Press Release | January 26, 2017
2017 GasGas Off-Road Team – GasGas North America announced its 2017 US Off Road program led by 10-time AMA National Trials Champion Geoff Aaron. In its first full year since its rejuvenation under the Torrot Group, GasGas will head into 2017 with a star lineup of off-road racers including Aaron, Noah Kepple and Broc Hepler.
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2017 GasGas Off-Road Team
“We’re excited about the 2017 season,” commented Mark Berg, operations manager at GasGas North America. “Geoff and Broc continue to be great ambassadors for the brand, and we’re excited for sure about Noah. Geoff and I had been eyeing him up for a while now. We’re looking forward to having a young rider to sculpt.”
GasGas will focus its efforts on the AMA EnduroCross Series in the fall, where the team looks forward to debuting the new 2018 GasGas models. Until then, the riders will contest WORCS races, extreme events and National Enduros aboard the venerable EC300 two-stroke, the bike Geoff Aaron rode to a top-10 finish in the 2016 EnduroCross Championship.
“We’re looking forward to doing more on the east coast when we have the 2018 models,” Berg continued. “But we’re quite happy with the amount of talent we have representing GasGas right now.”
2017 GasGas Off-Road Team
Geoff Aaron – EnduroCross Pro Class Geoff will lead the charge in the 2017 EnduroCross Series aboard the new 2018 EC300. The 10 time National Trials Champion is a fixture in the EnduroCross series, having been a part of the extreme off-road series since its inception. Geoff continues to be a top contender and a hero with the crowds. His experience in both EnduroCross and trials will help guide the newest member of Team GasGas, Noah Kepple. Geoff stated “2017 is shaping up to be great season. I’ll be racing Endurocross alongside my new teammate Noah Kepple and promoting the latest GasGas products. We have a lot of traveling and hard work ahead of us but I’m excited about using my experience to help develop the GasGas brand in North America.”
2017 GasGas Off-Road Team
Noah Kepple – EnduroCross, Extreme Races, WORCS The young talented Noah Kepple is the newest member of Team GasGas and the 20year-old is looking to make a statement in an array of events and series in 2017. His focus in the fall will be to improve upon his eighth-place finish in the EnduroCross Championship. Before that starts, however, Noah will hone his skills at events like King of the Motos (KOM) in February, and select WORCS events, along with more west coast events. He will be competing aboard the new EC250 and EC300, and will also be sharpening his skills by cross training on the TXT300 trials bike alongside Aaron. “I’m super excited about this year. I know they have a great 2018 bike coming out,” Kepple said. “The bike I’m riding now is really good, too. Hopefully we can find success at KOM and other events ahead of the EnduroCross series later this year.”
2017 GasGas Off-Road Team
Broc Hepler – Full Gas Sprint Enduro, National Enduro Returning GasGas rider Broc Hepler is notable for his success in a wide range of disciplines including Supercross, but he broadened his horizons even further last year with a gold medal at his first-ever International Six Day Enduro (ISDE)! It was even more incredible to discover afterwards he had raced the last four days with a broken bone in his upper arm! Broc helped GasGas get into the top five of the manufacturer title for the first time ever, along with helping his American club team dominate in Spain with a final moto victory in his C3 class. Hepler also contested the Appalachian Championship Enduro Series (ACES) in 2016 aboard the Lunova Spectro Oils GasGas effort from Tri State Powersports, dominating the series and taking the overall championship with one round to spare. This year Broc will be racing select events in the Full Gas Sprint Enduro and National Enduro championships with support from GasGas and Spectro Oils.