Reinaldo Varela
{{short description|Brazilian four-wheeler motorcycle rider}}
{{Infobox racing driver
| name = Reinaldo Varela
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|4|17|df=yes}}
| birth_place = São Paulo, Brazil
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| teams = Can-Am
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| championships = Dakar Rally
| wins = 2018
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Reinaldo Varela (born 17 April 1959) is a Brazilian rally raid racer in the car and later Side-by-side categories. He had been a two-time world champion in the T2 class car category and won the Rally dos Sertões in the car category twice.{{cite web|url=http://pistalivre.com.br/index.php/2017/12/08/rally-dakar-reinaldo-varela-faz-treino-de-luxo-com-o-utv-can-am-maverick-x3/|work=Pista Livre|location=Brazil|date=8 December 2017|title=Rally Dakar – Reinaldo Varela faz "treino de luxo" com o UTV Can-Am Maverick X3|first=Rogenes|last=Palestra}} In 2018, he entered the Dakar Rally in the Side by Side category, winning five stages and triumphing in the general classification, being his navigator the Brazilian Gustavo Gugelmin.
Career results
=Rally Dakar results=
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Year
!Class !Vehicle !Position !Stage wins |
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2014
|rowspan=1| Car |align="center"| Mitsubishi ASX |align="center"| |align="center"| |
2018
|Side by Side (SSV) |align="center"| Can-Am |align="center" style="background:#FFFFBF;"| 1 |align="center"| 5 |
2019
|Side by Side (SSV) |align="center"| Can-Am |align="center" | 3 |align="center"| 3 |
2020
|Side by Side (SSV) |align="center"| Can-Am |align="center" | - |align="center"| 1 |
References
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Category:Racing drivers from São Paulo
Category:Brazilian motorcycle racers
Category:Brazilian rally drivers
Category:Dakar Rally motorcyclists
Category:Dakar Rally–winning drivers
Category:Off-road motorcycle racers
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