We get into Stage 8 of the 2023 Dakar Rally today with insight from stage winner Ross Branch as he brings Hero Motosports their second Dakar Rally stage win!. We also hear from a resurgent Daniel Sanders, a flying Mason Klein and Honda's Adrien VanBeveren who is happy with his pace.

Racing is back, right before rest day, and the results are starting to shape up for some BIG days in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia in the coming week. 

The top five general classification standings are covered by less than three minutes! Top three? Only 13 seconds! 

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