South African riders Dwain Barnard and Ronald Venter hope to run the 2024 Dakar Rally, and can use the upcoming Sonora Rally to additional put together. The 2 lately educated within the deserts of Namibia with Untamed Adventures & Excursions.
Each come from a background in exhausting enduro using, notably within the South African Nationwide Enduro Collection the place they’ve raced towards one another. Venter unofficially received the 2022 Nationwide Enduro Championship within the Senior division on an unofficial foundation, owing to the class not having sufficient common starters per race to qualify for the general, whereas Barnard solely ran the season finale to rank sixth of 11 categorised.
Barnard has additionally competed within the Kalahari Rally, which was once Street to Dakar leg previous to the formation of the World Rally-Raid Championship. His household owns D & D Group of Firms, which provides companies like electrical installations and generator assist.
Each will race for Freedom Rally Racing. A lot of these competing at Sonora, together with fellow FRR riders like Ashley Thixton and Étienne Gélinas, are additionally Dakar Rally hopefuls and can vie without cost admission to the race through the Street to Dakar programme.
The Sonora Rally will happen on 24–28 April.
