Happ€nings ln Motoncgcl ing
(Above)
These
guyr
come o
litlle
unprepored for the KTrrt
lndustry Roce, but lhey
still did o
good
iob
of infimidoting
our
own
CIrl off-rcod editor Kit Polmer.
(teft)
lfiM
Norlh Americo
lhing
or
two
qbod
going
president
Jon-Erik Burleson knows
o
Iact-
Racing is in KTM's blood. Even when introducing
its new
line of
off-road models to the media, racing
is usually
involved.
Last
year,
KTM unveiled its all-new line of XC,
EX-W and EXC off-roaders at the Wisp
GNCC in Mary-
land; this year
they did ir at the Washougal WORCS
race
in shington. lYagazine
editors from around the country
were once again invited to
sample the new
'07
KTMs in
actual racing conditions. This
yea[
however,
KTM added
a new twist by
getting
together with WORCS's
Sean Red-
dish and arranging
an unofflcial end-of-the-day, all-forJun
KTM lndustry
Race for its employees
and the editors.
Some of those from
KTI'4 who suited
up
included
KTl.,l
North
America
president
Jon-Erik
Burleson
(yes,
Dick
Burleson's
son). motorsports marketing
manager
Jeff
Salamon, West
Group sales leader
Revell Harrison, and district
sales
representative
Pat
Garrahan.
fu
you
can imaSine, there was
plenty
of
good,
old-fashioned
smack
talk
going
on in
the KTl,l
pits
during
the day, mainly among the
KTf4 staffers, and before
long it
was time to stop the
talk and walk
the walk, The
racing, irs
you
can
imagine, was
Prerty
intense
- at
least
through the fi.st
couple of
turn5,
Scoring for
the
lndustry
Race,
however, was
a bit
primitive
(there
was none), so, depending on
whom
you
talked
to, there was more
than
one winner, but the
general
consen-
Yve're not sure,
but
Revelle
Horrison
might've
been rhe top-finishing KTM rep. He
did, however,
loke on unconte5led
win in o
real
race
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fte Over 30 Expert
