Milner And Snodgrass ready to race in AORC opener
The defending champion KTM Enduro Racing Team enters the 2018 Australian Off-Road Championship (AORC) with a renewed desire for this season as Daniel Milner and Lyndon Snodgrass take on the challenge of competing within new classes.
The 2018 KTM Enduro Racing Team – Image by Wilkinson Photography
Set to commence this weekend at Gympie in Queensland, dominant outright champion Milner will make his anticipated first appearance in the Enduro3 (E3) category aboard the powerful KTM 500 EXC-F. Fresh from achieving a perfect record last year, all eyes will be fixed upon the number one rider in the nation as the pre-season favourite.
Gympie is a location that the 26-year-old excels at, storming to victory at the venue on his way to the crown with a double win last year. Rounds one (Saturday) and two (Sunday) will be of the Sprint format, which the determined Victorian also welcomes to open 2018.
Daniel Milner – Image by Wilkinson Photography
Daniel Milner saying, “We’ve had a really positive pre-season and I’m excited to move to the E3 class, riding the KTM 500 EXC-F. Coming off of such a good year last year into the 2018 season, it will be good for me and I feel as though the preparation has been right for this season. The KTM Enduro Racing Team has been unreal, I have the bike exactly the way I like it and I couldn’t ask for more at this stage. Last year Gympie was one of the best rounds on the calendar and it’s an awesome layout, so to start there with the Sprint format will be an ideal start to the championship for myself and the team.”
Daniel Milner – Image by Wilkinson Photography
As for Snodgrass, who enters his second term with KTM Enduro Racing Team after capturing the E3 championship last year, he will step across to the Enduro2 (E2) division riding the KTM 450 EXC-F. It will mark a transition from the two-stroke KTM 300 EXC that he rode to success, now four-stroke mounted and certain it’s been a positive switch.
The 20-year-old from Victoria trades places with Milner in terms of the classes they are contesting, with each maintaining the vision of delivering KTM Enduro Racing Team class honours in addition to a phenomenal fifth-straight outright crown for the Austrian brand.
Lyndon Snodgrass – Image by Wilkinson Photography
Lyndon Snodgrass adding, “I am really excited for this year’s AORC season, on-board the KTM 450 EXC-F in the E2 class for 2018 and that will be a great step for me in my career. This off-season I have learned a lot, progressed in my riding and I’m confident that I will be stronger this season on the four-stroke, so I can’t wait to get out there. To win my class title last year was a really good achievement, so I am aiming to do that in E2 this time around and also to contend for the outright championship with KTM Enduro Racing Team. This is what we definitely work hard for and I can’t wait to get started.”
Lyndon Snodgrass – Image by Wilkinson Photography
This year’s AORC series will span 11 rounds over six high-paced weekends through the country, beginning on 10-11 March at Gympie, Queensland, following a successful build-up for the KTM Enduro Racing Team.
