Quinn Cody signs with Husqvarna

The Husqvarna Rallye Team by Speedbrain has announced that four-time Baja 1000 winner, Quinn Cody, will jump on board with the team in 2013. The American rider has inked a deal to race the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship in 2013, and the 2014 Dakar Rally. Cody is experienced in the infamous Dakar, which he has competed in twice, although his 2012 effort was cut short, after a hard crash took him out of the race early. He had planned to compete in the 2013 Dakar Rally aboard a Speedbrain Husqvarna TE449 RR, but an injury sustained in the recent Baja 1000 has postponed his debut with the Speedbrain team.

“I had planned to go to Europe the first week of December to do some training and spend time on the bike,” Quinn explained. “But I broke my femur in Baja so our plans have obviously changed. I’m really bummed to have to miss the Dakar Rally, but we’re hopeful that I’ll be ready to go by the start of the world championship series in April. Our plan is to do the whole FIM Rally series so I’ll be able to learn on the bike and learn navigation for a year before the Dakar in 2014.”

Along with competing in the Dakar Rally and the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, Quinn plans to compete in select off-road events in the United States, too.

So… Who’s going to take up the seat that Cody has left vacated at KTM? Australian rider Toby Price, perhaps?