As Seth Quintero and Mattias Ekström’s Can-Ams suffered mechanical failures, Mitch Guthrie’s T3M cruised to the Desafío Ruta 40 victory in the T3 class. He now leads Austin Jones by 3 points in the W2RC.
2023 Desafio Ruta 40: Tosha Schareina dominates bikes, Luciano Benavides takes points lead
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In just his second W2RC race, Tosha Schareina won the first three stages to claim the Desafío Ruta 40 bike overall. As he’s not racing for points, runner-up Luciano Benavides is the new championship leader.
The Toyota Hilux is now four-for-four in the 2023 World Rally-Raid Championship as Nasser Al-Attiyah cruised to the Desafío Ruta 40 victory.
Every rider not named Adrien Van Beveren began September on a rather sour note as they wrapped up the Desafío Ruta 40 with Stage 5 speeding penalties.
If it is eligible, Extreme E’s new Extreme H series will become the 8th FIA World Championship by its sophomore year in 2026.
Tosha Schareina has dominated the Desafío Ruta 40 so far, but Argentina’s Luciano Benavides was not going to let the Spaniard sweep the rally on his home soil.
For 2024, the World Rally-Raid Championship returns 4 of 5 dates with the lone change being the Sonora Rally swapped out for the BP Ultimate Rally-Raid Transibérico.
After two seasons and a playoff appearance, Matt DiBenedetto will not return to Rackley WAR in 2024.
All five Toyota Hiluxes finished Stage 3 of the Desafío Ruta 40. The same could not be said for other frontrunners.
Ty Majeski has been deducted 75 points for a wheel assembly violation at Milwaukee. While it doesn’t carry over into the next round of the playoffs, his crew chief Joe Shear is suspended for four races.
Late drama was afoot among the leaders during the Desafío Ruta 40’s second stage, which those like T1 driver Juan Cruz Yacopini and Rally2 rider Bradley Cox seized upon.
Extreme E will return to the Italian island of Sardinia for the fifth time in just three seasons on 16/17 September.
Championship Off-Road Pro 2 champion Jerett Brooks will come out of retirement for Crandon, while NASCAR veteran Casey Mears and Extreme E driver Amanda Sorensen make their series débuts.
In addition to his ninth Baja Poland win, local hero Krzysztof Holowczyc notched the first triumph for the Mini John Cooper Works Rally Plus.
Yazeed Al-Rajhi would have won Stage 1 of the Desafío Ruta 40 if not for late tyre punctures that Nasser Al-Attiyah capitalised on.
Truck Series championship contender Carson Hocevar will drive the #42 for Legacy Motor Club at Darlington.
Grant Enfinger, hoping to send GMS Racing out on a strong note, gave them a good base to do that when he dominated the NASCAR Truck Series at Milwaukee.
