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Luciano Benavides Successfully Completes 2022 Dakar Rally

Luciano Benavides Successfully Completes 2022 Dakar Rally

HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDER DELIVERS IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT TOUGH TWO-WEEK EVENT TO PLACE 13TH OVERALL

MATTIGHOFEN, AUSTRIA – January 14, 2021 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Luciano Benavides has successfully completed the 2022 Dakar Rally with a strong performance on the 12th and final stage of the event, claiming sixth fastest on the short timed special. The result places the young Argentinian 13th in the overall rally standings.

Although the final stage of this year’s Dakar Rally was a long one, totalling 680 kilometres from Bisha to the finish in Jeddah, the special used to decide the final event placings was a relative sprint to the finish, totalling just 164 kilometres. As the 26th rider to enter the timed section, Benavides immediately got his head down and pushed hard right from the start.

With the special primarily made up of fast, sandy tracks, and navigation proving less of a challenge, times were extremely close at the…

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