Knockhill Racing Circuit

Knockhill Racing Circuit is a motor racing circuit in Fife, Scotland. It opened in September 1974 and is Scotland's national motorsport centre. The circuit is in the countryside about north of Dunfermline. It is the only FIA-approved circuit in Scotland.

Key facts

Motorsport venue.name: Knockhill Racing Circuit
Motorsport venue.nicknames: Home of Scottish Motor Racing
Motorsport venue.location: Fife, Scotland
Motorsport venue.fia_grade: 3
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Motorsport venue.image_caption: All circuit layouts from 2018
Motorsport venue.events: Current:BTCC (1992–2002, 2004–present)BSB (1996–2019, 2021–present)Former:British GT (2001–2003, 2005, 2008–2010)TCR UK (2018, 2023)British F3 (2001–2005)
Motorsport venue.layout: Clockwise International Circuit (1974–present)
Motorsport venue.length_km: 2.0389
Motorsport venue.length_mi: 1.2669

Article

9 sections

Contents

History
The circuit
Events and facilities
In popular culture
Lap records
See also
Notes
References
External links

==History== The circuit opened in September 1974. It was created by joining service roads to a nearby disused mineral railway, closed in 1951, which had served Lethans Colliery. The first car race was held on 18 May 1975.