JDR/KTM Factory Racing Ready For MX Nationals Season Opener

JDR/KTM Factory Racing’s quest for the MX Nationals, Australian Motocross Championship, will commence this Sunday, 1 April, at Conondale’s season opener in Queensland.

Spearheading the team’s charge will be sole Pro Open entrant Daniel Reardon, the 2007 champion on track to return to his peak form on the 2012 model KTM 450 SX-F. Brisbane-based Reardon has enjoyed a positive pre-season and enters the year in a rejuvenated mood with fitness on his side.

“The team made some big changes over the off-season,” Reardon commented. “The team structure is great right now, we’ve been really productive during testing and everything like that, so I’ve been real happy with the way things are going this year so far and it feels good to be healthy.”

The team will set out to defend its championship in the Pro Lites category, which the team won with PJ Larsen in 2010 and Matt Moss in 2011, this time relying on the efforts of former champion Ryan Marmont alongside Josh Cachia and Brenden Harrison aboard the 250 SX-F.

Marmont won the Lites title in 2006 and has spent time with JDR Motorsports’ American-based team earlier this season campaigning AMA Supercross in the West Coast Lites division, excited to return to the Lites bike after a season in the Pro Open class last year.

“Racing in America was a good start to the year for me and hopefully the preparation will pay off in the MX Nationals,” Marmont said. “I’ve been nursing a wrist injury recently, but I’m excited to get the season underway and really want to battle for this championship back in the Lites class for 2012.”

Victorian hard-charger and 2010 Under 19s national champion Cachia enters his second year of Pro Lites competition as a certain title contender, and he’s solely focused on capturing his first pro championship for JDR.

“I'm looking forward to a healthy good season,” Cachia said. “I spent a month in America preparing with the team over there and picked up some good speed, fitness and experience. I think this year with 10 rounds, the key for success will be keeping consistent.”

Queensland Lites contender Harrison will sit out the opening two rounds after having a screw removed from his femur/hip injury last week, focused on returning at his best for the team when his injuries are healed and he has regained 100 percent fitness.

Larsen will visit the Conondale round as a special guest this weekend, the American now a regular on JDR’s AMA team and making his first appearance in Australia since he won the Australian Supercross and Motocross Lites titles as a rookie in 2010. He will be available to meet fans and sign during autograph sessions on Sunday.

The opening round of the MX Nationals series will take place at Conondale in Queensland on Sunday, 1 April, marking the first of 10 rounds in what’s primed to be a truly international series in 2012.

For additional information on the JDR Motorex KTM team, visit www.jdrmotorsports.com.au or check the team out on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jdrmotorsports.

Visit www.ktm.com.au on the web for further information on KTM Australia, as well as KTM’s full model line-up of off-road and road motorcycles available for 2012.