Vehicle Transport to Knockhill Circuit
Knockhill sits on a hillside a few miles north of Dunfermline, and getting anything up there means a run up the M90 and off onto the A823 through the Fife countryside. It is Scotland's only permanent motor racing circuit, which sounds grand until you remember that it also makes it a very long haul for anyone who keeps a race car south of the border. The layout is short and lumpy, all crests and blind compressions, and the Duffus Dip drops away so sharply that a low-slung car with a front splitter needs loading at the right angle before we even set off. That is the kind of thing we sort out in Exeter rather than at the circuit gate. We carry race cars and race bikes across the Forth to Knockhill for BTCC rounds, British Superbike weekends and the Scottish championship meetings that pack out the summer calendar. The paddock up there is compact and the weather can turn in the time it takes to unload, so we plan arrivals around when the gates open and when someone is actually there to sign the car in. If your car is not road legal, that is what we are built for. One of us drives your vehicle and the whole thing rolls in as a clean one-vehicle move rather than a lorry that cannot get near the paddock. You tell us which event you are entered in and we work backwards from scrutineering, not from whatever suits our own diary. Most runs go straight through in a day and a half with a proper stop, because a tired driver makes mistakes and your car is the thing that pays for those.
Non-road-legal race cars
Plenty of what goes round Knockhill has never been near an MOT. Track-only cars, hillclimb singles, a Caterham with no lights and no chance of a road pass. We move them on a proper covered trailer or a low loader, strapped down the way the scrutineer would want, and we do not try to sneak them up the M90 on trade plates. Loaded in Devon, unloaded at the paddock gate, nothing handed off on the way.
Race bikes and spares
Knockhill's bike weekends fill the paddock with everything from Supersport machinery to club 600s, and a bike does not survive a 400-mile run just lashed in the back of a van. We carry race bikes on a dedicated rack with the wheels and fairings braced, and we take the tyre warmers, the generator and the spare wheels so nothing gets left behind in Fife when you actually need it on race day.
Multi-car team moves
If you run two or three cars at a Scottish championship meeting you already know the logistics get silly fast. We move the whole lot in one convoy: each race car driven by one of us, with tools and spares brought along. One phone call instead of three drivers, three tanks of fuel and three arguments about who gets home on Sunday night.
Paddock-to-paddock delivery
We do not drop your car in a layby outside Dunfermline and wish you luck. We bring it into the circuit, help get it off and into your garage or awning, and only then do we call it done. If your slot is tight and the sign-on queue is long, we time the arrival so the car is there before you are, not after.
Non-runners and broken cars
A car that quit in the final at a previous round and got towed home is no problem. Winched, pushed, whatever it takes. We have moved cars with a seized gearbox and a bike with the engine in bits, and we bring the spares so the thing can be rebuilt in the paddock rather than trailered back down the country untouched.
Timing around BTCC and BSB
Knockhill's big weekends, the BTCC visit and the British Superbike round, fill the local roads and the paddock to the edges. We know the gate times and the sign-on windows for those meetings, and we plan your car's arrival so it is there with time to spare for scrutineering and the noise test, without us turning up at 6am because that suited our diary.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How long does it take to get a car from the south west up to Knockhill?
From Devon we usually allow a day and a half with an overnight stop, arriving at the circuit the afternoon before your event. Knockhill is a genuinely long way north of the border and we would rather pull in for a proper rest than push through tired, because a long motorway run is exactly when damage to a loaded car happens. We will confirm a firm arrival window when you book and we stick to it, so you know when to expect us at the gate.
Can you move a car that is not road legal?
That is most of what we do. Race cars, track-day cars and one-offs that have never seen a number plate go on a covered trailer or a low loader, secured and sheeted, and we do not pretend they can be driven on the road. There is no extra charge for a non-runner or a car with no MOT, and we are used to loading cars with low splitters and no ground clearance, which matters more at Knockhill than most places given the camber on some paddock lanes.
Do you cover the Scottish championship and club meetings, not just the big weekends?
Yes. The Scottish championship rounds and the club meetings are most of the season at Knockhill, and they are the events where a privateer's budget is already stretched. We price a single car or bike run sensibly for those weekends rather than only chasing the BTCC and BSB crowds, and we are happy to carry one bike or one club car rather than insisting you fill a trailer to make it worth our while.
What about the weather and the roads north of the border?
Fife weather is its own thing and it can change between the Forth Road Bridge and the circuit. We watch the forecast on the run up and we sheet everything that might mind getting wet, because a race car that turns up soaked is a race car you spend the morning drying out. The A823 into Knockhill is narrow in places, so we use a setup that can actually get down it and into the paddock without grounding.
Can you carry a race bike with its spares and warmers?
Yes, and we would rather you did not try to strap a bike, a set of warmers and a generator into one tired van. The bike goes on a proper rack with the wheels and fairings braced, and we carry the spares, the fuel cans where the rules allow and the rest of the kit. That way everything arrives together and you are not ringing round the paddock on Saturday morning looking for a spare lever.
Do you wait at the circuit or deliver and leave?
We deliver paddock to paddock, help you get the car or bike off and into your garage, and then we leave you to it unless you have asked us to stay for load-out after the final. If you want us to hang around and bring the car home again on Sunday night, book the return at the same time and we will plan the whole weekend around you rather than doing it as an afterthought.