
In the same week that two of their athletes ripped paths through the fast and demanding Chilean desert terrain for the Atacama Rally, Monster Energy Honda were slaying competition and trails in North America as Joan Barreda and Ricky Brabec owned the twenty-first Vegas to Reno run; the Spaniard celebrating victory for the second year in a row.
The CRF450 Rally was more than up-to-the-task across the 540 miles of dry, rocky and occasionally risky land that spread out invitingly from the mecca of gambling and entertainment northwest up to Reno.
Dakar ace Barreda was in control from an early phase of the chase (the longest off-roader in the United States) and although Brabec, the 2014 winner, had a taste of home soil that was a little too close for his liking, was able to get back on the pace.