JDR signs Larsen and Moss to Lites Team
Saturday 01 October: JDR Motorsports has announced the signing of PJ Larsen and Matt Moss to contest the 2012 AMA Supercross Lites and AMA Pro 250cc Motocross National Championship Series aboard a KTM 250 SX-F.
The JDR/J-Star/KTM team will welcome back Larsen for his third season
with the team, his second in the U.S. Larsen, the 2010 Australian Lites
SuperX and Australian Pro Lites Motocross Champion, was plagued with
injury during the 2011 season where he suffered from a broken wrist
during Supercross and a neck injury at the tail end of the motocross
season which left him out of the championship competition. For 2012,
Larsen will again compete in the Lites classes of both series and has
been cleared by his doctor to already begin preparing for the season.
PJ Larsen. Photo courtesy of JDR Motorsports.
Moss is coming off a successful racing season after being crowned the
2011 Australian Pro Lites Motocross Champion. Like his teammate,
Larsen, he also won his championship as a proud member of the Australian
JDR/Motorex/KTM racing team. The Australian native has already made the
trek to the states and has begun preparation for his Supercross Lites
debut.
Matt Moss. Photo courtesy of JDR Motorsports.
JDR/J-Star/KTM Team Manager Nathan Ramsey commented, "We are very
excited about having PJ (Larsen) and Matt (Moss) on our team for 2012 as
both riders have been with JDR for at least one season and are familiar
with our team and our bike. We feel that both riders will be able to
push each other at the test track and should be competing for podium
positions when the gate drops at the opening round.”
The JDR/J-Star/KTM Team has switched to Lites only for its second
season in the U.S. "The decision was made to focus our goal on winning
one championship first and expanding our team as we continue to become
more successful with our racing efforts in the states,” stated Ramsey.
"Our plan is to field a three-member Lites team for the 2012 season with
the option for each rider to race the KTM 350 SX-F in the premiere
Supercross class at select events on the opposite coast of each riders
Lites series. With that said, we have plans to release an announcement
of our final rider within the next week. In addition, as we make the
transition to a Lites only team we have extended an offer to our 450
rider Tye Simmonds to return to our Australian JDR/Motorex/KTM Team to
continue to race for us in 2012. We sincerely hope we can make an
announcement in the near future that he has accepted and will still be
representing our team for 2012.”