when did KTM start using "factory" racers in the US?

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Did they have an MX team in the 70's...factory team? I can't remember.
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HuskyEd 6/4/2014 4:27pm
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BobbyM wrote:
Did they have an MX team in the 70's...factory team? I can't remember.
Jaak van Velthoven ?

Edit: Guess I read the thread title wrong Blush
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RexBackman 6/4/2014 4:36pm
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Buck Murphy was the first Penton guy at Trans Ams that I noticed.

Pat Richter from way up in Fortunate rode Penton before his Fox ride.
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RexBackman 6/4/2014 4:37pm
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Make that Fortunate, CA. Damn spell check
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RexBackman 6/4/2014 4:38pm
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Make that Fortuna.

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RexBackman 6/4/2014 4:40pm
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...then I think Frank Stacy rode for them...or was it his brother Andy.
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ATKpilot99 6/4/2014 5:28pm
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Earliest I can remember is early 80s with John Finkleday. I think that was a factory effort.
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BobbyM 6/4/2014 5:54pm
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Earliest I can remember is early 80s with John Finkleday. I think that was a factory effort.
I think Finkleday and NorCal riders Schlag and Cantaloupi were the first FACTORY KTM riders.
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BobbyM 6/4/2014 5:54pm
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BobbyM wrote:
Did they have an MX team in the 70's...factory team? I can't remember.
HuskyEd wrote:
Jaak van Velthoven ?

Edit: Guess I read the thread title wrong Blush
USA riders I should have stated.
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mfowler 6/4/2014 7:04pm
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RexBackman wrote:
Buck Murphy was the first Penton guy at Trans Ams that I noticed.

Pat Richter from way up in Fortunate rode Penton before his Fox ride.
Pretty sure by the time Richter rode them they were badged as KTM. I remember watching him at the Sears Point TransAm in I think '76 on those big white beasts. Not sure if it was a factory effort or shop based; Pacific Performance ring a bell? First time I saw Magoo he was on one also, putting on a clinic at E Street. Having a "Factory" ride in the 70's on a Euro brand could mean two bikes and a Ford Econoline, a far cry from today.
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RexBackman 6/4/2014 9:44pm
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Mfowler, yes I agree. Magoo was on KTM the same tine at Pat Richter.

BobbyM, not sure how much cool stuff they may have gotten - factory links to distributor and all.
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