Knight crowned 2009 British Enduro Champion
By TMX Archives on 3rd Aug 09
Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team rider David Knight won both days of the Mid Wales TRA-organised Dyfi Enduro, which comprised round three of the 2009 British Enduro Championship and with the announcement of the cancellation of the fourth round of the series, the Rhayader Enduro that was set to take place later this month, 'Knighter' has wrapped up the title having won four of the five days held so far.
Making his second appearance in the BEC aboard his KSRT Kawasaki,Knight produced two dominant performances at the Dyfi Enduro tocomfortably finish at the top of the results on both days. With theopening day's competition made extremely challenging due to heavy rain,Knight was one of six riders who remained on time and without penaltiesas well as dominating each of the three timed special tests.
With clear skies replacing rain on day two David was again the rider tobeat and just as he had on day one topped each of the three timedspecial tests to claim a sizeable winning margin. Improving his pace oneach lap David made several small changes to the set up of his bikeduring the second day, all of which enabled him to improve his specialtest times.
David Knight: "Despite the bad weather on day one it was a great event,with a really good special test. It's a shame for the organisers thatthe weather spoiled things a bit, but I had a great time on both days.Claiming the British title was a little unexpected but obviously it'salways nice to win. I'm still planning to compete in the last round ofthe series though. The great thing for me was that the test had a bitof everything, which is exactly what I need to get the bike set up wellfor world championship racing. The first day went well on each of thespecial tests. I was riding within myself and still able to pull goodtime on the other riders. Day two also went really well, so all in allI'm really pleased with everything."
Stuart Bland (Enduro Team Co-ordinator): "We are really happy withDavid's outstanding form in difficult conditions. The Kawasaki KX450 isproving to be the ideal tool for the job with minimal changes requiredfor Enduro. David's new chief mechanic Leo Cordinley has been workingwith the electronics experts from the road racing team and we have beenable to give David the power characteristics he wants with nomechanical changes, the Kawasaki programmable system has taken themotocross bike to another level of adaptability. He is really lookingforward to the upcoming world rounds and I believe with the team builtaround David he will be in an excellent position to fight for the winin Greece."
Ross Burridge (KMUK, Team Green Co-ordinator): "The partnership betweenKawasaki and David Knight could not have got off to a better start. Toachieve so much so soon in terms of results, and to dominate theBritish Enduro Championship on a virtually stock bike, is trulyimpressive."
Results - '09 BEC Rnd 3, Dyfi Enduro
Day 1
1. David Knight (Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team) 1718.9
2. Tom Sagar (Husaberg) 1792.33
3. Paul Edmondson (Suzuki) 1798.56
Day 2
1. David Knight (Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team) 1556.11
2. Daryl Bolter (KTM) 1601.52
3. Tom Sagar (Husaberg) 1607.09
Picture attached: David Knight in action yesterday, courtesy of Global Motorsport Communications.