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Homecoming Scotland 2009

Organisations all over the country are currently planning Homecoming activity and invite you to join the celebrations. From Orkney to Aberdeen, from Oban to the Scottish Borders, there is a packed calendar of events and activities to choose from.

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Scots Racing Legend Jackie Stewart Honoured

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Dumbarton born and bred, Sir Jackie Stewart will return home on Friday 26 June to be made a Freeman of West Dunbartonshire.

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Scotland's Automotive Heritage
 

Scotland has always been at the forefront of innovation and development in the automotive sector and throughout the sphere of engineering.  Within the packed Homecoming programme, there are a wealth of events that showcase and celebrate our long tradition of motorsport and some of the great Scottish heroes that form a central part of it.

From exhibitions and rallies to the staging of the final part of the prestigious Intercontinental Rally Challenge, motorsport is coming home to Scotland in 2009 and bringing with it heaps of fun and entertainment for all the family.


Homecoming at Knockhill Racing Circuit
Fife, May 9 - Sept 20
Enjoy the wide variety of events on offer at Knockhill Racing Circuit throughout Homecoming Year. Knockhill Racing Circuit showcases much more than the Motor Car, it celebrates our motoring heritage and looks forward to the future.
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Ayrshire Innovators
Kilmarnock, May 23 - Sept 12
Ayrshire Innovators will explore the profound impact of key innovators that lived, worked or were born in the area including automotive icons John Macadam and John Boyd Dunlop.
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Scottish Perthshire Hill Rally
Perthshire and Stirlingshire, July 10 - 11
The 15th year of the UK's now premier Cross Country vehicle rally will draw numerous international competitors to come home to Perthshire this Summer. Great motorsport heroes such as Jim Clark, Jackie Stewart, Colin McRae have all been ambassadors of the Scottish winning spirit.
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RACMSA Rally of Scotland: The final stage of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge
Stirlingshire and Perthshire, Nov 19 - 21
Be part of the prestigious Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC) as motor sport comes home to Scotland in 2009. This inaugural event will take place in some of Scotland's most stunning landscapes, historical locations and renowned motorsport stages.
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Scottish Borders Hill Rally
November 28 - 29
The Scottish Borders has a long tradition of motorsports and look forward to welcoming Homecoming enthusiasts back to the country's only Cross Country vehicle forest stage rally. The event combines breathtaking stage tracks with exhilarating, high speed, adrenalin pumping motorsport rallying.


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