KTM ANNOUNCES 2017 OFF-ROAD RACING TEAM
T
here will be a lot of familiar
faces on KTM 2017 off-road
team. KTM officially announced
its 2017 FMF/KTM Factory Rac-
ing Team and all of the major
players are returning, including
Taylor Robert, Kailub Russell,
Russell Bobbitt, Cody Webb,
Ivan Ramirez and Kacy Martinez.
Robert will contest the AMA
National Hare & Hound Champi-
onship, as well as WORCS and
select extreme enduro events
across the globe. For this,
Robert will race aboard the KTM
450 XC-F.
Kailub Russell will return to
defend his GNCC title aboard
the KTM 350 XC-F. Addition-
ally, the 2015 AMA National
Enduro Champion will return to
the series full time after missing
out on the opportunity to de-
fend his title last season due to
injury. Russell will compete on a
KTM 250 XC-F for the National
Enduro Series.
Five-time AMA National En-
duro Champion Russell Bob-
bitt will defend his enduro title
aboard the KTM 250 XC-F. Ad-
ditionally, Bobbitt will compete in
the full GNCC Series for the first
time ever.
The two-time AMA Enduro-
Cross Champion, Cody Webb,
returns for his second season
with the FMF KTM Factory Rac-
ing Team. Webb, who finished
a close second in 2016, will
pilot the KTM 350 XC-F in the
EnduroCross Series. He will
also compete in select extreme
enduro events aboard the KTM
300 XC throughout the season.
Ivan Ramirez will return to
the lineup in 2017 to compete
aboard the KTM 450 XC-F in
both the AMA National Hare &
Hound Series and WORCS.
Kacy Martinez will compete
full-time in the AMA National
Hare & Hound Series, as well as
the AMA EnduroCross Series,
where she will pilot a KTM 250
XC-F.
Former enduro and GNCC
champ Charlie Mullins has
been hired on as the team's
trainer. CN
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(Left to right) Kailub Russell, Kacy Martinez, Ivan Ramirez,
Antti Kallonen, Cody Webb, Taylor Robert and Russell
Bobbitt will again make up KTM's factory off-road team.
