JDR Motorex KTM fired up for Super X season opener on Saturday

JDR Motorex KTM will
commence its quest for the 2010 Super X, Australasian Supercross
Championship, this weekend when the series fires into life at Energy
Australia Stadium in Newcastle, New South Wales on Saturday, 16
September.

Spearheading the orange assault will be American
factory KTM standout Mike Alessi, who will enter his maiden Super X
campaign in the seven-round series that will be contested over the next
eight weekends, and the 22-year-old Californian looks forward to the
challenge.

“I’m excited to be out here for Super X
and am looking forward to going to every race and challenging
Australia’s best – I’ll definitely be trying to
win,” Alessi said. “I’ve done a little bit of practice
with Ryan Marmont at his track and also with Chad Reed, so it’s going
good so far here in Australia.

“It’ll be good to get
this experience, especially with the 2011 AMA Supercross season coming up
in January. We’ll be able to see where the motorcycle’s at and
do a bit of testing throughout the next couple of months before we go into
Anaheim 1 prepared.”

Joining Alessi in the Open class
ranks aboard KTM’s revolutionary 350SX-F will by 18-year-old Aussie
wonder kid Tye Simmonds, the talented youngster from Bourke in New South
Wales embarking on his second season of Super X in the Open class.

“For the first round I just want to see where I am at and get a
gauge to see how my training and riding has been going,” Simmonds
commented. “I’ll just go out and ride my own race tomorrow
night and see where that puts us against the competition. I just
can’t wait to get out there and I’m really looking forward to a
strong season.”

JDR Motorex KTM’s new Pro Lites MX
Nationals Australian Motocross Champion PJ Larsen will head the
team’s charge in the 250cc Lites division, the 19-year-old American
enjoying a dominant season in the outdoors earlier this year. He hopes to
add the Super X crown to his ever-growing trophy cabinet.

“Everything’s been going well in testing and we’ve got
the bike where we need it for the race season,” Larsen, who turns 20
on race day, explained. “I’m looking forward to getting out
there at Newcastle and kind of seeing where I stand and seeing what I need
to work on for the rest of the series.”

Former dual
Supercross champion Ryan Marmont will partner Larsen in JDR Motorex
KTM’s Lites effort, the Wollongong-based rider entering the series as
a title contender in his return aboard the 250SX-F.

“I’m looking forward to this year’s Super X series,
we’ve done a lot of testing with the new 2011 model 250SX-F and
it’s unreal – I think we have the best set-up we’ve ever
had going into a series,” Marmont said. “Newcastle will be good
this weekend, as well as the whole series. I’m confident we can get a
good result.”

For team manager Jay Rynenberg, the
opportunity to enter New South Wales-based the JDR Motorex KTM effort with
four title contenders is a dream come true, hoping to add more
championships alongside Larsen’s MX Nationals title during Super
X.

“We’ve got a really solid line-up of riders for
Super X and it shows in their pre-season preparation,” Rynenberg
commented. “Tye, PJ and Mike have all been training together in the
U.S. pushing each other, so they are all really confident heading into the
season. Also, Ryan has been flat out testing with the team back home,
probably riding the best we’ve ever seen him.

“The
2011 model KTMs are just phenomenal. The 350SX-F is a Supercross weapon, so
nimble in its handling, and the boys feel like they’re on a whole new
level with the latest model. Same with the 250SX-F, both PJ and Ryan are
really happy with it heading into the season.”

The Super
X season opener will take place this Saturday night, 16 October at
Newcastle’s Energy Australia Stadium in New South Wales.