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IN
THE
WIND
KNIGHT TOPS GUADALAJARA
SUPERENDURO
D
avid Knight gave Sherco
another big win in the FIM
SuperEnduro World Championship in Guadalajara, Mexico, on
January 25.
Once again, Knight and longtime rival Taddy Blazusiak went
at it in the three-event final, with
Knight nipping Red Bull/KTM's
Blazusiak by just one point,
Knight's 2-1-3 overall score bettering Blazusiak's 1-3-2.
For Knight, it is his second win
of the four-round-old championship but is still 18 points behind
series leader Blazusiak, 217199, with two rounds still left on
the schedule.
Finishing third overall on the
night was KTM's Johnny Walker.
For Husqvarna's Mathias Bellino, he was thrilled to capture
his first race win after topRPM Racing's
ping the third and final main- Kyle Redmond
event of the night over Bla- had a
series best
zusiak and Knight.
Americans Kevin Rook- fourth-place
stool and Kyle Redmond finish in the
SuperEnduro
also made the trip to Gua- Championship
dalajara to compete and put in Guadalajara.
in some impressive rides on
their RPM Racing-backed
KTMs.
Rookstool enjoyed his
best finish of the series in
the first main event with a
fourth, and he backed that
up with a sixth and then a
ninth. In the second heat,
Rookstool was actually
leading the race when he fell.
fore that, Redmond went 6-5.
Redmond also celebrated his
Redmond is currently eighth
best finish of the series when he in the standings just one spot
took fourth in the third heat. Be- ahead of Rookstool.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY DON EMDE COLLECTION
NEIL KEEN,
1934-2014
H
e could hardly believe his
luck. At 19, Neil Keen found
a job where he was paid two dollars an hour to ride his motorcycle all day. He always thought
Southern California was heaven
on earth and his newfound employment simply confirmed it.
Racing all over the streets of
greater Los Angeles in the early
1950s delivering architectural
blueprints was the start of a
lifelong involvement in motorcycling.
When Neil Keen died Saturday morning, he left behind a
rare legacy in motorcycling. Not
only was Keen one of the lead-
Dirt tracker Neil Keen, shown here
with Gary Nixon (9), passed away
on January 25.
ing AMA Grand National racers
of the 1960s (he won an AMA
National at the legendary Ascot
Park aboard a BSA in 1961), he
is perhaps best known for designing some of the best flat
track racing frames during the
golden era of the sport in the
1960s and '70s. Collaborating
with Ray Hensley, Keen began
to develop and market high-performance racing frames in 1967,
