Newest Red Bull KTM factory rider.

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 3:24pm
This year`s 85cc World champion Latvian rider Pauls Jonass (14) just signed 5 year deal with a factory KTM team. His main focus for season of 2012 will be 125 cc European championship and ADAC Mx Masters in Germany. He`s expected to move to GP MX2 class in three years. This is something new for a factory KTM to sign a rider in such a young age. This is a huge deal for Latvia and Latvian motocross in general. Wish him luck and good success.



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iudi2006 12/19/2011 3:28am
12/19/2011 3:28am
Who cares about the 85cc class, Not even Stewart can beat Rockzen in 2012 so he's all that matters. Jus sayin
steedmills 12/19/2011 3:34am
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mccread 12/19/2011 3:53am
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Good luck to him, awesome opportunity!
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kongols 12/19/2011 4:11am
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No one from Latvia has ever been on a factory team. This is huge !

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themrtoad 12/19/2011 4:12am
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Really cool. Best of luck to the young racer.
St Ann More 12/19/2011 5:12am
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Awesome!
Jamie_Munro 12/19/2011 5:17am
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KTM furthering their commitments, big news for the little Latvian.
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seth505 12/19/2011 6:29am
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kongols wrote:
No one from Latvia has ever been on a factory team. This is huge !
That's awesome man, best of luck to the little guy
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jndmx 12/19/2011 7:22am
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kongols wrote:
No one from Latvia has ever been on a factory team. This is huge !
seth505 wrote:
That's awesome man, best of luck to the little guy
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Gotta love it when the kids you watch growing up and racing make a leap like that.
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NeWskoolmxer 12/19/2011 7:30am
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Yes but can he multiply? Divide? I guess that doesn't matter when you can ride them dirtcycles.
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burn1986 12/19/2011 7:35am
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Nice! Kid's badass. He looks like a younger Roczen. There couldn't be a better progression - 85cc to 125cc to 250F to 450F.
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kongols 12/19/2011 8:09am
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NeWskoolmxer wrote:
Yes but can he multiply? Divide? I guess that doesn't matter when you can ride them dirtcycles.
All of the kids that race here in Latvia still go to school. They might have to do a lot more homework but they do go to school when they are not in races abroad. None of the kids I know are home schooled. Kid that we support is actually one of the best in his class.
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kongols 12/19/2011 8:17am
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You have no idea how many hours we spent trying to figure out how to beat this kid. He was always just a half a step ahead of us.
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MXMattii 12/19/2011 8:55am
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steedmills wrote:
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Not really Steedmills...

Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract with Suzuki... He didn't had a contract with Geboers Suzuki. Same with Ken Roczen.

This kid signs wright away a factory contract thats a big deal! This isn't a deal with KTM this is a deal with "Red Bull Teka Factory KTM" if I read it correctly.

I think this is a unique thing in European Motocross because normally they sign young riders with there brand and now they do with there team!
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kongols 12/19/2011 9:03am
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They signed the deal in KTM factory Cristmas party with all the bigshots like Beier, Everts and all the factory upper management present.
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MXMattii 12/19/2011 9:17am
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kongols wrote:
They signed the deal in KTM factory Cristmas party with all the bigshots like Beier, Everts and all the factory upper management present.
That's very nice for the Latvia Motocross! And Motocross in general!
steedmills 12/19/2011 10:46am
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steedmills wrote:
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MXMattii wrote:
Not really Steedmills... Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract...
Not really Steedmills...

Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract with Suzuki... He didn't had a contract with Geboers Suzuki. Same with Ken Roczen.

This kid signs wright away a factory contract thats a big deal! This isn't a deal with KTM this is a deal with "Red Bull Teka Factory KTM" if I read it correctly.

I think this is a unique thing in European Motocross because normally they sign young riders with there brand and now they do with there team!
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bangmyhead 12/19/2011 10:50am
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NeWskoolmxer wrote:
Yes but can he multiply? Divide? I guess that doesn't matter when you can ride them dirtcycles.
Sad but true

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kongols 12/19/2011 10:52am
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NeWskoolmxer wrote:
Yes but can he multiply? Divide? I guess that doesn't matter when you can ride them dirtcycles.
bangmyhead wrote:
Sad but true
See my post a couple of posts above.
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MXMattii 12/19/2011 11:16am
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MXMattii wrote:
Not really Steedmills... Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract...
Not really Steedmills...

Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract with Suzuki... He didn't had a contract with Geboers Suzuki. Same with Ken Roczen.

This kid signs wright away a factory contract thats a big deal! This isn't a deal with KTM this is a deal with "Red Bull Teka Factory KTM" if I read it correctly.

I think this is a unique thing in European Motocross because normally they sign young riders with there brand and now they do with there team!
steedmills wrote:
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Uhu you got a point... Especially with Herlings. But I was thinking about there times with Suzuki and Kawasaki... Anstie had a deal with KTM but did he rode for a Factory KTM team in USA?? I think he rode for JLaw racing on a KTM and then on a Yamaha.

But it seems like they did the same for Herlings Silly But its a bit confusing because he rode first a year for JM KTM Racing so I thought he had a 5 year deal with KTM not Factory KTM Team Wink

But IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE! If KTM sees something in this kid and they sign him he will be very good!!
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mmcmx 12/19/2011 11:23am
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They also signed this years 65cc world champion Jorge Prado. KTM, red bull, astars, airoh, complete package. They sure plan in capitalizing all the talent.
steedmills 12/19/2011 11:26am
12/19/2011 11:26am Edited Date/Time 5/3/2012 5:21pm
MXMattii wrote:
Not really Steedmills... Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract...
Not really Steedmills...

Anstie had a contract with Kawasaki... He didn't had a contract with Jan De Groot Kawasaki or Molson Kawasaki. Herlings had a contract with Suzuki... He didn't had a contract with Geboers Suzuki. Same with Ken Roczen.

This kid signs wright away a factory contract thats a big deal! This isn't a deal with KTM this is a deal with "Red Bull Teka Factory KTM" if I read it correctly.

I think this is a unique thing in European Motocross because normally they sign young riders with there brand and now they do with there team!
steedmills wrote:
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MXMattii wrote:
Uhu you got a point... Especially with Herlings. But I was thinking about there times with Suzuki and Kawasaki... Anstie had a deal with KTM but...
Uhu you got a point... Especially with Herlings. But I was thinking about there times with Suzuki and Kawasaki... Anstie had a deal with KTM but did he rode for a Factory KTM team in USA?? I think he rode for JLaw racing on a KTM and then on a Yamaha.

But it seems like they did the same for Herlings Silly But its a bit confusing because he rode first a year for JM KTM Racing so I thought he had a 5 year deal with KTM not Factory KTM Team Wink

But IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE! If KTM sees something in this kid and they sign him he will be very good!!
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kongols 12/19/2011 12:17pm
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Dudes, what`s the difference? This is the support no one in Latvia has ever dreamed of.
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moto282 12/19/2011 12:30pm
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kongols wrote:
Dudes, what`s the difference? This is the support no one in Latvia has ever dreamed of.
There's no difference... The fact he's mentioned in the same sentence as Herlings and others just goes to show how talented he is at a young age. Congrats to him... and Latvia!
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NeWskoolmxer 12/19/2011 12:39pm
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kongols wrote:
All of the kids that race here in Latvia still go to school. They might have to do a lot more homework but they do go...
All of the kids that race here in Latvia still go to school. They might have to do a lot more homework but they do go to school when they are not in races abroad. None of the kids I know are home schooled. Kid that we support is actually one of the best in his class.
Good to hear man, Hopefully he can make the big bucks.
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kongols 12/19/2011 12:47pm
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KTM World champions 2011

steedmills 12/19/2011 1:23pm
12/19/2011 1:23pm Edited Date/Time 5/3/2012 5:21pm
kongols wrote:
Dudes, what`s the difference? This is the support no one in Latvia has ever dreamed of.
moto282 wrote:
There's no difference... The fact he's mentioned in the same sentence as Herlings and others just goes to show how talented he is at a young...
There's no difference... The fact he's mentioned in the same sentence as Herlings and others just goes to show how talented he is at a young age. Congrats to him... and Latvia!
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jhansen510 12/19/2011 2:54pm
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if Antsie had the same contract would he not still be on a KTM?
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ocscottie 12/19/2011 4:37pm
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kongols wrote:
No one from Latvia has ever been on a factory team. This is huge !
Very cool buddy! and congrats Jonass! Cool

Awesome to see a young mans dream come true. Kinda funny just last week my mom pulled out a bunch of my schoolwork from when i was a young kid like 6-7yrs old, as most kids were writing life goals of being a fireman or policeman, all my schoolwork said when i grow up i want to be a pro MX'er.

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