Ford NWM Wins 2018 Class T Championship at Season Finale Title glory for Lance Woolridge and Ward Huxtable on Gold 400 in Gauteng Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer end third in Class T for 2018 Marcos Baumgart and Kleber Cincea cross the finish line in seventh place Ford earns Manufacturer’s Award for the third time […]
The Gold 400, the final round of the 2018 South African Cross Country Series that took place this weekend at Glenharvie on the West Rand of Gauteng, delivered the nail-biting action predicted and after 375 tough kilometres on a tight and rocky route, both Toyota and Ford were awarded with championship titles in the Production […]
The final round of the 2018 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS), the Gold 400, that takes place on 2 and 3 November in the Glenharvie area on the West Rand, is the sixth and last chance for title contenders to put their seal on championship aspirations and with new leaders emerging in the […]
By Bryon Dorr Driving through rugged terrain is always a good time. Doing it at insane speeds with a purpose-built race truck is next-level fun. Our automotive guru, Bryon Dorr, checks in from the Ultra4 National Championship. First off you might ask, “What is Ultra4 Racing?” I had to ask the same question. I’d heard about the […]
Lance Woolridge and Ward Huxtable set their sights on Class T championship title Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer also in contention after winning in Harrismith Brazil’s Marcos Baumgart and Kleber Cincea return to SA for the season finale Gold 400 takes place on 2 and 3 November in Glenharvie on Gauteng’s West Rand For the […]
South Racing faces another hectic and exciting weekend of international off-road rallying when the team operating out of Germany and Portugal enters five Can-Am Maverick X3s in the increasingly popular SSV category in this weekend’s fully-subcribed Baja Portalegre 500 in Portugal. The traditional final round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies is based […]
The 2018 South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) is drawing to a close with the sixth and final round of the season, the Gold 400, taking place on 2 and 3 November at Glenharvie, Westonaria and with almost all the championship titles still up for grabs tensions are running high, and everyone will be hoping […]
FES, MOROCCO – The 2018 edition of the Rally of Morocco, penultimate round of the FIA’s World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, drew to a close with the 198 km-long 5th stage, which saw the teams return to the city of Fes. Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Nasser Al Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel set the 7th-fastest […]
India’s celebrated rallyists have a tough fight on their hands in the 20th edition of the Raid de Himalaya, with the inclusion of a formidable team from the Border Roads Organisation.Col Pradeep Sharma of BRO’s Project Vijayak at Kargil will lead the team’s challenge in a Maruti Gypsy in the Raid Xtreme 4X4 category and […]
Letshego Zulu, the widow of motorsport legend, Gugu Zulu, who passed away in July 2016 while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, will get a taste of cross country racing when she sits next to Terence Marsh in the Red-Lined Motorsport Nissan Navara at the Gold 400, the sixth and final round of the South African Cross Country […]
ERFOUD, MOROCCO – Stage 4 of the 2018 Rally of Morocco, the penultimate round of the FIA’s World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, saw four-times winner of the event, Nasser Al Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel cement their position at the top of the standings. At the same time, the 342 km-long special stage brought disappointment […]
At the midway point of the 2018 Rallye du Maroc the battle is on for offroad supremacy in both the two and four wheel categories. Two-time Dakar Rally winner Nasser Al-Attiyahleads the car contest, while Toby Price of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team has his nose in front of the bike race. A decisive stage win for Qatari racer Nasser Al-Attiyah and his French […]
ERFOUD, MOROCCO – It was a day of mixed results for Toyota Gazoo Racing SA, as the three Toyota Hilux crews tackled Stage 2 of the Rally of Morocco, penultimate event of the 2018 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Racing. Early leaders Nasser Al Attiyah and co-driver Mathieu Baumel extended their lead by winning the […]
Husqvarna’s Oosthuizen in titanic title tussle Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing rider William Oosthuizen was one of the stars of an epic E1 class 2018 MSA National Enduro Championship decider in Mpumalanga on Sunday as he fought to the very last metre for the title. Oosthuizen ultimately conceded the championship to arch rival Kyle Flanagan on […]
FES, MOROCCO – All three Toyota Gazoo Racing SA crews posted excellent stage times during the short, sharp prologue of the 2018 Rally of Morocco, with Nasser Al Attiyah (Qatar) and co-driver Mathieu Baumel (France) taking the win on the day. The 10 km-long prologue, which took place on October 4th, 2018, saw Giniel de […]
The Morocco Rally, the fifth and final race of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship, will be held in the African country from 4th to 9th October and will feature the participation of the Monster Energy Honda Team. The riders from the Monster Energy Honda Team will, once again, be back in the fray for […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing SA has entered three crews for the 2018 Rally of Morocco, penultimate round of the 2018 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. The grueling 5-day event will serve not only as an opportunity for the team to test the latest version of its race-proven Toyota Hilux in preparation for the 2019 Dakar […]
After five rounds of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) and with only one round to go, the Special Vehicle category has new overall leaders and with only two points separating the leading two teams, the title can go either way at the sixth and final race of the season. Coetzee Labuscagne and daughter […]
A whole lot of shuffling took place after the recent Harrismith 400, the fifth and penultimate round of the 2018 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) and the Production Vehicle championship has a new look that predicts a tooth and nail fight for the titles at the sixth and final round. While all is […]
Husqvarna strong heading to Mpumalanga Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing with Liqui Moly and Metzerler riders, William Oosthuizen and Matthew Green head to Mpumalanga’s 2018 MSA South African National Enduro Championships double-header season finale 6-7 October with it all to do as Oosthuizen leads the E1 title race with Green third. The two were two of […]
The Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) will host the Manateq International Rally of Qatar, the finale to the 2018 FIA Middle East Rally Championship (MERC), on November 15-17. Formerly the opening round of the prestigious regional rallying series, this year’s revised three-day event will decide the outcome of the championship with Qatar’s Nasser […]
Jordan Motorsport announced the new 2018 Jordan Baja, the Hashemite Kingdom’s first entry into the world of cross-country rallying since the Marlboro BP 2000 Desert Challenge ran in 1987, 1988 and 1990,according to the Jordan Motorsport Media Service. The three-day off-road event for cars, motorcycles and quads will take place in the Wadi Rum […]
The finish of Balkan Offroad Rallye is at the finishline on the beach at the Black Sea. Not just a finishline, but a legendary location in the Bulgarian motorsport. The teams who thought to be certain of a position were quick to wake up from their dream, as today the stage was fast, with tricky […]
The final days of the Balkan Offroad Rallye are on. With is only one day left, we reach the last day of the event. Every year, the decisions for the podium have been made on the last day. The last day is tough, the navigation is difficult and the terrain is new. The final stretch […]
The third marathon stage in the Balkan Offroad Rallye with almost 500 km in total and 318km special stage has left its mark on the ranking. Going from Dyuni to Shkorpilovtsi, the competitors spend their day crossing mountain range after mountain range, with beautiful scenery and fantastic driving on the tracks through the forests and the […]
UTV’s are quickly becoming the platforms of choice for Rally Raids including the infamous Dakar. Casey Currie came to Inca Challenge to prepare for the Dakar Rally and won overall!“WINNER!!! We came to Peru to learn for Dakar and came home winners in the SXS categories. My co-driver absolutely killed it with the tough navigation […]
On the fifth day of the Balkan Offroad Rallye all eyes are on the overall ranking, with just three days left to realise the dream of a good result. Three special stages made the day, from technical and a bit rocky to fast and flowing. The early arrival in the bivouac was a nice chance […]
Arriving at the coast of the Black Sea is special treat for the competitors, after no less than 580 kilometer today. With such distance, the stages are fast, the kilometers fly underneath the wheels and with breathtaking views sometimes the concentration is less than needed… In the Car category the battle is between Doncho Tsanev, […]
The Free State proved a happy hunting ground for the Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) team for the second year in a row as Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer scored their second consecutive Harrismith 400 Class T victory this weekend. Having earned their first career win at this event last year, it was once again […]
Everything you can drive in the off-road, you could find today in the Balkan Offroad Rallye. ‘I know this type of terrain, it is like my home!’ says Philippe Musy, who is racing his Unimog in the truck class. Today three specials made the day, with fast tracks on the plains, a fantastic climb to […]
A trio of Cross Country Moto seconds Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing came home from the South African national Cross Country Motorcycle Championship finale at a dusty and windy Carletonville with a brace of championship seconds for OR1 rider Kenny Gilbert, who ended second in both the overall and his class championships, OR2 rider Taki Bogiages […]
The Harrismith 400, the penultimate round of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place this weekend saw new winners emerg while racing conditions claimed its victims that will result in the standings looking somewhat different when teams line up for the final event. Gale force winds during the qualifying and main race […]
HARRISMITH – It was a Toyota whitewash at the Harrismith 400, Round 5 of the 2018 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS), as the first three cars across the line all had one thing in common: They were all Toyota Hilux race cars. The race, which took place on 14 and 15 September, brought mixed results […]
The longest day of HOFEKA Cup was full of adventures for almost all competitors. After the second day of the fourth round of the Hungarian Championship and ninth round of the Central European Zone Championship Czech Republic’s Zdenek Porizek is in the lead in cars, Karoly Fazekas in trucks, Akos Jobbagy in SSV and Csaba […]
Descending from the mountains at high speed: this was the goal of today for the competitors in the Balkan Offroad Rallye 2018, going from Borovets to Starosel in three specials with in total 200km in competition through the mountains around Borovets, the majestic Rhodopian forest and finally the plains between Plovdiv and Starosel. ‘Fabuleux!’ […]
Orlando Terranova is the first leader of Desafio Inca, after winning friday’s leg with his Mini John Cooper Works. The first leader of the race was Francisco Leon, but later Terranova assumed the front of the race with 5h54m of total time. Francisco “Pancho” Leon finished the day in the second spot, 11m10s behind the […]
The Balkan Offroad Rallye has started with 160km of special stage in the mountains around Borovets. On these technical tracks the Bulgarian teams show off with their experience, ruling the mountains in the Car and Side by Side class. Doncho Tsanev is the first to finish in the car ranking, with his Bulgarian made two-wheel […]
STAGE 4: TURKMEN LAKE – GAMYSHLYJA : 410,61 KM Before the last day of « Amul-Hazar 2018 », the competitors have been eating the dust ! Leaving from the largest Lake of the country this morning, they crossed fesh-fesh and sandy tracks making hard to see anything, especially for those who followed a truck. A […]
DARWAZA – TURKMEN LAKE : 256,61 KM The third stage of the Turkmen Desert Race gave once again, some strong emotions to the competitors. Big dunes made a lot of mechanical and navigation issues to some of the team. It was important to be careful and focused in order to reach the finish line. Same […]
Balkan Offroad Rallye is not only a race, it is a huge event, unique in Europe, with two major competitions: the Balkan Cross Country and the Balkan Extreme and an equally appealing “experience” like the Balkan Discovery. Finally, for lovers of safari and historical cars, the Balkan Classic will also be held. The road book […]