A respiratory infection ended David Knight's hopes of retaining his Last Man Standing title at the weekend.
The GNCC champion was forced to pull out of the event an hour and 13 minutes into the night lap, having lost five minutes to his KTM team mate Taddy Blazusiak.
David says he had been unable to catch his breath but had enjoyed the experience.
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