Ricky Brabec

It has been an intense career so far for youngster Ricky Brabec, signed up for his first Dakar Rally at just 24 years of age. The American, does however, have a lengthy list of titles to back him up; the youth from the U.S. had his best season to date in 2014, when he achieved the three most prestigious titles in desert racing: the Hare & Hound, Best in the Desert and Score, collecting the Baja 1000, Baja 500 and the Baja 250. Such an impressive honours list didn’t go unnoticed to Team HRC who scouted the youth before inviting him to take part in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in early 2015, his first international participation, where he was the top Junior and fifth overall. After an injury, he returned to the Hare & Hound, winning the last race.

In the Dakar Rally, the big adventure, makes a very good progression from it’s first rally showing his great potential in South America to the best of results, winning the 2020 edition and making history for the American motorsport: the first American to win the Dakar Rally. In 2021 he was again in the podium, finishing second after winning four stages.

The Monster Energy Honda rider was forced to withdraw from the 2023 Dakar Rally after a crash, meaning the rider’s motivation to do well in this year’s Dakar Rally will be high.

Winning his second Dakar not only cements Ricky Brabec as one of the biggest names in rally-raid history,  the first American in history to win two Dakars. He was also the first American to win two Dakars (2020-2024).

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