Keown works for Harley-Davidson of Glendale and, to everyone's amazement, only learned to ride a bike last December. Her riding skills managed to get her a spot for the BUB Racing Motorcycle Speed Trials where she went and beat more experienced riders.
"I just got as low and crouched on the bike as humanly possible, and that pushed me up that one extra mile," Keown was quoted as saying by glendalenewspress.com. "I was shouting in my helmet. I was pretty excited."
Of course, the crew of the garage where she works are just as proud as she is. Oliver Shokouh, the owner of the store and at the same time the sponsor for Keown's trip to Bonneville, prides himself with teaching the rookie pretty much everything she knows.
"I felt that she had it in her," Shokouh said. "She really wanted to do this, and some people can just get out the first time and do miracles. Some can stay on and never achieve anything."
The record run achieved by Keown has not yet been certified. It is expected to receive the thumbs up from the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) later today.
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