Sara Price Wins Stage 10 in SSV Making History as the 1st American Woman and Third in Dakar History to Capture a Stage Win

AL ULA, SAUDI ARABIA – January 17, 2024 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Stage 10 saw competitors return to the stunning landscapes of Al Ula with a 371 km selective and two road sections. Despite a challenging and tricky course, Sara Price and navigator Jeremy Gray had an exceptional stage – winning the SSV classification and making history.  Price joins the prestigious club of Dakar legends Jutta Kleinschmidt and Christina Gutierrez as the third woman to win a stage in the world’s toughest rally.

Price has been running consistently with top 10 results in each of the SSV stages at the 2024 Dakar but today topped it all with Sara reaching a key goal in her Dakar quest. The American racer continues to impress as she is accomplishing this feat as both a privateer and Dakar Rally rookie.

With only two stages remaining, the team heads into stage 11 tomorrow in 2nd position in SSV, 1st in the World Rally-Raid Championship (W2RC).

”It was absolutely amazing to be able to win this stage, it means a whole lot. Not only were we the First American Woman to win a stage but we were the third Woman Ever to be able to achieve that. So this is big in the history making and I hope to make America proud!” Price said.

About Sara Price

Owner of SP Motorsports, Sara Price began racing dirt bikes at the age of eight and collected 19 amateur titles and medaled in Women’s Super X at the 2010 X-Games. She holds the record as the most winning female amateur to date. Named the 2016 Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame Rising Star, Sara Price’s racing career started in motocross, then went on to Monster Energy Kawasaki as the first factory-supported female racer.

In 2012 Price switched to four wheels and started racing UTVs competing in the WORCS series and the Lucas Oil Regional Short Course Series. Price became the first American UTV team driver to compete in the Rallye Aïcha Des Gazelles in Morocco, and went on to finish the Terracross Championship undefeated to take the Women’s Championship that same year. In 2016, Price raced six events in the Stadium SUPER Truck Series and became the first woman ever to lead laps in that championship.

Price went on to compete with RPM Offroad in a Trophy Truck Spec in the SCORE International Desert Series. In 2019, Price became the first woman to win the SCORE International Trophy Truck Spec Championship, also notably as an IronWoman in the entire series. In 2021 Sara signed on to the Chip Ganassi Racing team for Extreme-E, the global electric racing program, adding an Extreme E win to her resume. Major wins in 2023 piloting her Can-Am Maverick X3 include the Sonora Rally, Mint 400, and SCORE Baja 500. When she isn’t racing, Price works as a stunt professional a part of the SAG-AFTRA Union, performing on motorcycles and in other vehicles and as a stunt performer for television and films seen worldwide.

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Source: Price Global

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