Cycle News Staff | August 9, 2019
KTM has confirmed that Taddy Blazusiak will be back in the USA to compete in the 2019 AMA EnduroCross championship. The five-time AMA EnduroCross champion last competed in the full series in 2014 before a short retirement. He made a comeback in 2016 but that season ended early due to an injury. Blazusiak has continued to compete in the FIM Super Enduro championship in Europe and has won several races and been in contention for the championship the last couple of seasons.
Taddy Blazusiak is set to return to racing in the USA for the 2019 AMA EnduroCross championship.
Below is the full release from KTM:
With just over two weeks to go until the 2019 AMA EnduroCross Championship is set to begin, KTM Motorsports is pleased to confirm that five-time AMA EnduroCross Champion Taddy Blazusiak will fill-in for the injured Cody Webb in the three-round series.
FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Webb, the 2017 AMA EnduroCross Champion, continues to undergo rehabilitation for a knee injury and has plans to return to racing in 2020.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Blazusiak will compete in the U.S.-based series aboard a 2020 KTM 350 EXC-F as the brand’s sole factory racer. Recently finishing fourth-overall at his first-ever Red Bull Romaniacs, ‘the world’s toughest hard enduro rally,’ Blazusiak looks forward to making his return to the U.S. for the first time since 2014 as he battles for a fifth title in the series.
Taddy Blazusiak: “I am really motivated to come back to the U.S. and fight for another title there. I am really looking forward to the new EnduroCross format being similar to the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship because it’s something that I am obviously very comfortable with.”
The three-round AMA-sanctioned series is set to begin August 24 at the Findlay Toyota Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The series then heads to the National Western Center in Denver, Colorado on October 19 before wrapping up in Boise, Idaho at the Ford Idaho Center on October 26.
The pro (Super EnduroX) class will use a three-moto format similar to the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship with a double row start and 16 riders. The first moto will be lined up based on afternoon hot-lap results. The riders will be inverted from the race one results for the second of the three motos. The final moto will be lined up based on the race two results so the top riders will race three times per event and at least one of those races will require a second-row starting position. Olympic style scoring will combine the results for all three motos to determine the overall event results.
For more information on the series, visit the EnduroCross website at www.endurocross.com For more information on KTM and its athletes, visit www.ktm.com.
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