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The Champion legacy has always intrigued me, and I thought I had the story strait. Here is a good analogy of the history.: The aftermarket frame evolution which started with Flat trackers (basic version) Swanson frame 1967-Ken Swanson builds two Bultacos for John Lund, Neil Keen Sonicweld frame 1968-Ken Watkins, Ray Hensley Trackmaster frame 1969- Ray Hensley, Neil Keen leave Sonicweld start Trackmaster Redline frame 1971- Mike Konle, Lynn Kasten leave Trackmaster, start Redline Trackmaster frame- Hensly leaves for Canada to be a fishing guide and Trackmaster goes thru a series of owners Walt Mahony, Phil Haskell,etc. ....now owned by Pete Fisher Schwerma Champion frame- Started by Doug Schwerma Champion frame- Doug Schwerma dies and Redline buys Champion at auction Knight frame-Terry Knight welder/fabricator for Schwerma starts his own company after Schwerma's death, with Mert Lawwill, called Lawwill Knight Champion frame- sold to Buddy Carrol..Konle takes name to Champion Crane Company (See Terminator 3 for Crane reference) Redline frame- goes into the BMX business and Kasten sells it Star racer- Ray Hensley comes back from Canada, Larry Kennedy, Neil Keen team up to build a new frame Star racer Attebury- Kennedy sells company to Attebury who changes design form Keen original Dick Mann Frames- 1967 Mann's own business then he goes to work for Yankee and designs the DMR and Z...business is resurected when he leaves Yankee C&J frame- Jeff Cole and Steve Jengtses are asked to fabricate frames for Kawasaki and then Dallas Baker private label frames Steve goes to work for Ron Wood and Jeff later sells the business J&M frame....Mike Owen starts out as a distributor for Knight frames and when that shuts down starts making his own frames...
