August 2020 -- Vol 4 -- Issue 8 August 2020 | Page 105

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KAILUB AND KRUE TEESHIRT
This year’s John Penton GNCC, held at Sunday Creek
Raceway in Millfield, Ohio, which is owned by Kailub Russell’s
family and known as the “Russell Fam Farm”, was a
race of firsts and lasts for the Russell family. Since Kailub
has announced his retirement from GNCC racing at the
end of this year, this was, of course, his final John Penton
GNCC. However Kailub’s son Krue was racing his first
John Penton GNCC in the 50cc Jr. 2 (4-5) class.
Kailub and Krue were both featured on the Youth Day
t-shirts, which were given out to the youth riders by KTM
USA.
“It’s pretty cool for him and I to be on the Youth Day
t-shirt; it’s crazy,” said Kailub. “I think it’s the sixteenth annual,
so they started in ’04 doing that. My last year as a
youth racer was ’05. It’s crazy to think 16 years has gone
by like that. Now I’ve got a little boy just starting racing
now too. It’s really cool. We’re still going to be at the
races. He wants to race. He’s having fun and enjoying it.
It’s all good. It’s fun.” n