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WALKER CHALLENGES FOR SUPERENDURO VICTORY IN MALAGA, SPAIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Jonny Walker has finished a close second overall at the third round of the 2018 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship in Malaga, Spain. Earning his best result of the series to date, Walker battled his way to an impressive first race win before placing fourth in the reversed start order second heat. Involved in a nasty start straight crash in the third and closing final, he finished sixth to end the night on the podium in the runner-up position. With close, incident filled racing throughout the third round of the SuperEnduro World Championship, Walker set a strong pace from the start of the night. Second in the SuperPole, he emerged as a worthy winner of the opening final. Fourth at the end of the second final saw Jonny head into the night’s last race in contention for the overall win. Taken out as he approached the first turn in the deciding final, Jonny picked himself up off the ground to work his way to a sixth-place result, earning a hard-fought overall runner-up result. The SuperEnduro World Championship continues in Bilbao, Spain on March 3. Video highlights: https://goo.gl/rupZh9 Jonny Walker: “It’s been a great night. A crazy night, but a
great night. Second overall and just two points from the win is really
positive. It was such an unpredictable night’s racing. Winning the first
final was great – battling with Taddy and Cody was awesome. We were all
fresh and pushing hard and I managed to run a good pace and make fewer
mistakes. I really enjoyed the track, we were all able to go fast and that
made for some great racing. Results – 2018 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship, Round 3 PRESTIGE CLASS OVERALL
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second final was a little frustrating because I felt like I could have won it
or finished second, not fourth. But the crash at the start of the third final
was pretty nasty. I got taken out from behind and set off almost last. I knew
it was close for the overall win so I just pushed as hard as I could. I was a
few points short at the end of the night but in general it’s been a great
event and I’m more than happy with the way most of it’s gone.”