Toby Price will be looking to make up points at Hedley this weekend.

Motorex KTM Off Road Racing will look to make its mark on the 2011 Australian Off Road Championship when the season enters rounds three and four this weekend at Hedley in Victoria.

After winning both days of the big-bore E3 category at the opening round, last year’s E1 champion Jarrod Bewley currently ranks as KTM’s top contender in second position Outright, just four out of the overall lead aboard the potent 300 EXC two-stroke.

“To win the E3 class on debut with the 300 and also finish on the podium Outright was a strong result for us,” Bewley said of the Bulahdelah opener. “It was a consistent start to the year and should give us a strong platform to build from.”

At February’s first round, defending dual champion Toby Price picked up a historic round two Outright and E2 victory aboard KTM’s all-new 2012-spec 350 EXC-F, which was recently launched in Italy alongside the entire 2012 EXC range.

A DNF in the opening round on the same weekend after misjudging his fuel stop left Price sitting 19 points out of the series lead Outright, and 22 from the leader in the E2 category after the opening weekend of the year, but he’s confident he can regain that ground lost in upcoming rounds.

“I’m glad we made up for [the fuel mishap] on Sunday and I think I have even more left in me,” Price, 22, said after round one.

“Giving them a head start in the points should make things interesting, but I know we have what it takes to fight back.”

The team’s E1 contender Ben Grabham enters round three at Hedley tied for the E1 series lead following 2-1 finishes to commence his season with the 250 EXC-F. That form also saw him score 4-6 results Outright against his larger capacity competition.

Saturday’s third round at Hedley will see the gruelling three-hour Cross Country format contested, with the more traditional Sprint Series event taking place on Sunday for round four.