HUSQVARNA FACTORY RACING RIDER CONTINUES HIS STRONG RUN OF FORM INTO SECOND WEEK OF GRUELLING EVENT
MATTIGHOFEN, AUSTRIA – January 11, 2021 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Continuing to deliver solid results on the long and massively challenging days of the Dakar Rally, Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Luciano Benavides has finished as seventh quickest on the long, 395-kilometre special on stage eight. Overcoming the usual yoyo effect, where riders starting near the front lose a considerable amount of time to their rivals before going on to earn an advantageous starting position for the following day, Benavides was able to maintain good speed on the stage with a minimum of mistakes. Ultimately, he completed the route just under 10 minutes behind the eventual stage winner.
After a steady start through the early kilometres of the stage where he focused on his navigation, Luciano was able to hold his position just inside the top 10 for the majority of the tough, mixed terrain timed…
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