THE leading riders in the premier motor bike championship in Europe, the MCE British Superbike Championship, hit the Forth Road Bridge today (Thursday).
The riders crossed the landmark ahead of this weekend's Championship rounds at Knockhill and Stuart Gray, Knockhill events director, asked the riders ahead of the crossing if they could show the 'No1' sign as they crossed, to signify to their fellow riders to “look after number one as you ride on the roads".
Knockhill hosted an event recently with the slogan 'Race on Track, stay safe on the roads' in conjunction with Road Safety Scotland.
Championship leading riders Shakey Byrne and James Ellison, Scottish stars Taylor and Tarren Mackenzie and local Ducati Champions Dennis Hobbs, from Kelty, were all happy to oblige as they crossed the famous landmark. All the riders then headed to Knockhill under the more convention means of their own road cars and vans.
The MCE British Superbikes is the biggest motorcycle race championship in the UK and the meeting, with some 200 riders competing, is expected to attract a crowd of 15,000 over the weekend. The event starts tomorrow (Friday) with general practice, with qualifying on Saturday for the Superbikes and some support races, the full race on Sunday from 9am each day.
On Sunday, gates will open at 7am in anticipation of the expected crowd and a Blondie tribute band, Dirty Harry, has been booked for an after-event party to help ease the exit process.
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