offroad FMF KTM Factory racing Team Announces 2021 Race Team Lineup

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MURRIETA, CA – January 13, 2021 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – FMF KTM Factory Racing has announced its six-rider lineup for 2021, boasting a dynamic mixture of both youth and experience this season. In his eighth season with the team, multi-time offroad champion Taylor Robert will lead a hungry group of riders into the 2021 season including east-coast riders Josh Toth and Ben Kelley, newcomers Trystan Hart and Dante Oliveira in the west and the return of eight-time GNCC Nation Champion Kailub Russell, who is slated to compete in select races throughout the year.

Robert, the reigning WORCS Champion, will return to the series as the rider to beat in 2021 as he fights for his fourth-career title aboard the KTM 450 XC-F. For 2021, the 2016 ISDE Overall Individual Champion is diversifying himself to also lineup for the AMA National Extreme Offroad Championship aboard the KTM 300 XC-W.

In his fourth season with the FMF KTM Factory Racing Team, Josh Toth will return aboard the KTM 350 XC-F, where he will compete in the GNCC and National Enduro Championship for 2021. He will be joined by teammate Ben Kelley, who is set to line up for his second season with the team. Kelley will contest the GNCC and National Enduro Championships aboard the KTM 350 XC-F and 450 XC-F.

The team will welcome two new riders in 2021 as former KTM-Support riders Trystan Hart and Dante Oliveira make the jump to the factory squad after years of solid results under the guidance and support of the highly-successful RPM KTM Racing Team. Hart most recently clinched the 2020 AMA Grand National Extreme Championship (TKO) and he looks to defend his title while also vying for the AMA EnduroCross Championship in 2021 aboard the factory KTM 300 XC-W TPI and 350 EXC-F machines. Oliveira, the team’s newest addition, heads into his factory debut as the reigning AMA National Grand Prix Champion and WORCS front-runner where he is expected to contest both championships this season.

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Team Manager, Antti Kallonen: “I’m very pleased with our rider lineup and structure for this season. I’m happy to continue with our talented riders such as Taylor, Josh and Ben, who are all aiming for the top step in their respective series. I’m also excited to welcome Trystan and Dante to the factory team. They are no strangers to our program as they both raced for RPM KTM Racing Team last year with great success. We are READY TO RACE for the 2021 season.”

Additionally, upon announcing his retirement from professional GNCC Racing last season, multi-time offroad champion Kailub Russell will compete in select races throughout the 2021 season as he prepares to represent the USA World Trophy Team for the upcoming International Six Days Enduro (ISDE). As a true orange bleeder, Russell will also be transitioning into a new role of supporting KTM’s factory riders and youth racers in the sport.

For more information on KTM, please visit www.ktm.com.

Source: KTM North America, Inc.

[Wally63]

Who cares?? I mean really, who gives a shit about factory orange plague???

[MANIAC998]

C'mon Wally! Even if you don't like them, they raise the bar and force everyone else to step up or get left behind.

[Cullins]

I’m just glad to see Taylor Robert’s technical skills aren’t going to waste with him just riding high speed GP style races. 

[Hans Schmid]

Lol, everyone looks so happy... 

[Bryan II]

8 hours ago, Wally63 said:

Who cares?? I mean really, who gives a shit about factory orange plague???

Apparently you. 😁

[Zinergy]

3 hours ago, Hans Schmid said:

Lol, everyone looks so happy... 

Lmao right! It was like they lined them all up told them everyone was getting a pay cut and snapped the pic.

[KTMRider4Life]

That’sa lot of number one plates, that is why @Wally63 is so unhappy. 

[Hans Schmid]

1 hour ago, KTMRider4Life said:

That’sa lot of number one plates, that is why @Wally63 is so unhappy. 

Lol, @Wally63 at home screaming "f'in KTM, giving people jobs and winning everything" 😂😂😂

[Wally63]

2 minutes ago, Hans Schmid said:

Lol, @Wally63 at home screaming "f'in KTM, giving people jobs and winning everything" 😂😂😂

No more like "f'in Kant Take Much brand can't make a reliable bike for the masses that doesn't cost more than any other bike".  An really the only reason they have so many teams is because of Bajaj. They have a lot of money and need to sell a lot of bikes to make up for their investment. The orange nut huggers buy into the kool aid 100%😂.  it's quite entertaining actually

[Hans Schmid]

5 minutes ago, Wally63 said:

No more like "f'in Kant Take Much brand can't make a reliable bike for the masses that doesn't cost more than any other bike".  An really the only reason they have so many teams is because of Bajaj. They have a lot of money and need to sell a lot of bikes to make up for their investment. The orange nut huggers buy into the kool aid 100%😂.  it's quite entertaining actually

Wut? 🙄🙄

[mxaniac]

I was never a huge KTM fan.  The old bikes liked to stand up in corners.  By the early 2000s they had poor reliability and suspension.  The 250F used to have some internal nut (valve adjustment?) come loose and destroy the engine.  The WP forks just weren't as good as the alternatives.  But since the Dungy era, bad forks aside, as much as I'd like to I can't hate them.  They seem as reliable as anything else now, and the forks are finally acceptable.  My only option now is to hate the fan boys as hating the bike isn't reasonable.