KTM has signed Ryan Dungey to a two-year contract to race in the 2012-2013 AMA Supercross and Motocross seasons. The deal reunites Dungey with team manager and motocross icon Roger DeCoster.

Dungey and DeCoster share a connection that goes back to 2006 when the former world champion recruited Dungey for the Suzuki factory racing team. Under DeCoster’s tutelage, Dungey swept the 2009 AMA Supercross Lites West and 250cc Motocross championships. The following season, Dungey moved up to the 450cc class and again won both the Supercross and Motocross titles.

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Ryan Dungey, Ryan Villopoto and Blake Baggett will represent the U.S. in the 2011 Motocross of Nations, Sept. 17-18 at Saint Jean D’Angely, France.

Monster Energy Kawasaki‘s Villopoto currently leads the 2011 AMA Motocross 450 class points standings while Rockstar Makita Suzuki‘s Dungey (pictured above) sits seven points back in second place. Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki racer Baggett is second in the 250 standings as the highest placing American racer.

Motorcycle Hall of Famer Roger DeCoster will again manage the U.S. team which will try to win its record 22nd MXoN title this year. Team U.S.A. won the 2010 MXoN in Lakewood, Colo.

The team has not announced which class each of its riders will compete in. Baggett will likely race in the mostly 250cc MX2 class while Villopoto and Dungey will split the mostly 450cc MX1 class and the Open class.

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