07/10/11 - 16:06
Racer Ryan Dungey signs up with the Red Bull/KTM Factory Race Team for the 2012 and 2013 AMA Pro Supercross and Motocross Championship Series?
He may only be a tender 21 years old, but Ryan Dungey has already accomplished every career goal he has set for himself. In 2009, the American rider won the AMA Supercross Lites Western Regional Title and followed that up with the AMA Pro Motocross Championship 250cc class crown. That same year, he competed in the 2009 Motocross des Nations where he was one of three members of the winning US Team.
In 2010, he became the first rider in history to win both the AMA Supercross and AMA Pro Motocross Championship in his rookie year before again going on to lead the 2010 Motocross des Nations team to victory. Most recently, in mid-September, he captured yet another Motocross des Nations victory in France.
And now, Ryan is taking another huge leap forward in his career by signing up to the Red Bull/KTM Factory Race Team: ?I?m looking forward to riding for the new Red Bull/KTM team and working again with Roger [DeCoster, Red Bull/KTM Team Manager],? said Ryan. ?I am excited to start something new and am ready for the challenge.
?I like the way that KTM has backed Roger since he made the switch last year and I appreciate KTM?s goal of working hard to develop their race team to earn championships. I am making this switch to win races and work toward getting that championship for KTM.?
It?s a switch that?s being welcomed by the hard-working Red Bull/KTM team, with Roger DeCoster returning the love: ?I am really happy to have Ryan Dungey join our team,? said DeCoster. ?He and I have worked together for several years so we know each other well. Our past should help us get the best out of each other and put us in position to be legit championship contenders in the big bike class.?
The well-decorated rider?s first official race with the Red Bull/KTM Factory Team will be the opening round of the AMA Pro Supercross Championship Series on January 7, 2012, where he'll race the KTM 450 SX-F in the premier Supercross class.
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