2019 Taklimakan Rally kicked off in Aksu, Xinjiang on Sunday night, which takes 228 competitors to complicated driving environments of southern Xinjiang, finishing in Hotan on June 2.It’s going to be a tough time, which sets whole routes return to Taklimakan Desert, the world second largest drifting desert. More than 101 cars, 26 motorcycles set […]
The 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies resumes with next week’s Rally Kazakhstan (May 26th-June 1st). Overdrive Racing will field a formidable line-up of three Toyota Hiluxes for Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Saudi Arabia’s Yazeed Al-Rajhi and Dutchman Bernhard Ten Brinke. Now in its third year as a counting round of the world’s premier […]
The 2019 Ultra4 4WP Eastern Series kicked off its season this last weekend at Adventure Offroad Park (AOP) in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. Known for its plethora of 4×4 trails and Bounty Hill events, this was the first time AOP played host to Ultra4 Racing, and the event was definitely one for the books. If you […]
The overall podium of the Berg 400, Round 2 of the 2019 SACCS, may have featured a Toyota Gazoo Racing SA whitewash, but that was only the result. What the podium didn’t convey was the titanic struggle between teammates Giniel de Villiers, partnered with Dennis Murphy; and Henk Lategan, with Brett Cummings beside him in […]
Red-Lined Motorsport continued its perfect record on its 2019 South African Cross Country racing adventure when all five of the team’s FIA Class Nissan Navara T1 race pickups once again made it to the finish of a gruelling Berg 400 on KwaZulu-Natal’s Drakensberg foothills over the weekend to continue the team’s 100% finishing record in […]
Husqvarna chasing MX glory in Bloem It’s Bloemfontein next for Q4 Fuels Husqvarna Racing, which heads to the Free State with a pair of TRP South African National Motocross Championship leaders’ red number plates on the front of its 65cc and open class MX1 machines. The team’s 11-year old sensation Neil van der Vyver heads […]
SA championship heads to the free State The 2019 TRP Distributors South African National Motocross Championship heads to Bloemfontein in the Free State for one of the more popular rounds of the season Saturday 25 May, with all classes ready to deliver a lot more spectacular racing following two most intriguing opening races in Port […]
Przygonski in a mini John Cooper Works Rally arrives at Italian Baja 2018 as leader of the Fia Cross Country World Rally Cup.Amos Eugenio and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro to crew second mini at Italian Baja 2018. The 2018 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup has arrived in Europe for Italian Baja 2018. This year’s event […]
Kamena Rally Team won Hungarian rally Riverside Baja in a big way. This Hungarian checkerboard, on which the rally game was played, occurred too small for Tomasz Białkowski and Dariusz Baśkiewicz, since they had to fight their way through it taking chessmen. Riverside Baja, taking place in Hungary on 10th-11th May, for Kamena Rally Team […]
Aabhishek Mishra lodged his second consecutive victory in Desert Storm on Saturday after the factory Mahindra team was hobbled by a spate of technical issues. Mishra first moved into the lead of Desert Storm in Leg 2 and gradually extended his advantage in the second half of the rally, eventually taking an emphatic win by […]
The best of the best in the Production Vehicle category of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) are ready and eager to do battle at the Berg 400 on May 17 and 18. With the first points on the scoreboard after the Mpumalanga 400, the Berg 400 will play an important role in the Production […]
A tight battle in the Special Vehicle category is on the cards at the Berg 400, round two of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that takes place on 17 and 18 May in the Winterton area in KwaZulu-Natal and many eyes will be on two local KwaZulu-Natal crews. After winning the final […]
Three-time APRC champions Gaurav Gill will look for top honours in the four-wheel category, while CS Santosh would hope to overcome his 2019 Dakar Rally disappointment in the 17th Desert Storm that kicked off here on Wednesday. India’s most prestigious international motorsports event, the Desert Storm 2019, roared into the scorching sands of Bikaner here on Wednesday, with the who’s […]
Mrs. Zulu’s major mountain adventure When Letshego Zulu’s race driver husband Gugu passed away while climbing Kilimanjaro in 2016, she had never ridden in a race car. That all changed late last year when Letshego was invited to compete in the Gold 400 alongside Cross Country racer Terence Marsh aboard his Red-Lined Dakar Nissan Navara. […]
The 2019 edition of Rally Cuesta, raced last weekend in Botucatu (Brazil) and counting for all categories (Cars, SSV, Bike, and Quad) was a historic edition with record entry numbers. In total 106 vehicles were present at the start, with the SSV (UTV) category conquering most of the attentions with 56 participants. The rest was […]
Pepson team ready for Lesotho challenge There is no rest for the wicked they say and that applies squarely to Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing, which heads to its second off road national in as many weekends at the third round of the 2019 South African National Enduro Championship, the Live Lesotho Enduro near Thaba Bosiu […]
When the Berg 400, the second round of the 2019 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) on 17 and 18 May starts in the Winterton area of KwaZulu-Natal, it will be just short of three years since the motorsport legend, Gugu Zulu, passed away in July 2016 while attempting to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro. It […]
Husqvarna’s Gilbert storms to Bokkeveld win Kenny Gilbert delivered a stunning ride to lead the Koue Bokkeveld 400 from lights to flag and move into the South African Cross Country Motorcycle championship lead for Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing on Saturday. The Pretoria Dakar hero was backed up by compatriot Taki Bogiages, who continued his comeback […]
The Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, which will be hosted by Selebi Phikwe Town Council (SPTC) for the first time, will announce the race route next month. The race, scheduled for June 21 to 23, will start from Sam Sono Stadium in Selebi Phikwe and cover the northern, south western and eastern blocks, areas […]
Since the season opener in Mid-March the King Price Xtreme pairing of Schalk Burger and Elvene Vonk have seen little of their car, with a bigger focus on planning and logistics as they ready themselves for their assault on Dakar 2020. After the Dullstroom event the big world and local news was the final announcement […]
Competitors in the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) will be spoiled by spectacular scenery when they take on the Berg 400, a brand new event on the 2019 calendar that takes place on 17 and 18 May in the area of Winterton and Estcourt in KwaZulu-Natal. The Champagne Valley area at the foothills […]
The plucky, lovable, looks-like-an-old-Jeep-but-is-actually-a-UTV known as the Mahindra Roxor is a solid off-roader that’s inherently optimized for low-speed rock crawling. But Ned and Kat Bacon are taking one racing in Baja, because sure, why not. The Bacons are going to be running a Roxor in the Pioneer 4×4 Class of the NORRA Mexican 1000, which kicks off the […]
Husqvarna chasing more success in the Cape Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing heads through Ceres, up and over Gydo Pass to the dusty, rough and tough Koue Bokkeveld 400 for the second round South African Cross Country Moto championship. where it will be on a mission for best results over the Saturday 4 May weekend. “I’m […]
Husqvarna on point in Britz. Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing enjoyed a strong second round of the 2019 South African National Enduro Championship when William Oosthuizen powered to a dominant E1 class victory at the Powersol Piesangsberg Enduro in Britz in the Northwest Province on Saturday, while teammates Brett Swanepoel and Matthew Green came home fourth […]
Thomas stars in Morocco Desert Challenge South African equipe Red-Lined Motoring Adventures with Sabertooth cut another significant notch in their belt when UAE-based British duo Thomas Edward Bell and Patrick McMurren piloted their SA-built Dragon Energy Nissan Navara across the finish line at Oujda-Saïdia to complete another brilliant adventure at the Morocco Desert Challenge on […]
Whether it’s showing off in his purpose-built Ford Mustang Hoonicorn or racing in the World Rally Championship with a Ford Fiesta WRC car, Ken Block is clearly a fan of all things Blue Oval. And to prove this even more, Block just posted a video to YouTube of him throttling his latest Ford F-150 Raptor pickup truck for the […]
Hennie happy to reach Moroccan finish lineHennie de Klerk and Johann Smalberger’s Moroccan Sahara dune adventure is complete. The South African crew ended sixth on Saturday’s final stage to drive their TreasuryOne Amarok onto the finishers rostrum in an academic 23rd place overall at Oujda-Saïdia Saturday afternoon to conclude a treacherous 3 000km eight-day race […]
Between Hennie and the finish in MoroccoHennie de Klerk and Johann Smalberger enjoyed a positive penultimate stage of the Morocco Desert Challenge through the deep Sahara Desert aboard their TreasuryOne Amarok on Friday to end up eighth on the day ahead of Saturday’s final run to the finish. “We came in eighth today to […]
With a high level worthy of the most difficult rallies, Gert Duson and Jean-Claude Kaket have planned something new in the program of this 5th stage. Incredible scenery and rolling tracks with a first crossing of dunes accompanied the caravan on this beautiful day of 319 kilometers to Zagora. Another intense day today with a […]
TreasuryOne lads 6th at Morocco midpointSouth African crew Hennie de Klerk and Johann Smalberger continued to impress at the Morocco Desert Challenge as they brought their TreasuryOne Motorsport Amarok home in a provisional fourth place on Tuesday’s fourth stage to reach the Foum Zgiud halfway point in sixth position overall. Pretoria businessman and 2018 Dakar […]
Designated as one of the main stages of the FIM CROSS-COUNTRY RALLY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, SILK WAY RALLY 2019 will offer an attractive line-up in the MOTORCYCLE CATEGORY, as all official teams are entering their best riders. In other words, this 9th edition, starting on July 6 from IRKUTSK (Russia) not far from the shores of […]
AFRICA ECO RACEJanuary 5th-19th, 2020 • Africa Eco Race to start on January 5th and finish in Dakar on January 19th • Rally officials introduce new SSV Xtreme Race dedicated for SxS vehicles Entries will open on Monday, April 15th for the 12th Africa Eco Race, the only event of its kind in Africa and the […]
Moroccan epic starts early across Europe Hennie de Klerk’s TreasuryOne adventure to meet the Morocco Desert Challenge has started early. De Klerk and his team are en route to Agadir, where they will meet up with Lionel Lewis, who was due to fly to Spain to unload Hennie’s TreasuryOne Amarok from the container and tow […]
Thomas, Patrick deliver a Red-Lined tripleDubai-based race team Sabertooth Motoring Adventures, which is partnered with South African outfit Red-Lined, has enjoyed a great start to its 2019 international cross country racing season after UAE amateur pairing, gentleman driver Thomas Edward Bell and navigator Patrick McMurren delivered a stunning hat trick of finishes to start off […]
For the first time in Morocco’s Merzouga Rally, Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah did not win a stage and Spaniards Jose Antonio Hinojo and Javier Blanco prevailed on stage four. The penultimate stage of the event was the second part of the Marathon (without mechanical assistance) and marked in the program as the ‘principal stage’ of […]
The Peterhansels win cars category as Sam Sunderland wins bikes competition for second time It was a family affair at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge cars category on Thursday as husband and wife team Stephane and Andrea Peterhansel triumphed. Stephane had already won the event five times in the past, as well as once on […]
Hennie all set for Morocco Desert ChallengeSouth African Dakar rookie hero Hennie de Klerk is en route to Morocco to race his TreasuryOne WCT Engineering Amarok in the Desert Challenge across the Western Sahara from 12 to 20 April. Pretoria businessman de Klerk will have Johan Smalberger reading notes along several original African Dakar Rally […]
A perfect late summer’s Cape Town Saturday greeted the second round 2019 TRP Distributors South African National Motocross Championship to the sandy, rutted and tortuous Zone 7 over the weekend where local fans were treated to racing of the highest order. There were many incredible performances but none quite as thrilling as the final race […]
The Mpumalanga 400, the opening round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place in the Dullstroom area in March, was a muddy and rocky one and those who saw out the distance were awarded with their first points of the season. In the Production Vehicle category, Toyota Gazoo Racing SA […]
The team from KwaZulu-Natal, Lance Trethewey and Adriaan Roets, will be the team to chase in the Special Vehicle category of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) after they took the overall lead with their BAT when claiming the Mpumalanga 400 victory at Dullstroom recently. The battle at the front of the Special […]