Former AMA Professional Superbike and WERA Nationwide Championship racer and racing mentor Jim Knipp died January 18 in a hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was 64.
From Larry Lawrence’s Rider Information web site:
“Knipp had been hospitalized for a few weeks after struggling a seizure and mind bleed and being discovered unconscious in his Greenwood, Indiana house. In line with his stepson Joey Wertzberger, Jim regained consciousness throughout his first days on the hospital, however then he slipped out of consciousness and remained that method for a number of weeks on account of a bleed in his mind and was positioned on life help.”
Knipp gained the 1981 C Superbike WERA Nationwide Championship and in years later took some top-20 finishes in AMA Professional Superbike races. And thru the Indianapolis, Indiana store he and companions Greg Sickmeier and Marc Wertzberger ran, The Superbike Manufacturing facility, Knipp additionally helped a number of racers from central Indiana, together with Lawrence, get began.
Learn extra at the Rider Information web site.
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