Thanks to WestX1000 for the thorough race reports and stunning photography of the 2021 Sonora Rally. 
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Day 6, SS5 & Finale: The Desert Makes ?Em Honest

Had you blinked, you would have missed the whole thing. The speeds in Special Stage 5 weren?t blazing, they were a mid-August forest fire in Arizona. Predicting a fast finish, the organization pushed back the start times an hour, hoping the first bikes would arrive later than the original 11:00am estimate. Ricky Brabec [#1, Monster Energy Honda], Skyler Howes [#2, Rockstar Energy Husqvarna], Jose Ignacio Cornejo [#4, Monster Energy Honda], Kendal Norman [#12, JCR Honda], Mason Klein [#6] and Justin Morgan [#10, SLR Honda] were all shaking hands and taking photos under the Yokohama arch by 10:30am. And it wasn?t long until the middle of the pack saw the proverbial checkered flag themselves. From minute one, the wide, flat, dusty grid system cut into the wastelands outside of San Luis Rio Colorado offered less vistas and pretty horizons than a runway to blast off from. It soon smoothed out into a small dry lakebed, multiplying the roost production ten-fold. But this wouldn?t be a true desert rally if the stage didn?t offer its climactic end in the dunes. Reminding us how diverse these sand oceans can be ? and these were no exception ? this section might not have been grueling like Specials Three and Four, but these camel-colored hills added their own flavor. Big but not massive. The mountains lo...