History of Knockhill

Knockhill is Scotland’s national motorsport centre, but what do you need to know about its history?

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 Knockhill Racing Circuit is located in Fife and opened in September 1974. The first race on the circuit was held in May 1975. Since Derek Butcher became the owner of the circuit in 1984, Knockhill has been developed to the point where it has been able to host rounds of major British car and motorbike championships. Knockhill hosted one round of the BTCC (British Touring Car Championship) between 1992-2002 until the deal ended as promoters were seeking infrastructure upgrades.

With improvements made to the circuit, British Touring Cars were back at Knockhill from 2004 and have remained a regular feature of the circuit's calendar. Currently Knockhill still hosts British Superbikes as well. 

Knockhill used to host the British GT Championship, TCR and British F3. As a circuit it has three layouts - the International Layout (2.092 km) , National Layout (1.609 km) and the Tri-Oval (0.483 km).

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As of 2025, Knockhill has a FIA Grade 3 license making it the only circuit in Scotland issued with a license by the FIA at this time.

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