BRP CAN-AM

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• Mindaugas Sidabras will be making his Dakar debut in the SSV class in 2026 alongside fellow Lithuanian Ernestas Cesokas. They will be representing the Sidabras family team Izoton Sport in a Can-Am Maverick R acquired from South Racing.   
• The 46-year-old has been a motorsport professional for the past 13 years, competing in autocross, rallycross and rally. He has enjoyed plenty of success on the domestic scene, winning three national championship titles in autocross and three more in rallycross. 
• He and his wife set up Izoton Sport to participate in national races and events like the Baltic Rallycross Championship. Their two sons followed in Mindaugas's footsteps and also compete in rallycross.
• Two years ago, Mindaugas made the switch to rally-raid and has been gradually building up to the Dakar. After doing Rallye Breslau, Baja Poland and Baja Morocco in 2025, he and Ernestas finished as the top rookies at the prestigious Rallye du Maroc, earning free entry to Dakar 2026 through the 'Road to Dakar' challenge.
• Mindaugas has attended the Dakar as a spectator on five occasions - once in Peru and four times in Saudi Arabia. He and his wife actually met Ernestas at Dakar 2020, when they were all watching the action together in the dunes!
• Before his first Dakar, Mindaugas has been picking up tips from some Lithuanian experts. He did Baja Poland alongside Arunas Gelazninkas, a two-time winner of the Original by Motul class, then travelled to the UAE in late November for some training in the dunes with national legend Antanas Juknevicius.