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KTM Reveals AFT Singles Team
T
he Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing Team will be made up
of two riders that will compete in
the AFT Singles class. Returning
for her third season with the team,
19-time AFT Singles winner Shayna
Texter-Bauman will return but with a
new teammate, 2020 AFT Singles
runner-up, Max Whale. The duo
will compete aboard KTM's 450
SX-F Factory Edition models.
"I'm really happy to bring a two-
rider program back to AFT, thanks
in a big way to our new partnership
with Rocky Mountain ATV-MC,"
said Team Manager Chris Fillmore.
"I feel that our program will really
benefit from having two riders this
season. As teammates, Shayna
and Max already have a good
chemistry, and it will be good for
them to really push each other on
and off the track. It's also valuable
to have two riders providing feed-
back when we're testing and at the
races. We look forward to getting
Shayna back on the podium this
season and furthering her achieve-
ment as the winningest rider in AFT
Singles history. We're excited to
bring Max on board in 2021, he is
young and very motivated for the
top spot, so I expect his hard work
to pay off. We're really looking for-
ward to seeing both riders achieve
their goals this season."
Texter-Bauman said, "Being a
part of the Red Bull KTM Factory
Racing Team is an honor that I am
very proud of. I'm more motivated
than ever to achieve the goals that
I have set for myself in the 2021
season. The team has been work-
ing hard and we are all anxious to
get back to racing."
Whale will wear the number-18
on his new ride. The Australian
native has progressively climbed
through the ranks over the last
four years, taking home a respect-
able second overall in last year's
championship with two race wins
and four podium finishes.
"Riding for the Red Bull KTM
Factory Racing Team this sea-
son, I feel like we have a really
strong chance at the top spot,"
Whale said. "I have been fortunate
enough to spend a bit of time with
the team in California during the
offseason and it's been awesome.
I really feel at home on the KTM
450 SX-F Factory Edition, doing a
lot of testing and just enjoying my
time out here. It's been a dream of
mine to ride for Red Bull KTM and
I just really want to come out and
do these guys proud and end up
with the number-one plate."
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Shayna Texter-Bauman
and Max Whale will
make up the factory
Red Bull KTM team in
the AFT Singles class
in 2021.
