The team at Knockhill are thrilled to announce a partnership with French sports car manufacturer Alpine, with a fleet of multi-award-winning A110s becoming the main track experience cars for the start of the 2024 season. Alpine have an incredible pedigree in motorsport which continues at the very pinnacle of motorsport, with their F1 cars driven by Pierre Gasly and Esteban Ocon.

But it’s their diminutive sports car that has captured the world’s motoring press, with the A110 landing numerous awards since launch, including Top Gear’s “Performance & Sports Car of the Year”, Autocar’s “Five-Star car”, Octane magazine’s “Car of the Year” and Evo Magazine’s “Coupe of the Year”.

Gordon Shedden, 3 times British Touring Car Champion, said “We always strive to provide the best for our driving experiences and the Alpine A110 ticks every box for us, and more! With their involvement in F1, Alpine are a brand on the rise and the A110 is the perfect track training car for us. It’s rare that a car is so devoted to driver involvement: the A110 is quick, agile and provides enormous, accessible performance, handling and fun. Having driven it I can fully see why the world’s press has given it the full five stars – it will be perfect for our customers and they will take our experiences to a whole new level”.

The cars will arrive at Knockhill for the start of the 2024 season, supported by Specialist Cars Alpine Aberdeen and Arnold Clark Alpine Glasgow, and will be used as the instructor coaching car for the Formula Single Seater Experiences, Legends, Supercars and Performance Driving Courses. As a result, 1000s of customers a year will experience just why this special car has been awarded five stars, and significantly enhances the thrill of driving Knockhill, Scotland’s National Motorsport Centre.

The BIG ONES!

Bennetts British Superbikes – June 14^th – 16^th – Not only are we hosting the best domestic bike championship in the world, but a whole host of special 50th-anniversary content, guests of honour, feature race bike displays, anniversary programme with dedicated editorial and off-track entertainment.

Kwik Fit British Touring Cars – August 10^th – 11^th – We are thrilled that the BTCC is back with a new thrilling “Super Six” qualifying format, bringing a heightened blend of competitiveness and intensity to qualifying. The Elite Legends will be back, as well as the event featuring the only single-seater championship of the year, the British F4’s. There will be a 50^th anniversary feature marquee, a special programme, and we are honoured to be teaming up with the Jim Clark Trust to mark the 60^th anniversary of Jim winning the British Touring Cars in 1964.
Supertruck Scotland – August 24^th – 25^th – Probably the biggest hit event of 2023 was the return of Supertruck Scotland! With plans afoot, an anticipated 400 show, classic, custom and working trucks will be on display with parades and demos on track too, including a racing truck. NEW feature for 2024 – Supercars on track, with drives and passenger rides also available (at an additional cost). Our fabulous kids zone, entertainment, stunt driver, drifting and drag racing will feature over the weekend. A must for all truck fans!

Live Action Fireworks Spectacular – November 2^nd – It has been a sellout event for 3 years in a row and rightly so with its amazing content, track action, kids zone and entertainment. It is a spectacular way to end the season and this time around it will also feature laser show! 

Other season highlights are:

• Three “Best of Scotland” car race events with visiting rounds of Modified Fords, Pickup Trucks and other top championships.
• The return of long circuit 250cc Karts with sub-50 second lap times!
• 50^th Anniversary Bike Festival with endurance races, Sidecars, REWIND FESTIVAL, many other bike disciplines, displays, track sessions and guests of honour on the day of our 50^th birthday! 
• BARC Caterham racing weekend – 150 Caterhams doing battle using the track in both directions.
• Five show car events featuring at the Easter Hot Hatch, Ford Live, Six Flags, INTAKE and Fireworks events.

Remember we have a fantastic range of Driving Experiences available right now for Christmas, some feature within our Black Friday deals, and there is a 50^th anniversary book, KNOCKHILL – 50 years of racing, on sale now too. 

Our sporting season kicks off as usual with the Grant Construction rally on February 18^th , but we will be hosting a special season launch at the Scottish Bike Show at Ingliston on March 16^th & 17^th . So if you are a bike fan, or a fan of Knockhill, why not come along to the Show and meet all the Knockhill team, stars of the bike racing world and hear all about the special 2024 50^th anniversary season. If you cannot make it along, then we look forward to welcoming you to the events throughout the year.

To mark this landmark, a coffee-table-sized hard back book has been written by Director of Events Stuart Gray which chronicles the development of Knockhill from the early 70s to today.

Published by www.blackandwhitepublishing.com, it is 272 pages long and contains over 450 quality images that capture its construction, 5 decades of action and highlights, the competitors, events and people who have helped create Scotland’s National Motorsport Centre. There is a forward by David Coulthard with “A word from the champions” by Jimmy McRae, John Cleland and Niall Mackenzie.

Copies can be pre-ordered now via www.Knockhill.com/events or phoning 01383 723337 at £35 plus p&p. The scheduled distribution date is November 23rd – in plenty time for Christmas! Thereafter it will be in all good book shops and available at Knockhill too.

All pre-orders made via Knockhill before November 23rd will be put in a draw with one lucky winner receiving two Gold Season Passes giving free entry to every event during our golden anniversary, 50th season of Knockhill.

Good luck and happy reading too!

Max said, “I’m really looking forward to coming back to compete at Knockhill in the rallycross. It’s going to be kinda cool especially as it’s the first event to use the newly named McRae’s Corner at the start of the loose section. I’ve not completed in a rallycross before but with its quick-fire short race format, there’s always some great action for the drivers and fans alike. I can’t wait- it’s gong to be a blast!”

Tickets for the event are available via www.Knockhill.com/events with practice starting at 9am followed by heats and finals, with the event due to finish around 4.30pm

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Chris attended many of our bike events and will be sorely missed by all of the team at Knockhill. Our deepest condolences are extended to his family and friends at this sad time”.

The next round of the KMSC Scottish Bike Championship racing will not be like any other ever seen in the 15-year history of the Club. The 120 plus entry of racers will be joined by some of the icons of bike sport with the return of the REWIND FESTIVAL on Sunday 28^th May, making it a truly special and memorable event for all. 

Returning after a 3 year break because of the pandemic, the REWIND FESTIVAL at Knockhill on Sunday 28^th May celebrates racing and road bikes from the 70s, 80s and 90s. This year, however, we are joined by a galaxy of stars with 4 times Vice-World Champion Randy Mamola will be heading the line up which includes American legend John “Hopper” Hopkins, 3 times British Superbike Champion and ex-GP rider Niall Mackenzie and rising Moto2 star Rory Skinner from Perth. 

Mamola was runner-up in the Grand Prix Championship in 1989, ’81, ’84 and ’87, winning 13 GP500s, two of which were on board a factory Suzuki XR34 500 two stroke which will be on display, and which will be ridden by Randy track at Knockhill next Sunday. The same motorcycle took Mick Grant to an IOM TT victory in the same period both of the race bikes having been loaned to Knockhill by Team Classic Suzuki. Team Classic Suzuki’s very own factory mechanic Paul Boulton will be looking after both motorcycles. 

John Hopkins has competed in the MotoGP World Championship, World Superbike Championship, and on his last visit to Knockhill, he was competing in the British Superbikes Championship. Hopkins has now turned his focus to running a Moto2 team in the world championship and his team, American Racing,  signed 21-year-old Rory Skinner from Perth. John will be riding an ex Steve Parrish Suzuki RG500 which will also be on display when not on the track. Rory made his debut at a Knockhill KMSC event as an 11-year-old when the management team at the Fife Circuit managed to get dispensation for him to race from 11, rather than the normal 12 years old. Since then, Rory rise to stardom has been meteoric and now competes in the second highest level of bike sport in the world, Moto2, just one level below MotoGP.

The lineup of megastars is completed with Niall Mackenzie, the 3 times British Superbike champion. Originally from Denny near Stirling, Niall is an icon in his own right and his ties with the Circuit go back to the start of his career when he made his debut on a Yamaha RD350 LC. After decades of success around the world, Niall became President of the Knockhill Motor Sports Club after its creation. Niall is a frequent visitor as he runs his Niall Mackenzie Superbike Track Days at Knockhill and is a strong supporter of developing future young riders.

All four stars will be on track too, they will ride period race bikes during parades and demos, and there will be an impressive display of road and race bikes from the 70s, 80s and 90s for the race fans to admire. These bikes include Grand Prix bikes, TT winning bikes and others that have won numerous championships across Britain, Europe and the World. 

The Rewind festival will feature a living show of classic race bikes, some of which will be demonstrated during the parade sessions on Sunday.

The full Scottish Championship meeting, and the Rewind Festival, starts at 9am on Sunday 28^th May, with tickets and event information on www.knockhill.com/events with tickets available online or at the gate on the day. 

To check out prices, click on the event of interest and click on the BUY TICKETS icon and the prices will be shown. They range from £99 at REWIND, £125 at the TCR-UK event and include morning pastries, finger buffet lunch, tea/coffee/soft drinks and beer/wine., At the Saturdays of both the BSB and BTCC, there are options of £175 and £215 respectively, using the different levels of the unit with the lower priced option using the ground floor only, the higher priced option using the first floor and upper viewing deck. All prices inclusive of an event ticket and VAT.

The team are thrilled to have such a quality facility at Knockhill which was previously used by an F1 team. The views are exceptional as they over look the hairpin approach and exit, on the run up to the starting grid.

For more details, check out each event page or call us on 01383 723337.