Dakar Rally Daily – Details, episodes & analysis

Today we get to celebrate Ricky Brabec and the HRC Monster Energy Honda Team for winning the 2024 Dakar Rally. Plus, we get to talk to all the class leaders as they finish their final day of racing in Saudi Arabia for 2024.

On today's show we have Ricky Brabec, Ross Branch, Adrien Van Beveren, Jane Daniels, Tobias Ebster, Horith Noah, Kevin Benavides and we get the real story from yesterday's viral footage subject Oran O'Kelly. 

Thanks for joining us for the 2024 Dakar Rally and stay tuned for more from the world of rally!

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Hero Motorsports' Ross Branch won the stage from seventh place today, putting time on HRC Monster Energy Honda's Ricky Brabec but Brabec performed a master class in Dakar Rally racing and only lost 32 seconds to his closest rival. 

Brabec controlled the race stage completely, leading every kilometer from start to finish and collecting every possible bonus second on stage. Even without the bonus time gathered today, Brabec would be leading the 2024 Dakar Rally by around four minutes over Branch.

Brabec's Honda teammate Adrien Van Beveren came in third, just past three minutes down. Nacho Cornejo had a mechanical issue today with a fuel pump in his Honda, knocking him out of podium consideration. 

The race comes down to the final day tomorrow. Tune in and enjoy the ride!

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The fourth stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally completed today with the top three front runners establishing control of the event and extending their advantage over the rest of the field by more than 20 minutes to fourth place. 

In today's episode we catch up with race stage winner Nacho Cornejo and his HRC Monster Energy Honda teammates Ricky Brabec and Skyler Howes. We also hear from birthday boy and stage lead-out rider (yesterday's winner) Red Bull KTM Factory Racing's Kevin Benavides. And, we always love it when Hero Motorsports' Ross Branch is in the front of the pack as we get to check in with him, as well.

Tune in and learn about what went down over the mini marathon stage and how the race strategy might be shaking out for the upcoming 48-hour chrono stage - a true mystery for most in the race.

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Red Bull Factory KTM Racing's Kevin Benavides took the stage victory today, and we cover all the top racers finishes and massive challenges on the day.

In today's Dakar Rally Daily we also talk directly with our in-the-bivouac coorespondent Anthony Bonello about the state of the race, the setup of the unique marathon stage service area and more. Anthony connects us with stage winner Kevin Benavides, Ricky Brabec, Ross Branch and Toby Price and we also get some updates from Mason Klein as he struggles to get to the end of the day with more mechanical issues.

We've had more abandonments today including front runners Sam Sunderland and Sebastian Buhler, and American Jacob Argubright had to bail on the stage due to a mechanical but can continue in the race (without an official score) as he's in the Rally 2 category. 

Plenty to absorb from this massive undertaking today. Tune in and enjoy!

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HRC Monster Energy Honda takes the top step with Nacho Cornejo racing to the front and winning the day. 

Mason Klein and Kove break down in the desert but limp back into the pits.

We get reports straight from Dakar Rally Heroes Toby Price, Ricky Brabec, Nacho Cornejo, Skyler Howes and more in this episode from Stage 2

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Ross Branch takes the stage win on his Hero Motorsports ride after a really fast pace kept him in front almost all day. 

American Mason Klein woke everyone up today with his decision yesterday to willingly lead out a huge day of the rally - putting himself at risk of massive time loss. But, that didn't happen as the kid on the Kove lead the way all day, never seeing another rider in his rearview. His ride captured all the available bonus points on-course (six minutes worth), and combined with his blistering pace all day, kept him in third overall for the stage, from the front - not easy!

Plenty happened behind him. We lost HRC Monster Energy Honda newcomer Tosha Scheirna to a crash and injured arm, Hero Motorsports' Joaquim Rodriguez went out in a crash, as well.

Tough day for Honda's Skyler Howes starting second off the line this morning and losing time due to a navigation error. But, the rest of the Honda team stayed clean and strong, with Ricky Brabec coming in second on the day.

Plenty of more racing to come and more stories to tell. 

Get caught up now - tomorrow is another BIG DAY!

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The 2024 Dakar Rally is on and today's prologue stage was more challenging than most we've seen. Some big names were caught out by navigation mistakes and crashes and others surprised with their speed to take top positions. Listen in and learn what happened during the first day of racing at the 2024 Dakar Rally.

In this episode we hear directly from Daniel Sanders, Skyler Howes, Mason Klein, Kyle McCoy, and Javi Vega in the bivouac. 

We also hear from our on-the-ground coorespondent giving us the exclusive audio and video content from the race.

Finally, we chat with Radek Burkat, the architect of the Dakar Rally Daily Fantasy Derby - a free fantasy prediction game following the Dakar Rally in real-time. Radek gives us the insight into the game and how to play and why you should play. 

Enjoy the show!

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Johnny Campbell is a legend. And we're lucky enough to call him a true friend to the Dakar Rally Daily show. His regular appearances here always open some doors to what's going on inside the preparation and racing that takes place all year for, ultimately, this one huge event/adventure.

In this episode we chat with Johnny Campbell about his start in off-road as a young racer, how he discovered rally at the historic Nevada Rally events and what his Dakar racing experience taught him. Plus, we dig in to the new year, new riders and the big HRC Monster Energy Honda Team and what all that has to do with his real job (on top of being an absolute legend).

Enjoy this one!

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Skyler Howes is a fan favorite no matter what bike he's riding. Which is good for him and his fans since he's just switched bikes and is now the final member of the six-rider deep HRC Monster Energy Honda Team.

In this pre-race interview we get down-and-dirty with Howes about injuries, his switch from Husqvarna to Honda, new team dynamics with fellow American Ricky Brabec and all the drama we can dig up (we're trying really hard to dig up some drama). We also go off on the assumption train in our take on the confusing 48-hour chrono stage and more. 

Join us moments before the riders take to the first stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally as we get all that's good from Skyler Howes.  

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In this episode of Dakar Rally Daily we interview Mason Klein, the up-and-coming American rally racer as he prepares to head to Dubai in advance of the 2024 Dakar Rally. Mason gives us plenty to talk about as his program has completely flipped in 2024. After stage-winning and top-overall standing performances at last year's Dakar, Mason was a victim of budget cuts in the KTM support program and left without a contract. So, he's going at it on his own with friends and family and a new ride - the KOVE 450 Rally.

We talk all things Kove, KTM and a lot more.

Enjoy this fun chat with Mason Klein and definitely pay attention to him at this year's race as he's really putting it out there with an unproven program.

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