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guy—Nate Kanney, who I think is from
New York, was fast in New England.
Then also there was Jake Korn who
had some help from KTM. He would
show up and do the local races and
stuff. I was still on an 85cc, and
he was winning on a 250F KTM. I
believe he did good in the XC2 class
and stuff like that. He was kind of
one guy I recognized and saw what
he was doing and thought it was
really cool. Before Jake was Kevin
Hines, he was from Massachusetts.
So, the NETRA Series is where I was
introduced to racing."
It was at a NETRA race were
Ross Mauri "discovered" Kelley and
promptly signed him to ride for his
Trail Jesters Racing KTM Team.
Ben Kelley (left) and his tuner
Jose Cordova moments after
wrapping up the 2021 GNCC
title in Indiana.
Everyone was
wondering who
would pick up where
Kailub Russell left
off. We're wondering
no more—Ben Kelley.
