Video out now! Explore More. GetDuked Naked. GoAdventure Travel. Not only this, year-old Edgar Canet dominated on his Dakar debut to bring home the Rally2 trophy.
From the pre-season photoshoot to the epic finish line celebrations, here is the story of how we won the Dakar Rally! After qualifying second fastest, the year-old worked his way forward in the first two races to finish with a pair of P3 results. A strong start in the final encounter saw Sexton take the early lead, before he ultimately took the checkered flag in second position to earn the overall.
In terms of the championship standings, Sexton now holds a two-point advantage as the Supercross series heads east to Tampa for Round 5 next weekend. Chase Sexton: "The track was really gnarly and dry, but I had fun racing with the guys tonight. In the first two races, I really made it hard on myself with terrible starts, and that made my life difficult β especially with the short races.
I finally got a start in the last final when I needed it and finished that one in second. I feel like I rode really well tonight apart from a mistake in the final race, but other than that, it was solid. Plessinger recorded the 12th-fastest qualifying time, before finishing with scores in the Triple Crown races to claim ninth overall, moving to P15 in the point standings as a result.
Aaron Plessinger: "Glendale was a step in the right direction. I was struggling in practice, but in qualifying I figured a little something out. I got a decent jump off the gate to the first race, but went off the track on the first lap and had to come back from last up to 10th.
