Car
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Red Bull Off-Road Junior Team Usa
Vehicle
Brand: Can-Am
Model: Maverick XRS
Preparator: Monster Energy Can-Am
Assistance: South Racing Monster Energy Can-Am
Class: T3
Rankings
2022: 3rd T4
2021: 1st T4 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
2023: 1st T3 (1 stage win)
2022: 1st T4
2021: 2nd T4
2020: 8th (2nd rookie) T4
2023: 8th overall, 2nd T3
2022 : 3rd T3
2021: 1st T4
2022: 54th (16th in T3)
2021: 6th in T4
2019: 10th overall, 4th in T3 (codriver K. Walch)
2018: Ab.
2022: Andalucía Rally (4th in T3)
2021: Kazakhstan Rally (1st in T4), Andalucía Rally (1st in T4)
2020: Qatar Cross-Country Rally (Ab.), Vegas to Reno (17th), Andalucía Rally (9th in T4)
2019: SCORE International (3rd); San Felipe 250 (1st), Baja 500 (4th), Baja 400 (4th), Silk Way Rally (5th)
2018: Parker 425 (1st), SCORE International (1st); San Felipe 250 (2nd), Baja 500 (1st), Baja 1000 (1st), Baja Aragon
FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies
2022: 3rd (T4)
2021: 1st (T4)
2020: Qatar Cross-Country Rally (Ab.), Vegas to Reno (17th)
2019: SCORE International (3rd); San Felipe 250 (1st), Baja 500 (4th), Baja 400 (4th), Silk Way Rally (5th)
2018: Parker 425 (1st), SCORE International (1st); San Felipe 250 (2nd), Baja 500 (1st), Baja 1000 (1st), Baja Aragon
“This has been the toughest Dakar that I have ever done”
The talented American is still only 26 years old, but off-road racing runs in Austin’s blood. ‘AJ’ as he’s known on the bivouac, spent his childhood learning the ins and outs of racing, although it was only in 2018 that he got behind the wheel himself, after spending a year as his dad’s co-driver. In his first full season, Austin took the SCORE International championship by storm, claiming victories at the Baja 500 and Baja 1000 in the Trophy Truck Spec class. Austin took his first steps in rally-raid towards the end of 2018 by entering the Rallye du Maroc. Second on the 2021 Dakar, he followed that up by competing in the World Cup for Cross Country Rallies, taking three wins, including the final in Abu Dhabi to lift his first world title -the Monster Energy Can-Am official going on to win his first Dakar at the beginning of 2022. Throughout the American has relied on his Brazilian co-driver's even more impressive record of achievements. Gustavo Gugelmin has six Dakars under his belt. In 2018, with his compatriot Reinaldo Varela, he won the SSV category and followed that by winning the 2019 world cup in their category. Ten years ago, the Brazilian won the FIA World Cup in the T2 category. After their 2022 Dakar win and the marathon status points it gave them, the Jones / Gugelmin pairing were logical favourites to take the inaugural 2022 W2RC championship. Except a run of bad luck stopped them from making the break from rivals Mareck Goczal and Rokas Baciuska and going into the final round in Andalusia the three were separated by just 2 points! In the end Austin finished the race in fourth place to take third in the championship. For the 2023 Dakar and for the rest of the year Jones and Gugelmin will be moving up to the just as fiercely competitive T4 category and a different set of rivals, among them the current champion ‘Chaleco’ Lopez.
" This has been the toughest Dakar that I have ever done. We've had ups and downs, but we just stayed consistent, did our thing and look at us, back to back, huh? We're super happy, big shout-out to all the team, my navigator, Gustavo, did a good job. It was a nice little road trip around Saudi Arabia."
Ranking 2023
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30 | 11 (10.) |
11 (7.) |
8 (9.) |
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