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"I have not been to Erzberg
for a few years and I am not sure
how the race and riders have
evolved, but I am feeling strong
on the bike and expect to be top
five like I've done before," Red-
mond said.
FMF KTM's Taylor Robert will
be competing in his first-ever
Erzberg Rodeo. The former
WORCS Champion and top En-
duroCross racer has won the
Last Dog Standing twice and fin-
ished second at last year's Ten-
nessee Knockout and this year's
King of the Motos.
"I have always wanted to do Er-
zberg and now that I am part of
the FMF KTM team and became
a Red Bull athlete, it all came to-
gether for me to go," Robert said.
"A lot of really strong riders have
an advantage of doing this event
for several years, but I think a top
five is a realistic goal for me. But
I really want to complete all of the
sections and learn what it takes
to improve from there for future
years."
The Erzberg Rodeo is a four-
day festival that starts with 1500
riders competing in a short "Pro-
log" to earn one of the 500 spots
in the Red Bull Hare Scramble.
The Hare Scramble includes sev-
eral nearly impossible hill climbs
in the active iron mining area
and typically, fewer than 20 of
those 500 riders complete the
course within the four-hour time
limit. Great Britain's Graham Jar-
vis is the defending champion of
the event and fellow Brit, Jonny
Walker, won the event in 2012, so
they will be among the favorites.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
KIT
PALMER
Kyle Redmond
(pictured) and
Taylor Robert
will represent
the U.S. at the
Erzberg Rodeo in
Austria.
ANDERSON,
ROCKSTAR
RACING TO
HUSQVARNA
T
he Rockstar Energy Team will
be making its third motorcycle
brand change come October.
That's when the Supercross/mo-
tocross team that currently uses
KTM motorcycles (and Suzu-
kis the year before), will make a
switch again following this year's
Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Cham-
pionship. Husqvarna will supply
The current Rockstar Energy Racing Team will become the Rockstar Energy
Racing Husqvarna Factory team next year and it has already signed its first
rider, Jason Anderson.
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