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Lucas Moraes and Kaique Bentivoglio
Ford Rangers win record

fourth consecutive Rally dos

Sertoes in Brazil

Ford Rangers have dominated the

tough Rally dos Sertoes in Brazil

once again, claiming a record
fourth consecutive win in 2019.

ith the event considered the longest and toughest Despite the extremely varied and challenging nature of the
in the 26-year history of the Rally dos Sertoes, it route, it was the T1 Brazil-class entry of Lucas Moraes (29)
W spanned eight days, starting in Campo Grande and Kaique Bentivoglio that emerged victorious in their X Ral-
and covered nearly 3 000km of competitive racing and ly Team/MEM Motorsport entry, which is near-identical to the
championship-winning Class T Rangers the NWM team runs
an additional 3 000km of liaison en route to the finish on in the highly competitive South African Cross Country Series
the beautiful beaches of Aquiraz,’ said Neil Woolridge of (SACCS).
Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM), who designed and built
seven V8-powered Ford Rangers for the rally, in association the NWM team runs in the highly competitive South African
with Brazil’s X Rally Team. Cross Country Series (SACCS).
‘Three of them competed in the T1 Codasur (formerly known ‘To race in the NWM/X Rally Team Ford Ranger this year was
as T1 FIA) for full FIA IRS-specification entries, and four in the the best decision for us,’ said Moraes. ‘The car handled very
less expensive T1 Brazil category for solid rear axle vehicles,’ well and was always taken to the limit. It was great throughout
said Woolridge.
this tough race and gave us the perfect result.’

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