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Prado To Make Supercross Debut M XGP World Champion Jorge Prado of Spain says he will line up for the first three rounds of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship. The factory-backed GasGas rider has his eyes set on the Anaheim 1, San Francesco and San Diego rounds and then will head back to Europe to defend his number-one plate in the MXGP Championship. Prado will be supported by the Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/Gas - Gas Factory Racing Team while he is in the U.S. "Since I started riding my dream has always been to one day race in the U.S., specifically to race Supercross," said the 22-year-old Spaniard. "I have watched it my whole life on television and always thought it must be great to race under lights with a huge crowd and atmosphere! And more spe - cifically, it must be great to race at an iconic stadium like Angel Stadium. I was lucky enough in 2015, while visiting and training in the U.S., to go to Anaheim —it was a great experience and made me want to try it even more. So, given I won the MXGP title this year and am totally healthy and looking for a new challenge, I thought it was the perfect time in my career to come and train in the USA properly to prepare for a few Supercross races. I don't want to waste another whole year wondering if I could or should, so I am here, and I am going to try it out. I'm really looking forward to it and am lucky enough to have the full support of my Red Bull GasGas Factory Rac - ing Team back home with Claudio and Davide de Carli, and the Troy Lee Designs/Red Bull/GasGas Factory Racing Team here in the USA behind me." "The main goal for Jorge in 2024 is to defend the world title he earned this past season, but of course, we are excited to see what he can do on a Supercross track," said Roger DeCoster, Director of Motorsports, North America. CN WIND IN THE P24 MXGP World Champion Jorge Prado will race the opening three rounds of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series. KTM Announce 2024 Off-Road Teams K TM's off-road FMF Factory Racing Team will look very familiar in 2024 with five returning riders. Representing the team on the West Coast will be Dante and Mateo Oliveira (NGPC and West Hare Scrambles), Ben Kelley (GNCC and National Enduro), Johnny Girroir (GNCC and Sprint Enduro) and Trystan Hart (U.S. Hard Enduro and EnduroCross). KTM also announced that it is supporting a new team effort, FMF KTM Racing Team Landers, which will focus on GNCC's XC2 250 Pro and WXC classes. The three-rider The 2024 FMF KTM Factory Racing Team will be made up of five returning riders: Dante and Mateo Oliveira, Ben Kelley, Johnny Girroir and Trystan Hart.