KTM Red Bull factory rider Kurt Caselli at Dakar Series Desafio Ruta 40 Rally Raid. Caselli, a offroad and Baja desert racing specialist in the US, made his debut with the KTM factory team at the 2013 Dakar Rally where he stepped in to ride for the injured Coma and delivered a very solid first rally.
With a solid performance during the stages at Dakar Series Desafio Ruta 40 Rally Raid on his KTM rally bike Kurt Caselli established 3rd in overall standing of rally raid trailing leader Helder Rodrigues, overall time 14:07.52h by +1:39.
At the 4th stage, Marc Coma and his KTM factory teammate Kurt Caselli, who also lost time on Wednesday when he stopped to assist him, finished 1-2 in the stage just 1:50 minutes apart Chaleco Lopez, their Chilean teammate finished seventh on the KTM 450 Rally bike in what was a very closely contested stage.
The top five riders were all within five minutes of each other as they battled the track from Belin to Chilecito over a total distance of 586.73 km, 192.32 km of which was timed special.
The RedBull motorsport games 2011 of Argentina continue! ;-) No matter if bikes, cars or trucks: redbull wins!! Ruben Faria yesterday and today Cyril Despres holding up the Red Bull colors on 2 wheels while "El Matador" Carlos Sainz at both days piloted his RB VW Race Touareg as leader across the special tests. Followed very closed by a green Monster competitor, "Mr. Dakar" Stephane Peterhansel. At truck class so far it's all Kamaz. The Dakar 2011 is only in it's second day with another 12 days to come so one can expect way more action. We are sure RedBull supported teams and individual drivers and riders will be involved at the finals coming back to Buenos Aires. Follow the Dakar Rally 2011 at
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It's the 4rd day of the Silk Way Rally in Russia and the red Bull sponsored Volkswagen Motorsports race Touareg's rule the race!! At today's leg of the rally, #4, Volkswagen drivers Giniel de Villiers/Dirk von Zitzewitz (ZA/D) have taken the overall lead at the Silk Way Rally on clinching their third stage win. On the fourth of eight legs the 2009 “Dakar” winning duo prevailed against its Volkswagen team colleagues Carlos Sainz/Lucas Cruz (E/E) who had decided this year’s “Dakar” in their favour. 1m 35s now separate de Villiers/von Zitzewitz and Sainz/Cruz in the overall classification. Third place on the stage between Lipetsk and Volgograd plus third overall went to Nasser Al-Attiyah/Timo Gottschalk (Q/D) in the third factory-prepared and factory-fielded Race Touareg. Fourth overall was secured by the fourth Volkswagen “Dakar” duo, Mark Miller/Ralph Pitchford (USA/ZA) who set the day’s fourth-best time.
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