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You can’t win the rally in the Prologue, but you can lose everything before the race even starts… However, Aussie Daniel Sanders must have missed the memo!
Rally2 Class Dakar Rookie of the Year Preston Campbell played it cool in Portugal.
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PRESTON CAMPBELL PLAYS IT COOL IN PORTUGAL Rally2 Class Dakar Rookie of the Year Preston Campbell played it cool in Portugal. Smooth and composed on the slippery surface, Preston Campbell delivered a sixth place finish, just five seconds shy of the fastest Rally 2 time set by Jeremy Knuiman. His teammate, hometown hero Martim Ventura, pushed hard in front of home fans and despite a small crash on his Honda CRF450 RALLY RX, Ventura quickly remounted to complete the prologue in 11th place. “The Prologue was okay,” claims Campbell. “Super short, just over three minutes. It was sandy but had a pretty slippery base… and then there was some hard pack. I’m happy to get the race started.” Stage one sets off from the Grândola bivouac, with a 12 km transfer leading into a demanding 177 km timed section through forest tracks. Sand will remain a constant challenge, while riders must stay sharp for unexpected hazards such as deer and hidden tree stumps lurking off-line. The stage will then loop back to Grândola, where a final 3 km sprint will bring today’s action to a close.
BRABEC’S BACK ON PACE IN PORTUGAL, SANDERS SLIDES TO PROLOGUE WIN You can’t win the rally in the Prologue, but you can lose everything before the race even starts… However, Aussie Daniel Sanders must have missed the memo! “Chuckie” blazed through the sandy section in just 3:01. Perennial Prologue threat and 2024 Rally-Raid Portugal winner Tosha Schareina kept Sanders honest, just one second off the pace while his HRC - Honda Racing Corporation Monster Energy teammate and Top American Ricky Brabec kept pace. Brabec, returning to his Honda CRF450 RALLY for the first time since the Dakar Rally in January, chased Toasha through the slippery conditions to finish just two seconds behind his teammate. “tt was really slick in areas, slicker than I was predicting,” said Brabec of the blistering Prologue pace. “Not a lot of people might know this but I haven’t really ridden a motorcycle since Dakar, so to go the speed and to push like we did today, it felt cool… but the race is not determined by the Prologue so I’m looking forward to the next five days.” But weather may rain on Ricky’s parade. “The wind is coming, the clouds are coming,” he says. “Let’s hope the weather is nice to us. First off, the roads here are a little bit scary, now with the rain and the clouds coming in, it’s going to be muddy and scary, so it’s going to be unpredictable this week. Let’s just try to stay on two wheels and put the skis out when we need to and make it to the finish line.”
Covering just 3.4 kilometers against the clock, the stint at Grândola on St. Patrick’s Day still plays an important role deciding which riders will choose their starting positions for Stage 1 today. Although he was only 9 seconds behind Ricky Brabec in the Prologue, the man in the black cowboy hat Skyler Howes 10 was credited with 8th on the Stage. “It was a super short Prologue and I messed up a couple of corners out there, but I’m happy to get through in one piece and feeling more or less good,” says Howes. “I had a couple of little mess ups in the corners which it is what it is.” However Howes says it is a long race and he has time to make up the 12 seconds on Daniel Sanders. “We have a couple of thousand more kilometers to ride through Portugal, the weather is starting to roll through now so that’s going to make it pretty fun and interesting,” Howes adds. “I’m excited to hopefully see some new tracks out there and see what challenges this race has to give us.”
Ricky Brabec on pace in Portugal Prolgue. Just 3 seconds behind "Chuckie" Daniel Sanders: Rally GP Results - Prologue Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Constructor Time/Gap 1 Daniel Sanders AUS Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team KTM 3:01.2 2 Tosha Schareina SPA Monster Energy Honda HRC Honda + 00:01 3 Ricky Brabec USA Monster Energy Honda HRC Honda + 00:03 4 Edgar Canet SPA Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team KTM + 00:03 5 Adrien Van Beveren FRA Monster Energy Honda HRC Honda + 00:05 6 Ross Branch BWA Hero Motorsports Team Rally Hero + 00:08 7 Benavides Luciano 77 ARG Red Bull KTM Rally Factory Team KTM + 00:12 8 Howes Skyler 10 USA Monster Energy Honda HRC Honda + 00:12 9 Cornejo Florimo José Ignacio 11 CHI Hero Motorsports Team Rally Hero + 00:20
RALLY2 READY FOR PORTUGAL HRC - Honda Racing Corporation Rally2 racer Preston Campbell is hoping for a little luck as the Rally-Raid Portugal kicks off on Saint Patrick’s Day! The Dakar Rally runner-up and his teammate/hometown hero Martim Ventura head to Portugal following an impressive opening round, aiming to carry that momentum into the next round of the World Rally-Raid Championship. “After Dakar I went home for some rest, then did some training and a couple of local races,” says Campbell. “I’m super excited to be here, my second time in Portugal. I have a little more experience so I know what to expect this year, it seems like it’s probably going to be wet, but I’m ready to get the race underway on St. Patrick’s Day.” Subscribe To #Dealernews To See The Full Story: https://dealernews.com/Home/post/rally2-ready-for-portugal/
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