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2019 RPM RACING TEAM ANNOUNCED
T
he Lynden, Washington-
based FMF/RPM KTM Rac-
ing Team Maxxis announced its
off-road racing lineup for 2019.
The KTM factory-supported
team owned by Mike Hurlbert
will be made up of seven racers:
Trystan Hart, Eric Yorba, Dante
Oliveira, Spenser Wilton, Austin
Serpa, Maria Forsberg–Hahn
and Cooper Abbott.
Hart will compete full time in
the AMA EnduroCross and Hard
Enduro Championships, as well
as select AMA Western Hare
Scrambles (WHS), WORCS,
GNCC and Sprint Hero events.
Yorba will focus all of his at-
tention on the AMA National GP
and WORCS Championship in
the 450cc class.
Oliveira will join Yorba in
WORCS and will also campaign
the AMA Sprint Hero Series
and select AMA GP and WHS
events. He will also aim to
qualify for the 2019 ISDE team.
Canada's Wilton will compete
in the AMA EnduroCross and
Hard Enduro events, as well as
select WORCS Pro 2 races.
Serpa will race the WORCS
Pro 2 class, as well as select
AMA Sprint Hero and WHS
events.
Forsberg will compete in the
AMA EnduroCross Women's
Championship, as well as select
AMA WHS, NMA and NORCS
events in Washington State.
Abbott will compete for the
AMA EnduroCross Champion-
ship and the AMA Sprint Hero
Open A Championship, as well
as select WORCS Pro 2 and
AMA Hard Enduro events.
Former AMA National Hare
& Hound Champion Destry
Abbott will "…be working as an
ambassador for KTM with my
own individual sponsors. I'm
100% behind the RPM Team and
helping the riders out with DA8
Training as well as cross promot-
ing each other for continued
success." CN
Spenser Wilton is
one of the many
riders returning
to the FMF/RPM
KTM Racing Team
Maxxis in 2019.
