JDR Motorex KTM primed for Broadford MX Nationals season opener

KTM
Australia’s factory Australian Motocross Championship effort, JDR
Motorex KTM, will commence its 2011 title campaign this weekend when
the Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals season opener takes place at
Broadford on Sunday, 13 March.

The Victorian venue will host
the opening event of a gruelling nine-round MX Nationals series
scheduled for this season, and the all-star JDR Motorex KTM team
enters a formidable combination of youth and experience this
year.

Heading the JDR squad’s Pro Open line-up utilising the
world title-winning KTM 350 SX-F will be Queenslander Dan Reardon and
Ryan Marmont – both former national champions.

For Reardon,
2011 marks a return home to Australia after competing in the U.S.
since he won the title in 2007 and he’s looking to pick up where he
left off four years ago.

“My bike’s good, team’s good
and everything has come together nicely for the start of the season –
I’m excited for this series,” the 25-year-old commented. “I
knew that the JDR team would be a good team for me to join and return
to Australia for this year. So far it’s been awesome.”

Marmont
will make his anticipated debut in the Pro Open category and he too
is confident that he can challenge for victories during the season
after a positive pre-season.

“I’m really looking forward
to racing the Open class since I’d been in the Lites for a long
time and I think that the 350 SX-F is the perfect bike for me to do
it on,” Marmont explained. “I’ve had a good year so far in 2011
so hopefully we can continue that form into Broadford.”

Another
rider to return fulltime to Australia for JDR after a season in the
States is Matt Moss, the talented 22-year-old spearheading JDR
Motorex KTM’s three-rider Pro Lites assault for this year.

“I’m
loving the 250 SX-F and also the team,” 2009 Pro Lites Champion
Moss said. “Everything is ready to go for this weekend, so
hopefully we can start the season with a win – that’s the
plan!”

Moss will be joined by returning teammate Brenden
Harrison, the Queenslander looking to build momentum after joining
JDR mid-season in 2010, as well as Kilmore local Josh Cachia, who is
the current Under 19s Champion stepping into the Pro Lites
category.

The opening round marks the series’ return to
Broadford, the venue where JDR’s Pro Open rider Andrew ‘Sharky’
McFarlane tragically lost his life in May last year. In memory of
McFarlane, the entire JDR team will wear black polo shirts featuring
the ‘Sharky’ logo in the pit area throughout the weekend.

Other
KTM-mounted competitors to watch for this weekend include the Coastal
KTM duo of Robbie Marshall (Pro Open) and Jay Wilson (Under 19s); Top
Gear KTM’s Lewis Woods (Pro Open) and Dylan Long (Under 19s);
MXRAD’s Beau Ralston (Pro Open); Mandurah City KTM’s Louis Calvin
(Pro Open); Action Motorcycles’ Brendan Duck (Pro Open) and KTM
Brisbane’s Luke Reardon (Under 19s).

This year’s MX
Nationals series will see each and every round feature four 15-minute
motos contested back-to-back for the premier Pro Open category, while
the Pro Lites and Under 19s divisions will be contested over two sets
of back-to-back motos in the morning and afternoon.

The
opening round of the 2011 Rockstar Energy Drink MX Nationals,
Australian Motocross Championship, will take place at Broadford in
Victoria this weekend on Sunday, 13
March.

Visit www.jdrmotorsports.com.au on
the web for further information on the JDR Motorex KTM racing team,
as well as www.ktm.com.au for
information on KTM’s full model line-up of off-road and road
motorcycles available for 2011.