Brabec wins Sonora Rally by 50 seconds

endurox
Profile picture for user endurox
Posts
2092
Joined
3/22/2014
Location
Garden City, ID, USA
endurox
Brabec was down a minute going into the last day.
6
|
7I3N
Profile picture for user 7I3N
Posts
1746
Joined
10/22/2009
Location
Moto Paradise, UT, USA
7I3N 3/21/2020 8:15am
3/21/2020 8:15am
The real story here is that privateer Skyler Howes came within 50 seconds of beating the Factory Honda Team leader and Dakar winner on substantially inferior equipment. Howes is the real deal.
8
cse
Profile picture for user cse
Posts
77
Joined
4/1/2008
Location
Mesa, AZ, USA
Fantasy
1462nd
cse 3/21/2020 8:42am
3/21/2020 8:42am
Great ride by Howes. From what I read on CN, he had to lead the final day which included quite a bit of sand dunes. Not easy making first tracks.

Also very impressive was the Rottweiler team racing a 790 in Adv class and just missing the overall podium. That thing had to be a handful in the dunes.
3
GPrider
Profile picture for user GPrider
Posts
772
Joined
4/10/2014
Location
La Mesa, CA, USA
GPrider 3/21/2020 8:49am
3/21/2020 8:49am
not to take anything away from Skyler, but Brabec had a big time penalty on day one. So the 50 seconds is not the actual difference. Well, officially it is though. Just throwing that out there
4
7I3N
Profile picture for user 7I3N
Posts
1746
Joined
10/22/2009
Location
Moto Paradise, UT, USA
7I3N 3/21/2020 9:09am
3/21/2020 9:09am
GPrider wrote:
not to take anything away from Skyler, but Brabec had a big time penalty on day one. So the 50 seconds is not the actual difference...
not to take anything away from Skyler, but Brabec had a big time penalty on day one. So the 50 seconds is not the actual difference. Well, officially it is though. Just throwing that out there
You earn a penalty by making a mistake. Some mistakes are crashes, some are penalties. Its all part of the game.
2

The Shop

See All »
Stuntman949
Profile picture for user Stuntman949
Posts
2857
Joined
11/10/2015
Location
San Clemente, CA, USA
Stuntman949 3/21/2020 9:29am
3/21/2020 9:29am
I hope Howes gets picked up by a major team for 2021

Congrats to Ricky! Keeping us Californians and District 37 guys proud!
7
7I3N
Profile picture for user 7I3N
Posts
1746
Joined
10/22/2009
Location
Moto Paradise, UT, USA
7I3N 3/21/2020 6:21pm
3/21/2020 6:21pm
2
Mit12
Profile picture for user Mit12
Posts
2203
Joined
6/23/2014
Location
Lake Havasu City, AZ, USA
Mit12 3/21/2020 11:17pm
3/21/2020 11:17pm
Did Short race?
rohleder644
Profile picture for user rohleder644
Posts
1054
Joined
1/18/2011
Location
Lee’s Summit, MO, USA
rohleder644 3/22/2020 7:42am
3/22/2020 7:42am
Thanks for posting that 7I3N, that was very cool. Off-road is just such a different atmosphere than sx/mx. Very cool to see these guys so cool with each other at the finish. I’ve always been a fan of Ricky, and I’ve become a huge fan of Skyler in the last couple years. The whole Garrett racing set up seems like a bunch of cool dudes.
2
TriRacer27 3/22/2020 10:01am
3/22/2020 10:01am
cse wrote:
Great ride by Howes. From what I read on CN, he had to lead the final day which included quite a bit of sand dunes. Not...
Great ride by Howes. From what I read on CN, he had to lead the final day which included quite a bit of sand dunes. Not easy making first tracks.

Also very impressive was the Rottweiler team racing a 790 in Adv class and just missing the overall podium. That thing had to be a handful in the dunes.
Definitely great job.

Team Rottweiler said it was an advantage in the dunes though where the 450s struggled to get over them, the big 790 just powered up and over.
1
Resolute Kraken 3/22/2020 4:49pm
3/22/2020 4:49pm
Mit12 wrote:
Did Short race?
No, he said he was gearing up for ABU DHABI DESERT CHALLENGE, but with the pandemic going on in the Middle East also couldn't go there, and it was too late to do the Sonora.

Post a reply to: Brabec wins Sonora Rally by 50 seconds