Tim Farr on KTM ATV sensational second in Erzberg Iron Road Prologue

KTM ATV Iron Road Prologue KTM's American factory rider and 13-times ATV Pro Champion caused a sensation at the Erzberg Rodeo when he placed second riding the company's sports ATV, launched in 2007 in the USA and in 2008 in Europe.

It was at least 60 places better than ATVs had ever achieved on the Iron Mountain in former editions of the Erzberg Rodeo. The challenge of Erzberg It was the American professional racer’s first appearance at the Erzberg Rodeo, an event he said he had been following with interest for several years. “I really wanted to come here to compete and it’s quite a surprise for me that I was up with the front runners. I definitely want to come back to Erzberg again,” Farr said at the post race press conference. Good company For the Iron Road Prologue, Farr was on the starting line with such eminent KTM factory riders as multi Enduro world champion Juha Salminen, Dakar winner Cyril Despres and two times winner of Erzberg’s notorious Red Bull Hare Scramble Taddy Blazusiak. USA racing success The calm, easy going and very focused multi-title holder from Canton Ohio, registered KTM’s first ever win on the US professional circuit in 2007 when he snatched victory on the ATVA Extreme Dirt Track Series. At the end of the season it was Farr’s name and KTM that was on the top of the Pro-Am Unlimited Final Championship Results. Together Farr and KTM earned two titles in the first season of racing the KTM ATV in the USA. He is also the team manager of the GNCC ATV in the USA and contributed to the development of KTM’s ATV range of models. The performance of the KTM ATV in the Iron Road Prologue at the Erzberg Rodeo, the most extreme offroad event on the international calendar is the perfect racing debut in the European launch year of the new models. Iron Road Prologue Results 1. Antoine Letellier, France, Aprilia, 09:02.655 2. Tim Farr, USA, KTM ATV, 09:12.41 3. Rudi Poeschl, Austria, KTM, 09:16. 4. Juha Salminen, Finland, KTM, 09:18.33 5. Cyril Despres, France, KTM, 09:22.5 6. Taddy Blazusiak, Poland, KTM, 09:23.79