Why Ford is going with the new Ranger Raptor off-road pickup instead of the Bronco DR for next year's Dakar rally race.
also enter the Dakar Rally) categories. This class is mostly open with very small restrictions on what can be entered.You can sort of think of it like the"stock cars" of NASCAR,really only in the shape of the body and the chassis is a ground-up and bespoke tube frame design. Just like you won't find a two-door Camry TRD, you won't find a Ranger in the same shape as the T1+ entry from Ford with its butterfly doors, very truncated bed, and independent suspension rear axle.
with the 2024 Dakar being run in Saudi Arabia, wouldn't it be the better choice for 2024? Not quite, as Global Director of Ford Performance Motorsports, Mark Rushbrook, explains."The T1+ class and truck are a pretty big departure from what the Bronco DR is," said Rushbrook,"The Bronco DR is a fantastic off road truck and it's great for customers to be able to buy that and enter in other races and other classes, but not what we would want to compete with at Dakar.
. Could the Bronco DR race in the Dakar and in T1+, possibly, but from a strategic marketing perspective the DR doesn't make sense.for a multiple day event in the same way the Ranger Raptor T1+ will be. The Dakar treks over more than just the open desert environment that the Baja 1,000 and Mint 400 are best known for. The 3,106.
."Yeah, that's part of what we're preparing for," said Rushbrook,"Really understanding what the logistics are or what the potential scenarios are and being prepared to react to them and that's the same in every kind of racing. You've got to know what the different scenarios are and be prepared to react to any of them because, at this level, you can't be unprepared.
of this legendary rally raid. With the looming challenge of the Empty Quarter in Saudi Arabia, this year's challenge will potentially be one of the toughest yet in the modern era of the Dakar.The NWM Team Looking Over The 2023 Ranger Raptor T1+
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