VOLUME 58 ISSUE 3 JANUARY 19, 2021 P27
FMF KTM Off-Road Team Announced
K
TM announced that it will
field a six-rider factory-
backed off-road team for 2021.
Two of them are new to the team
and the other four are returning,
including GNCC champ Kailub
Russell, who will compete in
select races throughout the year
in preparation for the ISDE.
Multi-time off-road champion Tay-
lor Robert will lead the squad into
the 2021 season with East Coast
riders Josh Toth and Ben Kelley,
and newcomers Trystan Hart and
Dante Oliveira in the west.
Robert, the reigning WORCS
Champion, will return to the
series in 2021 and will also line
up for the AMA National Extreme
Off-Road Championship.
Toth will compete in the GNCC
and National Enduro Champion-
ship. He will be joined by Kelley
who will contest the GNCC and
National Enduro Championships.
Hart won the 2020 AMA
Grand National Extreme Champi-
onship (TKO) and will defend his
title while also vying for the AMA
EnduroCross Championship in
2021. Oliveira will try to defend
his title in the AMA National
Grand Prix Champion and will
also compete in the WORCS
Championship. CN
The 2021 FMF KTM Factory Off-Road Team will be made up of six
riders, including Kailub Russell, the semi-retired GNCC champ who will
compete in selected events, including the ISDE.
Husqvarna
Reveals 2021
Off-Road Squad
R
ockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing
Team will be made up of five riders in 2021:
Colton Haaker, Thad Duvall, Trevor Bollinger,
Craig DeLong and Austin Walton.
Haaker looks to defend the AMA EnduroCross
number-one plate and will compete in select
rounds of the AMA National Extreme Off-Road
Championship.
Duvall will again contest the XC1 Open Pro in
GNC and will also compete in the U.S. Sprint
Enduro Series.
Bollinger will also compete in the GNCC, as well
as the AMA National Enduro Championship. Bol-
linger is coming off a pair of knee injuries in 2020.
DeLong will return to defend his XC2 title in
GNCC but will make the jump into the AMA Nation-
al Enduro Championship's NE Pro1 division.
Walton will return to the WORCS and AMA Na-
tional Grand Prix Championship. CN
The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Off-Road Team will be
made up of five riders in 2021, including EnduroCross
Champion Colton Haaker.
