VOLUME ISSUE DECEMBER , P25
GasGas Off-Road
Teams Named
G
asGas will field three off-
road teams in 2024.
The Coastal GasGas Factory
Racing Team, under the manage-
ment of former GNCC Champion
Barry Hawk, will house two riders,
former GNCC champ Jordan
Ashburn and Ryder Lafferty. Both
will ride the GNCC Series, while
Lafferty will also campaign the
National Enduro Championship.
One rider will make up the
brand new GasGas Factory Racing
Team, Will Riordan. The Australian
will follow the Hard Enduro Cham-
pionship, as well as the AMA
EnduroCross Championship.
Josh Roper and Maddie
Hoover will return as the two Gas-
Gas USA Factory Trials Team rid-
ers. Hoover will try to successful-
ly defend her title in the Women's
Pro Championship. Roper took
second in the 2023
AMA/NATC MotoTri-
als Championship.
Tanner Tremaine
will oversee both the
factory and trials
teams.
"It is my pleasure
to welcome Tanner
Tremaine as the new GasGas Off-
Road Team Manager," Antti Kal-
lonen, Director of Offroad Racing.
"Tanner has been in the company
for several years, working in a
few different positions, and now
it is my pleasure to have him lead
multiple teams in our GasGas
program to a successful race sea-
son ahead. We will continue with
Coastal GasGas Factory Racing,
which is managed by Barry Hawk
with great success on the East
Coast, so we are looking forward
to another year with Barry and his
team. We are also now able to bet-
ter support our first in-house Gas-
Gas Factory Racing off-road rider
Will Riordan, who will be represent-
ing GasGas in Hard Enduro and
EnduroCross—this will enhance
the brand's presence on the West
Coast and across the country."
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Returning for 2024 is the Coastal
GasGas and USA Factory Trials Teams.
New for 2024 is the GasGas Factory
Racing Off-Road Team held down by
Hard Enduro and EnduroCross rider
Will Riordan (pictured).
Landers team will be made up of
Angus Riordan, Grant Davis and
Brandy Richards.
"Something new for this year
to progress within our programs,
we are expanding our factory
efforts in GNCC to include XC2
250 Pro riders and a WXC rider
to represent FMF KTM Factory
Racing," said Antti Kallonen,
Director of Offroad Racing. "It
will be managed and overseen
by Chris Landers, who we are
looking forward to working with
on this new partnership. It is to
make sure we have a pathway to
success for young riders in their
career, all the way from youth to
amateurs, and the highest level
of GNCC. Overall,
with the entire FMF
KTM Factory Racing
Team consisting
of West Coast and
East Coast riders, we are looking
forward to a strong and success
-
ful 2024 season."
Landers, FMF KTM Factory
Racing Team Landers Manager,
said, "We're headed into 2024
with a new look, a new plan
and the new FMF KTM Factory
Racing Team Landers. It's going
to be good to have Gus, Grant
and Brandy on the team, as well
as our elite amateur program
with Chase Landers and Cooper
Jones. We're really looking for
-
ward to getting things going and
are excited for the opportunity to
work with KTM."
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Angus Riordan, Grant
Davis and Brandy
Richards will make
up the new FMF KTM
Factory Racing Team
Landers outfit.
