FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, 2013
GLEN HELEN RACEWAY/SAN BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA
OFF ROAD
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KURT CASELLI MEMORIAL RIDE DAY
cross track in Kurt's honor. After a prayer and special words from Kurt's sister, Carolyn, and Kurt's
fiancée, Sarah White, who thanked everyone for
their support, the spectacle commenced, with
Kurt's teammate Ivan Ramirez leading the way
and Sarah on the back seat. They were joined
by Motocross Action maga(Top) Kurt's fiancée,
zine's Darryl Ecklund and
Sarah, thanked
his passenger, Carolyn.
everyone for their
One of those participatsupport while holding
back tears.
ing in the parade lap was
(Bottom) Sarah is
KTM America president
consoled by Kurt
Jon-Erik Burleson. "I have
Caselli's sister,
never in my life shed tears
Carolyn, and his
on a motorcycle before until
mother, Nancy.
today," he said. "That was
one of the most amazing laps around any track
that I've ever been able to ride. And to be able to
ride it with such a huge group of people, it was
unbelievable. I stopped and looked around, you
see all these people and a motorcycle culture,
that off-road culture, that lives with us, it's such
a cool thing."
Burleson went on to say, "We [KTM] partnered