VOL. 56 ISSUE 2 JANUARY 15, 2019 P35
FMF KTM FINALIZES 2019 TEAM AND RACING PLANS
T
he FMF KTM Factory Racing
Team has finalized its off-
road squad and racing plans for
2019. Little has changed as far
as riders. Kailub Russell, Taylor
Robert, Cody Webb and Josh
Toth are all returning for another
season riding orange.
Antti Kallonen will again man-
age the team.
Russell returns to defend his
number-one plate in the GNCC
Series, and will also compete in
the Full Gas Sprint Enduro Se-
ries. He'll ride KTM's 350 XC-F.
Robert will, once again, ride
KTM's 450 XC-F in the West-
Coast-based World Off-Road
Championship Series (WORCS)
and Sprint Hero Racing Series
in 2019.
Webb is currently defending
his number-one plate in the FIM
SuperEnduro World Champion-
ship will also compete in the
AMA EnduroCross Series, riding
the KTM 350 EXC-F. Webb will
also compete in select hard
enduro events across the world
aboard KTM's 300 XC-W TPI.
In his second season with
the FMF KTM Factory Racing
Team, 2017 GNCC XC2 Pro
Lites Champion Toth will make
the jump into the premier class
in 2019. Riding aboard the
KTM 350 XC-F for the first full
season, Toth will compete in
the GNCC and Full Gas Sprint
Enduro series, as well as select
hard enduros in the U.S.
Multi-time off-road racing
champion Kacy Martinez re-
cently announced her retirement
from professional racing follow-
ing a very decorated 10-year ca-
reer. Martinez, who was slated
to return to the team this sea-
son, will ride select local events
as a KTM Ambassador aboard
her KTM 250 XC-F.
As far as the AMA National
Enduro Championship is con-
cerned, KTM will be supporting
the Baylor brothers, Grant and
Steward, with factory equipment
for Tely Energy Racing. Steward
Baylor is the defending cham-
pion. KTM will also support Trail
Jesters' Ben Kelley in GNCC
XC2 and in the J Day Off-Road
Sprint Enduro Series in the
Northeast. CN
(L-R) Kacy
Martinez, Josh
Toth, Antti Kallonen
(manager), Taylor
Robert, Kailub
Russell and
Cody Webb (not
pictured) will make
up the FMF KTM
Factory Racing Off-
Road Team
in 2019.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
SIMON
CUDBY
