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P24 IN THE WIND Friday night Ascot Park program. "I averaged $1500 a week," Keen said. "And that was in the days when a new Ford Ranchero was $1900. We got paid a percentage of the gate then and when I won the AMA national I took home $3700. I had a nice four bedroom house out in the suburbs." He did so well racing in Southern California that Keen didn't see a big need to chase the Grand Nationals. He made the occasional foray back to the Midwest to race the fair circuit and to take in Peoria and Springfield. He finished a career-high fifth in the AMA Grand National standings in 1961, in spite of not racing a full national schedule. That was also the year he won the AMA National at Ascot. Keen moved to Illinois in 1964 and became a regular of the weekly program at another legendary track, Santa Fe Speedway in the Chicago suburb of Hinsdale. He was high-point racer at Santa Fe Speedway in both 1969 and 1970. Keen retired from active professional competition in 1974, but continued as a consultant and supplier with Neil Keen Performance, based out of Wentzville, Toni Bou did it again, winning the second round of the World Indoor Trials Championship. BOU – AGAIN AND AGAIN T oni Bou increased his lead in the X-Trial World Championship on Saturday to 13 points after winning the second round of the indoor series at the Marseille Sports Palace in France. The multitime World Champion earned his 38th victory – the last 23 consecutive– in the 58 rounds he has participated in en route to winning the indoor title the last seven years. Missouri, where he served as a mentor for subsequent generations of racers. He is survived by his wife of 28 years, Kim Keen; his daughters Helen Keen and Vyla (Keen) Brooks and son Stephen (Teanna) Maddox; grandchildren Elijah and Jenna Maddox and Wendy (Andreson) Gonzalez; mother and father in-law Carl and Kathy Donelson; and sister-in-law Debbie (Harry) Willey. He was preceded in death by his parents Clifton and Nell Keen. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Siteman Cancer Center. Larry Lawrence Bou topped Gas Gas' Adam Raga and Sherco's Albert Cabestany. "In Marseille we saw again that this year the final with four areas and with the score back to zero are very close," Bou said. "Here we found very technical zones and a rival, Adam [Raga] that made things difficult for me until the last moment. In such complicated areas, I felt very good on the bike and that is very important as well as the 13-point advantage, because it is a very short championship." VIDEO OF THE WEEK: SLOW-MO SUPERPRESTIGIO