Few brands are born in racing, but when Gary Turner welded the first GT BMX chassis in his SoCal garage for his son in 1972, that's exactly how the GT was born. We publish the GT press release.
Source: GT press release
Over the past fifty years, the GT has raced everything and everywhere; from BMX to XC, from dual slalom to DH, from enduro to road. Heck, GT even created the '96 Atlanta Superbike project for the USA National Track team. On this journey, we have won Olympic medals, world titles, world cups, national and European championships, all with a style unique to our brand.
For the past eight years, our GT Factory Racing Team (GTFR) has competed at the highest level in the UCI series Downhill World Cup and EDR races, with an extended family of riders including: Wyn Masters, Rachel Strait, Anneke Beerten, Martin Maes, Sam Dale, Brook McDonald, Jackson Frew, George Brannigan, Joey Foresta, Johannes 'Denim Destroyer' Von Klebelsberg , Noga Korem, Ethan Craik, Katy Winton, Jess Blewitt and Ryan 'Pinky' Pinkerton.
The team achieved an incredible 41 WC/EDR Podiums, eleven WC/EDR victories, two overall World Cup titles and two World Podiums. We couldn't be more proud of these talented athletes and to have the opportunity to support Wyn's Privateer Project and our junior development teams, all helping the next generation reach the top.
During this time, GTFR has been supported by some of the world's leading brands, including Continental, Shimano, FSA, Fox Suspension, Alpinestars, Stans, Krush, Rimpact, EThirteen, Prologo, GoPro, ODI, Bell, Sombrio, FiveTen, WTB, Skullcandy, Schwalbe, Michelin and Vittoria.
The GTFR team finished this season strong with Ethan taking his first World Cup podium in MSA and Pinky winning the overall Junior World Cup title, but 2023 marks the final season of the current edition of the GTFR program. It may be the end of the chapter, but this is not the end of the story. For 2024, our presence in competitions will come in the form of strengthening regional teams and grassroots programs, where future champions are born.
Keep an eye out for more Privateer Project episodes coming next week, and we'll see you at the races in 2024 and beyond.
