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have the opportunity to be associat-
ed with a company that has a huge
passion for Dakar. That's what I'm
all about now. This race has kind
of taken over my life. It's something
that I really enjoy. It is cool to be
associated with one of their teams.
Yamaha has been making a big
push and putting a lot of finances
and resources into their program,
so it seemed like a great opportu-
nity and timing for me to be involved
and jump on board with what they
have going. I can push and make
the most of it for the last push for
me in Dakar. I'm not getting any
younger. I've been around racing
for a long time and I feel like I'm in
a great spot in my life to try to push
and have as much success as I can
with this sport. It's not going to be
around forever. I am really thankful
for the opportunity. I get two more
shots at Dakar. I thought this would
be my best opportunity to have the
most success.
How different is the Yamaha
rally bike compared to the
Husqvarna you've been riding
and the team?
Yeah, both of them. The team
is much different, and the bike is
much different. To be honest, it's
so new that it's hard for me to judge
if it truly is a lot of different or not,
but my initial impression is the bike
is quite a bit different, just in terms
of the feeling of everything from the
power, the torque, the horsepower,
to the chassis and suspension. Just
how they approach racing. I'm re-
ally looking forward to actually go-
ing to the races and see what the
staff and the people are like and
learning from all their research and
experience that they have. I think it
will be a big benefit to have a differ-
ent mindset of the people around
me. I can take what I learned previ-
ously and what they know and how
Short began his new
rally career with the
Rockstar Energy
Husqvarna Team and
within a few months was
competing at Dakar.
