane, the variety will ensure a great day out for…
Lotus Evora To Make Scottish Debut
The new Lotus Evora is confirmed for SpeedFair. “Not just a great Lotus. It’s good enough to beat the World” – Autocar 13th May 2009. This future classic will be making its Scottish debut at the SpeedFair courtisy of Scottish Lotus Dealers Murray Motor Company.
Franchitti survives Toronto mayhem to win
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti won an incident-packed IndyCar race in Toronto to leapfrog his Ganassi team-mate Scott Dixon for the lead in the championship.
Scots shine as Higgins wins Manx
Four weeks after scoring maximum points in the Duns-based Jim Clark International Rally, Manxman Mark Higgins stormed to victory in the latest round of the British Rally Championship on the Isle of Man.
BSB at Knockhill Bursts Into Life – Friday 3rd July
After months of anticipation and build-up, the full ViSK British Superbike Championship bust in to action this morning at 11am as the Supersport 600 class took to the track for the first of their warm up sessions.
Superbikes in George Square
True to form the ViSK British Superbike riders enthralled thousands of fans with some high speed demonstartion runs, burn outs and other on bike antics. See some of the action below:
Franchitti Backs Easton for Knockhill BSB Win
Marino Franchitti, a former Knockhill employee and now highly successful racing driver in America paid a visit back to Knockhill today.
Record number of girls compete at Knockhill
One of the largest number of female racers ever to take part in a car race meeting happened on Sunday 28th June during the Scottish Motor Racing Club meeting. Five young female chargers took on their male counterparts at the Championship meeting in the Formula Ford, Scottish XR2 and Mini Cooper races.
Faulkner wins Scottish Rally
Lockerbie’s Mike Faulkner became the first driver to win two rounds of this year’s Hankook Scottish Rally Championship when he dominated the season’s Blue Riband event, the RSAC Scottish Rally in Dumfries.