DIRT NEWS
JONNY WALKER GOES IT ALONE
PHOTOS : RedBull Content Pool
T he biggest off-season rider team switch unquestionably came from Jonny Walker . After almost a decade with KTM , he shocked the Hard Enduro world with his change to Beta machinery . Putting together his own team during the winter months , Vision Track Beta came to life . In what is sure to be the biggest test of his career , Jonny ’ s performance at round one will tell Jonny , his competitors , and the wider audience if the move was a successful one . But , if one thing is certain , it ’ s clear that when Jonny ’ s got a spring back in his step , he ’ s a ferociously fast and competitive Hard Enduro racer ...
With the opening round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship nearly here , have all the pieces of the puzzle , the building of Vision Track Beta , come together ?
Jonny Walker : “ I think we ’ re there now with everything . As ready as we can be for round one . All the brands and partners I ’ ve spoken with have come onboard to support me . We ’ ve put a lot of testing in and plenty of track laps . I ’ d like to have done a couple more races , but it ’ s not been possible . I ’ m just looking forward to getting started now .”
96 KIWI RIDER