MIKE ALESSI AND TOMMY SEARLE TO COMPETE AT GLEN HELEN USGP

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 9:29am

07.04.2010

KTM endorses FIM Motocross World Championship in USA

KTM, market leader in the manufacture of offroad motorcycles endorses and
welcomes the five year contract signed by promoters Youthstream to hold
the FIM Motocross World Championship Grand Prix in the USA starting this
season at Glen Helen Raceway in California (May 29-30).

"We consider this is a very positive move and one that we completely
support," said KTM Sportmotorcycle's CEO Stefan Pierer. "This is a great
opportunity for us to show the quality of our factory team and our racing
bikes in the USA, which is a very important and growing market for us,"
he added. "We go to the US with our world champions and our world
championship bikes, including our new KTM 350 SX-F that MX1 World
Champion Tony Cairoli has chosen to defend his title."


The Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team will go to the USA with two world
champions and two vice world champions among the six riders. Tony
Cairoli, Max Nagl and Rui Goncalves will compete in MX1 and Marvin
Musquin, Shaun Simpson and Jeffrey Herlings will ride in MX2. They will
be joined at Glen Helen Raceway by two more KTM family members -
Britain's Tommy Searle and American Mike Alessi - who both compete in the
AMA competition. Tommy moved to the USA at the beginning of 2009 to race
for KTM USA in the AMA MX Lite series after finishing a close second in
the MX2 World Championship. Mike is already familiar with his European
rivals and has competed in a number of pre-season events on this side of
the Atlantic.


Pit Beirer, KTM's Offroad Director and Stefan Everts, Team Boss of the
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team also both enthusiastically endorse the
announcement that the World championship series is heading for the USA.


The Glen Helen Raceway, a top class racing facility some 96 km from Los
Angeles, has already hosted major national and international offroad
events and is a worthy setting for the launch of the US series.


Pit Beirer, KTM’s Offroad Director and Stefan Everts, Team Boss of the
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team

KTM Sportmotorcycle’s CEO Stefan Pierer

KTM Racing Newsletter
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So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
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Niiiiiiiiice.
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Sweet! Tony and Mike will be on a mission to lay wood to the Euros at GH. They know that track like the back of thier hand. Anyone know if they will be on the 350 or the 450? Got a feeling they will be on the 450.

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Just another April Fools' Day. Ain't gonna happen, don't trust it.
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SMITH201 wrote:
Sweet! Tony and Mike will be on a mission to lay wood to the Euros at GH. They know that track like the back of thier...
Sweet! Tony and Mike will be on a mission to lay wood to the Euros at GH. They know that track like the back of thier hand. Anyone know if they will be on the 350 or the 450? Got a feeling they will be on the 450.
So Tony is racing now? I'm kinda surprised because I didn't think his feet could touch the pegs.
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WHATS WITH THE ALL CAPS?
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KTM is outa the blocks first, who else is to follow??
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Sweet! Tony and Mike will be on a mission to lay wood to the Euros at GH. They know that track like the back of thier...
Sweet! Tony and Mike will be on a mission to lay wood to the Euros at GH. They know that track like the back of thier hand. Anyone know if they will be on the 350 or the 450? Got a feeling they will be on the 450.
kcadrenalin wrote:
So Tony is racing now? I'm kinda surprised because I didn't think his feet could touch the pegs.
Well, acording to Tony everything is "We", even with Mike's riding and training.
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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
the AMA
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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
bobby397 wrote:
the AMA
Grinning

A British rider and ex GP competitor, racing a GP in America as an AMA rider.

Kinda confuses the whole stupid US vs Euro/ AMA vs GP argument huh.
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Very cool news!

I wonder if any other Americans will show up on the line?
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oldAFI wrote:
Very cool news!

I wonder if any other Americans will show up on the line?
Stewart if healthy.
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oldAFI wrote:
Very cool news!

I wonder if any other Americans will show up on the line?
THE mx addict wrote:
Stewart if healthy.
That would be epic.
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SMITH201 wrote:
Well, acording to Tony everything is "We", even with Mike's riding and training.
that's why mike had a kayak and tony had a jet ski Smile
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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
Canada.

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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
KTM

Cool
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Be interesting to see how Searle does back in the GP's, kind of felt like he was faster and in better form in the GP's back in 08 than the Nationals!
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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
curmudgeon wrote:
Canada.
Nope...we just claimed Kornel.
THE mx addict 4/8/2010 1:44pm
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Be interesting to see how Searle does back in the GP's, kind of felt like he was faster and in better form in the GP's back...
Be interesting to see how Searle does back in the GP's, kind of felt like he was faster and in better form in the GP's back in 08 than the Nationals!
Remember last year MXoN in Italy...
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THE mx addict wrote:
Stewart if healthy.
I don't think L&M all of a sudden change their mind and support MX despite it would make some sense because of the disturbing lack of racing/exposure from Stew.


But unfortunately Mr Brooks have said like thousand times that MX isn't doing it for them because of the lack of exposure etc. He might do questionable things for some, but he doesn't seem like hypocrite.

Anyway, cudos to KTM, Searle and Alessi. Tnx to them MX/GP is getting the right kind of attention. Damn this race will be so damn cool.
THE mx addict 4/8/2010 2:09pm
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Stewart may be racing the 2010 US National Outdoors, so why not the US GP ???
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THE mx addict wrote:
Stewart if healthy.
DrSweden wrote:
I don't think L&M all of a sudden change their mind and support MX despite it would make some sense because of the disturbing lack of...
I don't think L&M all of a sudden change their mind and support MX despite it would make some sense because of the disturbing lack of racing/exposure from Stew.


But unfortunately Mr Brooks have said like thousand times that MX isn't doing it for them because of the lack of exposure etc. He might do questionable things for some, but he doesn't seem like hypocrite.

Anyway, cudos to KTM, Searle and Alessi. Tnx to them MX/GP is getting the right kind of attention. Damn this race will be so damn cool.
I would bet that JS won't race nothing more than maybe a couple AMA MX rounds. If he was racing the whole season or the USGP we would know by now. Everything else is pure subliminal suggestion.
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jamma10 wrote:
So if Tommy Searle gets top 5 who gets to claim him?
The Allies...
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phudsport wrote:
I would bet that JS won't race nothing more than maybe a couple AMA MX rounds. If he was racing the whole season or the USGP...
I would bet that JS won't race nothing more than maybe a couple AMA MX rounds. If he was racing the whole season or the USGP we would know by now. Everything else is pure subliminal suggestion.
I agree. Many of us have wished for his return in vane for years now. I finally gave up...
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DrSweden wrote:
I don't think L&M all of a sudden change their mind and support MX despite it would make some sense because of the disturbing lack of...
I don't think L&M all of a sudden change their mind and support MX despite it would make some sense because of the disturbing lack of racing/exposure from Stew.


But unfortunately Mr Brooks have said like thousand times that MX isn't doing it for them because of the lack of exposure etc. He might do questionable things for some, but he doesn't seem like hypocrite.

Anyway, cudos to KTM, Searle and Alessi. Tnx to them MX/GP is getting the right kind of attention. Damn this race will be so damn cool.
If they'd happily ride a super moto event doesn't seem like too much of an ask Wink
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phudsport wrote:
I would bet that JS won't race nothing more than maybe a couple AMA MX rounds. If he was racing the whole season or the USGP...
I would bet that JS won't race nothing more than maybe a couple AMA MX rounds. If he was racing the whole season or the USGP we would know by now. Everything else is pure subliminal suggestion.
DrSweden wrote:
I agree. Many of us have wished for his return in vane for years now. I finally gave up...
Years? He's only missed 1 year...
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Of all the US riders available for the USGP, James makes the most sense of all for many reasons.

He will not be committing to a full AMA outdoor series, just selected events.

He risks very little racing just another one-off.

Red-Bull can cover the budget for that weekend.

It would appear to be a given.

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