KTM: Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team check out factory and meet staff

KTM Press Release

A visit from the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing Team to Mattighofen, home of the legendary orange sports racing machines “Made in Austria” on Monday, probably represented the highest concentration of world championship titles and GP victories ever to grace the factory floor.

Besides the 2009 rider lineup of Max Nagl and Jonathan Barragan (MX1), and Shaun Simpson and Rui Goncalves (MX2),10-time world champion and team manager Stefan Everts, winner of an astonishing 101 GPs, and his father and mentor Harry Everts, himself a 4-times world champion, also participated.

KTM's own Offroad Director and distinguished MX racer Pit Beirer, who completed the unprecedented lineup of talent - both past and present, was also there. Jonathan Barragan and Shaun Simpson, both currently on the injured list, are reported to be well on the road to recovery. They are both engaged in light fitness training and are looking forward to being back at the helm of their Orange racing machines when doctors give them the go ahead to do so.
 
Hubert Trunkenpolz, KTM's Managing Director of Sales and Marketing, was personally on hand to welcome the racing stars on behalf of the company. The riders and team officials also took the opportunity to take an in-depth look at the state-of-the-art factory that produces their racing machines. They also met and exchanged information with engineers and factory floor staff, an occasion that allowed the dedicated KTM staff to get close up and personal with the riders who are the company's best ambassadors for their products.
 
As well as receiving a guided tour through the company's productions facility, the team also took time out to sign autographs and chat with members of the KTM staff, who also represent some of their most enthusiastic fans.