KTM Digs In - In order to keep up with booming business, KTM North America has broken ground on their new North American Parts Distribution Facility. The 2007 ceremony took place outside the current North American HQ on Milan Avenue in Amherst, Ohio. Continued»
NICOLL SCORES THIRD CONSECUTIVE PODIUM FINISH
KTM added to their AMA Supermoto trophy collection on Sunday when the series stopped at Waterford Hills Road Course in Clarkston, MI for Round 4 of the 2007 championship. Team KTM HMC’s Kurt Nicoll continued his early-season roll, claiming a third consecutive podium finish in the Supermoto Unlimited class. Nicoll, who entered the weekend with a pair of second-place finishes to his name after missing the season opener, featured near the front once again, guiding his KTM 560SMR to a stellar third-place result. Click here to read entire report.
The Orange Men of Kurt Nicoll, Brian Capper and Johnny Lewis took 3rd, 4th and 21st respectively. Nicoll and Capper ran smooth and fast from the start of practice till the checkered flag. Lewis had a chance for a podium until a mishap had him tumbling in the whoops. Continued»
South African Nicole Capper is on the road with husband and Factory KTM racer Brian Capper. She talks about the Detroit race and her trip back home over the summer break.
Gavin Trippe invented and promoted “Superbikers” in conjunction with ABC Sports and its popular Wide World of Sports television program in the 1970s. Today we call “Superbikers” AMA Supermoto and we have Gavin on HMCRacing.com Podcast.
The training, sweat and effort took the South African racer, Brian Capper, to 4th in the AMA Supermoto Unlimited Championship race at the Waterford Hills Road Course just outside Detroit, MI. Brian looked very racy on his #13 Unlimited racebike. He talks about his day, the track and his summer break.
Ok, we have our first promotion of the summer. It is a Team KTM HMC baseball cap signed by all the racers and crew. It’s black with silver signatures. It was signed at round two in Englishtown, NJ. Send us an email to swag@hmcracing.com. That’s as hard as it gets. The winner will be selected after round 4. Good Luck!
Kurt Nicoll got in late on Saturday night and with just a few hours sleep he headed out to the Detroit Supermoto (www.detroitsupermoto.com) at Waterford Hills Road Course and won his heat race. At the start of the AMA Supermoto Unlimited race he got pinched in by a Husqvarna and an Aprillia. After he was able to neutralize the Husky the Aprilia’s were gone and he took a solid 3rd. Nicoll talks racing and situational awareness.
Motorcycle Racing is exciting and we have a number of action photographs of the 2004 AMA Supermoto Unlimited Championship winner, Kurt Nicoll. Continued»
Team Owner Mitch Hansen talks about the bikes, riders and potential. The team took a podium on the day with Kurt Nicoll standing on the box at the AMA Supermoto Championship race in Detroit. Hansen looks forward to the next round in CT. Hansen mentioned after the race that he will be running at the MOTO ST race in Daytona later in the year. Watch this space for more details.
