Dumfries rally ace David Bogie and co-driver Kevin Rae recorded their second Mitsubishi Ralliart Evolution Challenge victory of the season on the Severn Valley National Rally to move within one point of the championship lead. The talented young Scots duo took the lead on stage three when former front-runners Keith Cronin/Greg Shinnors…
Frustration in the rain for Scots at Croft
Former Knockhill race instructor, Colin Turkington, bagged back-to-back victories in the latest rounds of the British Touring Car Championship at a rain-lashed Croft near Darlington. But while the Irishman was celebrating in his RAC BMW, Knockhill director Gordon Shedden was left ruing another nightmare weekend in his Team Halfords Honda Civic Type-R…
Truckmania Produces Trophies for TOP TRUCKERS
The first ever staging of ‘TRUCKMANIA’ at Knockhill Racing Circuit took place today (Sunday 1st June) with a fabulous display of Scotland’s finest knights of the road and their trucks. Photo shows the Trophy Winners from the various categories along with the judges. Dougie Fraser, President of the Scottish Truckers Club said…
Will the Knockhill Lap Record be Broken at Speedfair
At the inaugural Classic SpeedFair in 2006, spectators were treated to the awesome sight and sound of a Formula One Ferrari setting the fastest ever lap time of the 1.3 miles of Knockhill. The record was set by Aberdeen racing driver Nathan Kinch with a remarkable time of 41.3 seconds. On Sunday,…
Legends to be Remembered at Classic Speedfair
It is fitting that the 40th Anniversary of the twice F1 World Champion’s tragic death be marked at Knockhill as Jim Clark was born in Kilmany in Fife. Jim’s name will forever be linked to Lotus who will also add much excitement to the event by celebrating 60 years of producing sports…
Fabulous Ferraris Racing at Classic Speedfair
Motor racing will be a major part of Classic SpeedFair with a stunning array of racing Ferraris at the heart of the action. The Ferrari Owner’s Club will bring its two race series, the Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic and the Pirelli Ferrari Open, to Scotland for the first time. Organisers will have…
Major Classic Event Grows in Stature and YOU Can Help!
Scotland’s National Motorsport Centre, Knockhill Racing Circuit, near Dunfermline in Fife is proud to be hostingthe third Scottish Classic SpeedFair on Sunday 8th June. Naturally, there will be a strong Scottish content on the programme including a special tribute to Scotland’sgreatest racing driver, Jim Clark who was killed on the 7th of…
Franchitti toughs it out on Nascar return
Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti returned to Nascar action and despite having problems with his Ganassi Dodge finished 15th to extend his lead in the race for the rookie of the year title. But the 35-year-old, who fractured his left ankle in a 180mph crash at Talladega five weeks ago, admitted to finding the…
Scots on pole at Croft
Two weeks after enduring a nightmare outing at Thruxton, Fifer Gordon Shedden will start the first of Sunday’s British Touring Car Championship triple-header at Croft near Darlington from the front row of the grid. The 29-year-old from Dalgety Bay, who was twice forced to retire his Team Halfords Honda after it suffered…
Franchitti returns to Nascar action
Five weeks after breaking his left ankle in a 180mph crash at Talladega, Bathgate’s Dario Franchitti returns to Nascar action this weekend when he contests the latest round of the Nationwide Series at Dover. The 35-year-old Scot, who completed a two-day test at Pocono Raceway in his Ganassi Dodge earlier this week,…