RACER SPOTLIGHT collins knuth

“Everybody always asks me if I’m going to have another kid to try and have a boy,” Shea Knuth said, “I always tell them, ‘No.’ I’ve got Collins and she’s into what I was into, so to share that with her now is pretty awesome.”

While the family business is back in Illinois, the Knuths spend most of their time on the road or in Georgia, where Collins trains. Despite all the hard work and family history, Shea Knuth said racing is about more than just winning.

“We just have fun with it,” Shea Knuth said. “Even though I did it, my grandfather did it, my uncles did it, it’s just an awesome way for us to always be together.”

As for her dreams, Collins aspires to take her talents under the lights and onto the AMA Supercross stage. So, in the future when the best riders in the world are dashing toward the finish line, it may be a blonde-haired rider named Collins Knuth who flies through the air to light the torches in front of tens of thousands screaming fans.