Kawasaki Superbike Racing Team rider David Knight has topped both days of the Mid Wales TRA organised Dyfi Enduro, round three of the '09 British Enduro Championship. In addition, due to the cancelation of the fourth round of the series - the Rhayader Enduro that was set to take place later this month - David has wrapped up the '09 British Enduro Championship 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 to comfortably finish at the top of the results on both days. With the opening day's competition made extremely challenging due to heavy rain, Knight was one of six riders who remained on time and without penalties as well as dominating each of the three timed special tests.
With clear skies replacing rain on day two David was again the rider to beat and just as he had on day one topped each of the three timed special tests to claim a sizeable winning margin. Improving his pace on each lap David made several small changes to the set-up of his bike during the second day, all of which enabled him to improve his special test 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 that the 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's always nice to win. I'm still planning to compete in the last round of the series though. The great thing for me was that the test had a bit of everything, which is exactly what I need to get the bike set-up well for world championship racing. The first day went well on each of the special tests. I was riding within myself and still able to pull good time on the other riders. Day two also went really well, so all in all I'm really pleased with everything."
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