Knighter to miss ‘07 Weston Beach race
By TMX Archives on 18th Oct 07
With regret Red Bull KTM Off Road Race Team's David Knight announces that he will not be competing in the '07 Weston Beach Race.
As winner of the event last year, where he beat10-time World Motocross Champion Stefan Everts, David was the ridermost saw as the clear favourite to win again in '07. But due to his USGNCC racing commitments the two-time Enduro 3 World Champion hasdecided to withdraw from the event, which takes place just one weekahead of what is a hugely important final round of the GNCC series forthe Manxman.
Hoping to have wrapped up the '07 US GNCC championship at the start ofOctober several unexpected yet costly problems have resulted in Davidexperiencing a roller coaster season. With six overall GNCC wins to hiscredit David currently holds a 21-point lead over his nearestchampionship rival. A 12th place finish or better at the final round ofthe championship, which is held the weekend after Weston Beach Race,will see David lift the US GNCC crown. Due to the gruelling andunpredictable nature of Weston Beach Race David has decided not tocompete. However, David is extremely hopeful that he will return to theevent in '08.
David Knight: I hope everyone can understand my decision. At the startof the season I set myself one clear goal to win the '07 US GNCCseries. I am 21 points ahead in the championship and one race away fromreaching my goal, I just can't afford to take any unnecessary risks.There are a lot of people that have a huge amount of time, effort andmoney invested in me this season, with all of us having the common goalof winning the US GNCC series. I owe it to my sponsors as much as tomyself to look at the bigger picture, which is why I have decided towithdraw from the Weston Beach Race this year.
Weston is an event that Ilove. But also an event that you need to be 100 per cent committed toif you are going to win it. I've been fortunate to win in the past, hadmany great times at the event, and am looking forward to competingagain.