INTERVIEW
AMA HARE & HOUND NATIONAL CHAMPION RICKY BRABEC
P94
I think my role will still be the
same, but I think they're going to
let me go a little bit more rather
than staying behind. I told them I
want to race and I want to win so
we'll see what happens.
Do you have a two-year
contract with HRC?
It's actually a year and a half. I
get my contract renewed before
Dakar 2018.
The Red Bull KTM factory
team has been unbeatable
at Dakar for years. HRC has
gotten stage wins, but little
problems always seem to pop
up and take the guys out of
contention for the overall vic-
tory. Is the team still confident
of winning Dakar and is there
a time frame to get that win?
I'm not sure if there's a time
frame—l mean I'm sure there
is, but I don't know it. I've been
in the boat where you're doing
good then you break and then
your confidence kind of goes
down. I think, of course, that
if there's stage wins and stage
wins, and all of a sudden you
have an issue with the bike that
you can't control because it's
something they did, I think of
course your confidence goes
down and kind of puts you in
the dirt—for me, at least.
Does the team overall
seem to be confident?
Yeah! The whole team is
really confident, but like I said,
when you start to get prob-
lems here and there, they start
stressing out just like I think
anyone else would. CN
PHOTO
COURTESY
OF
MONSTER
ENERGY
HONDA
TEAM
Seen here during
the recent team
photo shoot in
Spain, Brabec
likes to play and
keep things light
whenever he gets
the chance.
