KTM Announces 2011 Factory Off-Road GNCC Racing Team

Murrieta,
CA – KTM Motorsports is excited to announce that Kailub Russell,
Cory Buttrick and Charlie Mullins will race the XC1 class in the 2011
Grand National Cross Country Series for the KTM Factory Off-Road
Racing Team.

All
three riders will race the premier XC1 class aboard a combination of
350 SX-F and 450 SX-F race machines. Kailub Russell has had two
successful seasons with the Austrian manufacturer winning both the
2009 and 2010 GNCC XC2 Championship titles. During his 2010 XC1
Championship campaign he raked in 8 overall wins and 2 additional
podiums before wrapping up the championship one round early. For
2011, he will move up to the XC1 class where he is sure to be a
threat for the championship.

Buttrick
will be returning for his third season as a Factory KTM rider.
Buttrick has ridden KTM’s throughout his entire amateur career
winning numerous amateur championship titles. Buttrick first appeared
under the KTM Factory semi when he competed in the 2009 GNCC XC2
Championship Series finishing 2^nd
overall behind his teammate Kailub Russell. In 2010, he competed in
the XC1 class where he landed on the podium 4 times and earned 1 race
win. In addition to his GNCC efforts, Buttrick will also contend the
2011 AMA National Enduro Series.

The
newest member of the KTM Factory team is the newly crowned 2010
National Enduro Champion Charlie Mullins. The North Carolina resident
is new to the KTM brand and looking forward to joining the leader in
off-road championship titles. “I am very excited to join the KTM
Team for 2011. I believe they make an incredible product and I am
excited to run factory equipment with a solid team behind me,”
remarked Mullins. In addition to his National Enduro Championship
Title, Mullins also finished 2^nd
overall in the 2010 GNCC XC1 Series where he earned 3 race wins and
three additional podium finishes in 2010. For 2011, he will race the
GNCC and National Enduro Series.

“We
are very excited about our GNCC line up. All three riders are capable
of winning the XC1 Championship. We are hoping to earn multiple race
wins and lots of podium finishes in 2011,” remarked KTM Off-Road
Team Manager Antti Kallonen.