Red Bull Motor Sports Racing

KTM and its three Red Bull KTM factory riders Ryan Dungey, Jeffrey Herlings and Marvin Musquin were the dream team in the Vetlins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen Germany on Saturday night. They brought home the trophy in the inaugural Super Motocross Cup and finished 1-2-3 in the Rider’s Cup to make it a perfect night for the Austrian brand.

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen was crowned the 450 Pro Motocross Champion at the final round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Series held at Miller Motorsports Park marking his first 450 career championship.
The battle between KTM teammates Roczen and Ryan Dungey came down to the final round. Dungey held the red plate after the opening round at Glen Helen. Roczen took the plate from him at the second round of the series and held on to it through the final round where he was crowned champion in front of a very excited motocross crowd.
Roczen turned the second fastest lap time of the day to earn second gate pick for the main event. When the gate dropped he earned a 2nd place jump off the line with Dungey immediately behind him.

KTM Red Bull factory rider Ken Roczen from Germany reigns at the 46th running of the Hangtown Motocross Classic. The KTM riders occupied the top spots at California track. Roczen ran away from the field and that was all she wrote at Hangtown. Those questioning the teenagers ability to endure a 35-minute moto need not question any longer.
Roczen's 1-1 gives him the points lead as the series heads to Lakewood, Colorado, this Saturday.
With a 2-2, Dungey is only five points shy of Ken.

KTM Red Bull factory rider Kurt Caselli at Dakar Series Desafio Ruta 40 Rally Raid. Caselli, a offroad and Baja desert racing specialist in the US, made his debut with the KTM factory team at the 2013 Dakar Rally where he stepped in to ride for the injured Coma and delivered a very solid first rally.
With a solid performance during the stages at Dakar Series Desafio Ruta 40 Rally Raid on his KTM rally bike Kurt Caselli established 3rd in overall standing of rally raid trailing leader Helder Rodrigues, overall time 14:07.52h by +1:39.
At the 4th stage, Marc Coma and his KTM factory teammate Kurt Caselli, who also lost time on Wednesday when he stopped to assist him, finished 1-2 in the stage just 1:50 minutes apart Chaleco Lopez, their Chilean teammate finished seventh on the KTM 450 Rally bike in what was a very closely contested stage.


The top five riders were all within five minutes of each other as they battled the track from Belin to Chilecito over a total distance of 586.73 km, 192.32 km of which was timed special.

One has not to look for to see a RedBull logo them days at the Dakar, No matter if with the "major" RedBull Teams like the KTM of Frenchman Cyril Despres, the 4 Volkswagen Motorsport Touaregs flying the RedBull colors or "the King of Dakar" in the truck class with his Kamaz - Red Bull is shown big time. Additional thee are many athletes in all classes sponsored on a individual level like Nani Roma, Marc Coma and, and, and.... The main competitor in that case Monster Energy is far behind and considering Speed Energy at all - we doubt the ever will play a role in the energy drink market past a hard-core fan-base level.

The RedBull motorsport games 2011 of Argentina continue! ;-) No matter if bikes, cars or trucks: redbull wins!! Ruben Faria yesterday and today Cyril Despres holding up the Red Bull colors on 2 wheels while "El Matador" Carlos Sainz at both days piloted his RB VW Race Touareg as leader across the special tests. Followed very closed by a green Monster competitor, "Mr. Dakar" Stephane Peterhansel. At truck class so far it's all Kamaz. The Dakar 2011 is only in it's second day with another 12 days to come so one can expect way more action. We are sure RedBull supported teams and individual drivers and riders will be involved at the finals coming back to Buenos Aires. Follow the Dakar Rally 2011 at Puro Dakar with daily updates, a live "CoverIt" feature, news bulletins and the latest videos.

Spearheading the KTM attack are two riders that are recognized as the world’s finest exponents of the sport - French-born Cyril Despres and Spaniard Marc Coma, who have won three and two Dakar trophies respectively for KTM. In 2011 they lead two separate teams and their co-riders are Ruben Faria of Portugal and Juan Pedrero Garcia of Spain. All four riders will be onboard the brand new KTM 450 Rally bike, which has been designed by KTM’s R&D Department in close cooperation with the KTM Racing Department with valuable input from the two key factory riders. The KTM 450 Rally has been specifically developed for the Dakar in response to a rule change by the organizers in 2009, which limited the engine size down to 450 cc. The new bike, unveiled to the general public at Milan’s EICMA Motorcycle Show in November, first saw action in the Rally of Morocco in October 2010 when Cyril Despres won the title.


Cyril Despres has chosen Portugal’s Ruben Faria as his team co-rider for Team Red Bull KTM. Born in 1974, Ruben first raced in 1982 in the Portuguese Championship after which he won a number of national MX and Enduro titles as well as, among others, being twice Portuguese Baja champion. He has won three stages in the Dakar, which he says is his favorite race. He wants to finish in the top five in 2011.
Read the whole report here.... Daily pre-Dakar reports and race updates at Puro Dakar


Image credits: KTM Racing - Video credits: RedBull

Taddy Blazusiak, the defending EnduroCross champion rode his Red Bull KTM to a hard fought victory over Geico, Christini backed Geoff Aaron. Blazusiak, Brown and Graffunder were the heat race winners and earned the best gate picks for the main event.
Blazusiak earned the $750 Girardi Wealth management holeshot award but was quickly passed by Geoff Aaron. The two riders swapped the lead several times during the first half of the race until Aaron made a small mistake and fell over in the GEICO rock garden.

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