BajaNomad - Ricky Brabec Story: Baja to Dakar

Ricky Brabec Story: Baja to Dakar

David K - 12-22-2020 at 11:34 AM

https://youtu.be/KvyAabqzhvc

Fun guy, at Trail of Missions Recon, 2019:

advrider - 12-22-2020 at 03:35 PM

Just watched this, very well done and a super cool story!

TMW - 12-23-2020 at 08:35 PM

I just finished watching it and I thought it was great. Go Ricky

David K - 12-23-2020 at 11:00 PM

Quote: Originally posted by TMW

I just finished watching it and I thought it was great. Go Ricky

Tom, here is Ricky's interview last year, in one of the Trail of Missions Recon episodes, recorded at the La Huerta Hotel in San Ignacio. Begins at Minute 1:50 to 3:48 : https://youtu.be/WmZxWMsjsBU

[Edited on 12-24-2020 by David K]

TMW - 12-24-2020 at 11:26 AM

Cool

del mar - 1-2-2021 at 01:16 PM

and they're off, first stage (prologue) goes to Ricky :coolup:

PaulW - 1-3-2021 at 09:21 AM

Selected bike results after stage 1
Price 1st, Howes 8th, Short 10th, Brabec 24th (got lost with others)

PaulW - 1-4-2021 at 08:17 AM

Short list after stage2
Dakar Rally 2020 Bike standings (after Stage 2)
Sam Sunderland (GBR) 7h 21m 22s
Pablo Quintanilla (CHI) +1m 18s
Kevin Benavides (ARG) +1m 32s
Matthias Walkner (AUT) +2m 00s
Ricky Brabec (USA) +4m 11s

Win one day and then have a bad day next.
Price fell back after winning stage 1
Same with Brabec start 1st for stage 1 and fall back by the end. Then recover for stage 2 because he started in 24th
Looking good for Brabec IMO

del mar - 1-4-2021 at 09:40 AM

really bummed to see Shorty's rally end

the yamaha wasn't up to the task?

del mar - 1-5-2021 at 11:12 AM

move over Ricky there's a new sheriff in town! go get em Skyler, we have a new leader! :bounce:

PaulW - 1-5-2021 at 01:54 PM

Stg 3, Brabec 25th

Bike Stg 3.jpg - 99kB

stage 4 Bikes

PaulW - 1-6-2021 at 08:40 AM

Standings after Stage 4 (Top 10 only):
Pos Rider Bike Time/gap
1 Xavier de Soultrait Husqvarna 15hr00m25s
2 Joan Barreda Honda 15s
3 Kevin Benavides Honda 3m24s
4 Ross Branch Yamaha 4m24s
5 Skyler Howes KTM 4m26s
6 Luciano Benavides Husqvarna 5m31s
7 Sam Sunderland KTM 7m13s
8 Toby Price KTM 7m47s
9 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 8m06s
10 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 09m31s
STAGE 4 top 60
1 088 J. BARREDA BORT ESP HONDA 02:46:50
2 018 R. BRANCH BWA YAMAHA 02:52:47
3 021 D. SANDERS AUS KTM 02:52:59
4 077 L. BENAVIDES ARG HUSQVARNA 02:53:12
5 012 X. DE SOULTRAIT FRA HUSQVARNA 02:54:09
6 027 J. RODRIGUES PRT HERO 02:54:11
7 004 JI. CORNEJO FLORIMO CHL HONDA 02:54:19
8 002 P. QUINTANILLA CHL HUSQVARNA 02:54:24
9 011 S. SVITKO SVK KTM 02:55:36 0:08:46
10 042 A. VAN BEVEREN FRA YAMAHA 02:56:12
11 036 J. BRABEC CZE KTM 02:57:15
12 005 S. SUNDERLAND GBR KTM 02:57:23
13 015 L. SANTOLINO ESP SHERCO FACTORY 02:58:03
14 047 K. BENAVIDES ARG HONDA 02:58:28
15 006 F. CAIMI ARG YAMAHA 02:58:39
16 068 J. MCCANNEY GBR YAMAHA 02:59:12
17 017 J. PEDRERO GARCIA ESP KTM 02:59:14
18 001 R. BRABEC USA HONDA 02:59:43
19 031 M. MICHEK CZE KTM 02:59:49
20 009 S. HOWES USA KTM 03:00:03
21 074 J. BETRIU ESP KTM 03:00:33
22 003 T. PRICE AUS KTM 03:01:32
23 052 M. WALKNER AUT KTM 03:03:32
24 024 S. BÜHLER DEU HERO 03:04:09

Don Pisto - 1-6-2021 at 09:51 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ricky switched from Honda to KTM?

there's two Brabec's......

David K - 1-6-2021 at 01:20 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Don Pisto

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ricky switched from Honda to KTM?

there's two Brabec's......

How wild!

PaulW - 1-8-2021 at 06:09 AM

Standings after Stage 5 (Top 10):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Kevin Benavides Honda 20h15m39s
2 Xavier de Soultrait Husqvarna 2m31s
3 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 3m42s
4 Toby Price KTM 3m43s
5 Sam Sunderland KTM 6m06s
6 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 9m31s
7 Skyler Howes KTM 10m45s
8 Ross Branch Yamaha 11m05s
9 Joan Barreda Honda 14m02s
10 Luciano Benavides Husqvarna 14m30s
Brabec frustrated by Dakar "rubber band effect" now 14th
Stage 6 shortened and delayed due to navigation issues from stage 5.

PaulW - 1-9-2021 at 04:37 PM

2021 Dakar Rally Motorcycle Results—Overall (Stage Six)
1 Toby Price KTM
2 Kevin Benavides Hon 02m16s
3 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Hon +02m57s
4 Ross Branch Yam +03m41s
5 Xavier De Soultrait Hus +03m41s
9 Skyler Howes (USA) KTM +15m12s
13 Ricky Brabec (USA) Hon +19m56s

del mar - 1-10-2021 at 09:31 AM

stage7 win for ricky and a third for skyler! :bounce:

PaulW - 1-10-2021 at 09:56 AM

Quote: Originally posted by del mar

stage7 win for ricky and a third for skyler! :bounce:

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Stage 7

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Standings after Stage 7 (Top 10 only):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 28hr51m31s
2 Toby Price KTM 1s
3 Sam Sunderland KTM 2m11s
4 Xavier de Soultrait Husqvarna 2m34s
5 Kevin Benavides Honda 7m29s
6 Joan Barreda Honda 10m18s
7 Skyler Howes KTM 12m27s
8 Ricky Brabec Honda 14m52s
9 Daniel Sanders KTM 16m11s
10 Luciano Benavides Husqvarna 17m07s

David K - 1-10-2021 at 12:04 PM

Great!!! The comeback kid!!

stage 8

PaulW - 1-11-2021 at 08:49 AM

Dakar stage 8
1 004 JI. CORNEJO FLORIMO CHL HONDA 03:08:40 0:00:00 00:00:00
2 003 T. PRICE AUS KTM 03:09:45 0:01:05 00:00:00
3 001 R. BRABEC USA 03:11:30 0:02:50 00:00:00
4 005 S. SUNDERLAND GBR KTM 03:12:26 0:03:46 00:00:00
5 047 K. BENAVIDES ARG 03:14:09 0:05:29 00:00:00
6 088 J. BARREDA BORT ESPHONDA 03:14:27 0:05:47 00:00:00
7 021 D. SANDERS AUS KTM 03:15:09 0:06:29 00:00:00
8 052 M. WALKNER AUT KTM 03:15:12 0:06:32 00:00:00
9 009 S. HOWES USA 03:15:33 0:06:53 00:00:00
10 024 S. BÜHLER DEU HERO 03:16:38 0:07:58 00:00:00
11 018 R. BRANCH BWA YAMAHA 03:17:58 0:09:18 00:00:00
12 015 L. SANTOLINO ESP SHERCO FACTORY 03:18:13 0:09:33 00:00:00
13 042 A. VAN BEVEREN FRA YAMAHA 03:21:28 0:12:48 00:00:00
14 011 S. SVITKO SVK KTM 03:21:30 0:12:50 00:00:00

Standings after Stage 8 (Top 10):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 32h00m11s
2 Toby Price KTM 1m06s
3 Sam Sunderland KTM 5m57s
4 Kevin Benavides Honda 12m58s
5 Joan Barreda Honda 16m05s
6 Ricky Brabec Honda 17m42s
7 Skyler Howes KTM 19m20s
8 Daniel Sanders KTM 22m40s
9 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 26m59s
10 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 38m41s

Stage 9

PaulW - 1-12-2021 at 09:54 AM

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Standings after Stage 9 (Top 10, provisional):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 36h51m00s
2 Kevin Benavides Honda 11m24s
3 Joan Barreda Honda 29m00s
4 Sam Sunderland KTM 30m34s*
5 Daniel Sanders KTM 38m23s
6 Ricky Brabec Honda 39m26s*
7 Skyler Howes KTM 40m25s
8 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 42m08s
9 Adrian van Beveren Yamaha 1h02m48s
10 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 1h25m40s
* expected to be given back time by organisers
Price crashed out and is in hospital (collar bone). Brabec & Sunterland stopped to help.

David K - 1-12-2021 at 10:08 AM

Ricky moving on up!
Found the coverage on TV yesterday and set to record the remaining shows. Only 30 minutes each but a look at the terrain, which is amazing! I would go to Saudi just to see those weird granite(?) hills coming out of the sand dune sea.

KasloKid - 1-12-2021 at 10:59 AM

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Ricky moving on up!
Found the coverage on TV yesterday and set to record the remaining shows. Only 30 minutes each but a look at the terrain, which is amazing! I would go to Saudi just to see those weird granite(?) hills coming out of the sand dune sea.

Well that's a teaser!
What channel and what times?

David K - 1-12-2021 at 11:40 AM

Quote: Originally posted by KasloKid

Quote: Originally posted by David K

Well that's a teaser!
What channel and what times?

It may be different for you, but for me (Spectrum) it is on at 3:30 pm, Ch. 314, NBCSN HD (NBC Sports Network).

del mar - 1-12-2021 at 12:11 PM

Ricky Brabec quote

“Today we had Toby go down and hit the dirt. He’s a little bit injured, I think it’s his left shoulder and left arm. He hit pretty hard on the left and didn’t really know where he was. He asked me probably seven times where he was and who I was. I came across him and just hung out with him until the helicopter got there. What we do is dangerous, so it’s unfortunate that he is out. We hope he’s okay. It’s something we have to think about every time we put the gear on each morning. It could be any of us. This day last year we lost a really good friend in Paulo and today Toby crashed and went out of the rally, but he’s going to be ok. For sure, going on for the rest of the day was really difficult. The guys sent me on right behind Joan and Daniel Sanders, so I was stuck in the dust and I was really angry because I wasn’t in the dust before I came across Toby. There was a three-minute gap and we were just doing our own thing. I got stuck in the dust for a while and it kind of made me angry, so I just pushed and got around it. Then I kind of opened the stage with Joan the rest of the way. Me and Joan took turns opening and it was really fun. But things are shaking up, we’ve all got smoked tyres. There are three days left and stage 11 is going to be the longest one. Hopefully, we’ve finished okay today”.

okay lets wrap this thing up and move on to saturday nights supercross opener! :bounce:

Stage 10 bikes

PaulW - 1-13-2021 at 07:29 AM

Provisional Results Stage 10 – 2021 Dakar Rally

1. Ricky Brabec (USA), Honda, 3:12:33
2. Joan Barreda (ESP), Honda, 3:15:48 +3:15
3. Kevin Benavides (ARG), Honda, 3:17:44 +5:11
4. Skyler Howes (USA), KTM, 3:18:21 +5:48
5. Matthias Walkner (AUT), KTM, 3:18:29 +5:56
6. Daniel Sanders (AUS), KTM, 3:21:40 +9:07
8. Sam Sunderland (GBR), KTM, 3:25:10 +12:37

Standings after Stage 10 (Top 10 only):
Pos Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Kevin Benavides Honda 40hr20m08s
2 Ricky Brabec Honda 51s
3 Jose Ignacio Cornejo* Honda 1m07s
4 Sam Sunderland KTM 10m36s
5 Joan Barreda Honda 15m40s
6 Skyler Howes KTM 29m38s
7 Daniel Sanders KTM 30m55s
8 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 40m41s
9 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 1hr04m02s
10 Adrien van Beveren Yamaha 1hr12m22s
*Won’t take any further part in Dakar (crashed out)

David K - 1-13-2021 at 08:08 AM

Awesome Ricky! :bounce:

Tonight (Wed) at 10:30

David K - 1-13-2021 at 04:22 PM

Just noticed that Hockey has pushed Dakar into the late evening tonight!

PaulW - 1-14-2021 at 07:00 AM

STAGE 11 RESULTS
Pos. Rider Num Nation Team Time/Gap
1 QUINTANILLA Pablo 5 CHI Husqvarna Factory Rally Team 04:09’22
2 WALKNER Matthias 2 AUT KTM Factory Racing Team +00’09
3 BENAVIDES Luciano 16 ARG KTM Factory Racing Team +02’48
4 CORNEJO José Ignacio 17 CHI Monster Energy Honda Team +02’53
5 PRICE Toby 1 AUS KTM Factory Racing Team +05’49
6 MCCANNEY Jamie 28 GBR Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +06’22
7 CAIMI Franco 22 ARG Yamalube Yamaha Official Rally Team +07’05
8 SHORT Andrew 6 USA Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory +08’11
9 BENAVIDES Kevin 7 ARG Monster Energy Honda Team +08’48
10 BRABEC Ricky 9 USA Monster Energy Honda Team +11’48

Standings after Stage 11 (Bikes, Top 10):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Ricky Brabec Honda
2 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 13m56s
3 Toby Price KTM 22m34s
4 Matthias Walkner KTM 29m53s
5 Jose Ignacio Cornejo Honda 32m36s
6 Luciano Benavides KTM 39m14s
7 Joan Barreda Honda 45m09s
8 Franco Caimi Yamaha 1hr39m14s
9 Skyler Howes Husqvarna 1hr59m29s
10 Andrew Short Husqvarna 2hr06m36s

WestyWanderer - 1-14-2021 at 07:55 AM

Hey Paul, where are you getting your info? The official Dakar website shows Ricky in 3rd but I’m not familiar with this race so I’m not entirely sure I’m reading it right.

PaulW - 1-14-2021 at 08:29 AM

Quote: Originally posted by WestyWanderer

Hey Paul, where are you getting your info? The official Dakar website shows Ricky in 3rd but I’m not familiar with this race so I’m not entirely sure I’m reading it right.

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Wow ! great comment

Plenty of conflicting info today I think we should wait for the info to settle down until later today
stage11 results
http://www.automobilsport.com/race-categories--24,218252,Dak... Brabec 6th

Overall after Stage 11 https://dirtbikemagazine.com/dakar-stage-11-results/ Brabec 10th for stage and 1st overall

Double checked to make sure it was S 11 and not other stage.

https://www.dakar.com/en/rankings/stage-11/bike?type=cg says Brabec is 6th overall

https://au.sports.yahoo.com/dakar-2021-stage-11-sunderland-1... says Brabec is 3rd Howes 5th overall

BTW, they took CORNEJO off in a stretcher and now he is running??

[Edited on 1-14-2021 by PaulW]

PaulW - 1-14-2021 at 09:07 AM

Corrected overall results
Standings after Stage 11 (Top 10):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Kevin Benavides Honda 45h01m44s
2 Sam Sunderland KTM 4m12s
3 Ricky Brabec Honda 7m13s
4 Daniel Sanders KTM 33m05s
5 Skyler Howes KTM 49m07s
6 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 49m26s
7 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 1h00m18s
8 Adrien van Beveren Yamaha 1h20m46s
9 Stefan Svitko KTM 1h26m40s
10 Martin Michek KTM 2h14m55s
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WestyWanderer - 1-14-2021 at 09:25 AM

Thank you Paul for the updates! I have been following the race via your updates! Went looking for articles of Ricky’s pretty big comeback and that’s where I stumbled upon the official website that had him 3rd. Once again, thank you for the continued updates. In your opinion is Ricky’s chance of winning pretty slim now or is he sitting in a great spot?

del mar - 1-15-2021 at 12:55 AM

awesome effort Ricky but looks like Kevin got the overall!

PaulW - 1-15-2021 at 07:07 AM

Not final results, but do not expect any changes
Barbec had to large of a deficit to be in front at the end.

Provisional final standings (Top 10):
Pos. Rider Bike Time/Gap
1 Kevin Benavides Honda 47h18m14s
2 Ricky Brabec Honda 4m56s
3 Sam Sunderland KTM 15m57s
4 Daniel Sanders KTM 38m52s
5 Skyler Howes KTM 52m33s
6 Lorenzo Santolino Sherco 58m30s
7 Pablo Quintanilla Husqvarna 1h16m39s
8 Stefan Svitko KTM 1h43m07s
9 Matthias Walkner KTM 2h32m12s
10 Martin Michek KTM 2h42m37s