David Knight Extreme Enduro British Champion‏

Knight on Winning Form on Sherco

David Knight was back on winning form at the weekend when he lifted his 16th British Championship title by winning the Fast Eddy British Extreme Enduro Championship at Back Cowm Quarry (Cowm Leisure) on Sunday. Knight fresh from finishing runner-up in the World Indoor SuperEnduro series was eager to secure another British title at the weekend.

The track was looking great on Saturday but the heavens opened overnight and the temperature plummeted on Sunday making the terrain and course extremely difficult for some of the most experienced riders. David was riding the Sherco 300 4T racing model and was locked in a battle all day with youngster Jonny Walker, with David eventually taking the win.

Despite this he did suffer a huge crash and winded himself pretty badly in the early stages of the day but he remounted and fought through the pain to become victorious. For two and a half hours David and Jonny swapped positions and each suffering their own problems, this made it extremely close and exciting for the crowd of spectators that had braved the elements to come and watch and support.

David Knight - "If I can ride like that with loads of silly things happening and sill win, it can't be too bad. I'm happy to have won at Cowm Leisure but even happier to have won my 16th British title. I suffered a lot all day with arm pump for some reason and after I had my big crash I was just trying to re-group and get myself sorted out. I must say a huge thank you to my mechanic Leo and once again all at MRS for their support and encouragement. I'm feeling a little second hand now but a bit of a rest will cure that."

This final round of the British Extreme Championship was also the start of a European series - the FIM Extreme Enduro Cup.

Results - Eddy's Xtreme, Rnd2

1: David Knight (Sherco) 2: Jonny Walker (KTM) 3: Paul Bolton (KTM) 4: Ben Hemingway (Beta) 5: Marcus Kehr (Sherco) 6: Gary Daniels (Sherco)

2014 FIM Extreme Enduro Cup calendar:

Round 1: March 2 - Eddy's Xtreme, Back Cowm Quarry Whitworth, Lancashire, Great Britain

Round 2: June 20-22 - HEPN Hard Enduro Pietra Neamt, Pietra Neamt, Romania, FRM

Round 3: July 25-26 - Battle of Vikings, Storstenhöjden, Sweden

Round 4: October 25 - GetzenRodeo, Drebach/Griessbach, Germany


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