Ah, the King Of The Hammers. Easily my favorite off-road racing experience to watch. Or at least, the most immersive. Where else can you see high-speed desert action and rock crawling at the same event, from your tailgate? Well, this year KOH week is going to be wilder than ever. Today Ultra 4 Racing announced that in addition to the […]
Pepson team set to impress at Uzumbe Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing is off to van Tichelin’s Farm in Umzumbe Kwa-Zulu Natal chasing nothing but the top of the podium at the fourth round of the 2018 MSA South African National Enduro Championships. The team’s E2 riders, William Oosthuizen leads the championship, while 16-year old SA […]
With the 2018 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS) at the mid-point of the season, Toyota Gazoo Racing SA will be aiming for a solid performance at Round 4 of the six-round championship, the Atlas Copco 400. The race is set to take place on 3 and 4 August 2018, with the action centering around the […]
Toby Price – Contributor I reckon I’ll be in for quite a bit of pain if I’m lucky enough to see 60 years. I suppose that’s to be expected when you have an injury list like mine. The worst was probably the broken neck. That should have killed me. I broke three vertebrae – C6, C7 & […]
With the South African National Cross-Country Series (SACCS) at the halfway mark, the upcoming Atlas Copco 400, the fourth round of the series that takes place on 3 and 4 August in the Bronkhorstspruit area on the outskirts of Gauteng, will be a nail-biting affair as teams cannot afford to lose their valuable positions gained […]
This weekend marked a proud moment for the South African world of motorsport. Camden Mc Lellan, a 13-year old motocross racer from Germiston, made history when he swept up the 2018 FIM European Championship. He now becomes the first South African rider to have ever claimed a title in European Championship history. With five consecutive […]
This edition of Ultra4 racing got a bit dirty. Thunderstorms came in before the race, turning the racetrack into a mudpit. Every car was caked in a layer of dark mud so thick, you could barely tell who was who. Maybe you could tell the chassis apart, but that was about it. You’ll have to take […]
The Speedglas Welding Helmets BMW X3 is back in action at the end of the week, with the Atlas Copco 400 – fifth round of the South Africa Cross Country Series (SACCS) – getting underway in the Bronkhorstspruit area on Friday. Once again Richard Leeke Jnr will have multiple-champion Danie Stassen alongside him – an […]
The Atlas Copco 400, the fourth round of the 2018 South African Cross-Country Championship that takes place on 3 and 4 August in the Bronkhorstspruit area on the outskirts of Gauteng, will be extremely important for competitors in the Special Vehicle category as chances are getting less to score points towards the various championships. At […]
Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah claimed the third quickest time on the final stage of the Silk Way Rally between Lipetsk and Moscow on Friday and confirmed second overall in the general classification. The Qatari and French navigator Matthieu Baumel set a time of 58min 02sec on the weather-shortened special and, in so doing, headed […]
Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah bounced back strongly from his time delay on Wednesday to set the fastest time on the penultimate stage of the Silk Way Rally between Vologograd and Lipetsk on Thursday. The Qatari and French navigator Matthieu Baumel set a time of 3hrs 27min 29sec for the 318km special in the […]
After three wins this season, Lance Woolridge and Ward Huxtable continue to lead Class T Championship Gareth Woolridge and Boyd Dreyer set sights on third place in standings Brazilians Marcos Baumgart and Kleber Cincea aim for another podium finish The Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) team enters the second half of the 2018 SA Cross […]
Reigning Silk Way Rally truck champion Dmitry Sotnikov holds the upper hand over his Team Kamaz Master rivals as the arduous week-long event heads into its final two stages. Here is all you need to know: – After starting out in Astrakhan by the Caspian Sea, the weather turned as torrential rain played havoc with race crews […]
In motorsport, especially the grueling world of cross-country rallying, 36 is no longer just a number. But you wouldn’t know it, looking at Ashish Raorane, part-time marine engineer and part-time rallyist. At age 36, he’s on a path to reinvent himself and he’s just getting started. He’s on the road to the 2018 Panafrica Rally […]
Josh Toth ended the stranglehold that the Baylor brothers have had on the Kenda AMA National Enduro Series in 2018 with an impressive win at the Rattlesnake National Enduro in Cross Fork, Pennsylvania, July 22. Going in, Steward Baylor had won two of the four races so far, while his brother Grant Baylor had won […]
Britain’s Harry Hunt (Peugeot 3008 DKR Maxi No 107) shone brightly in the rain to win the third stage of the Silk Way Rally.Hunt takes over the lead in the car class following a day to forget for Nasser Al-Attiyah (Toyota Hilux n°101). A happy Hunt said: “It was really wet with a lot of […]
With over 1,000 kilometres of timed racing completed we’re now in the thick of the action at the 2018 Silk Way Rally. In the opening three stages we’ve seen title challenges emerge and fall away, only to reappear again! As we approach the midway point on the road to Moscow’s Red Square there’s still everything […]
It will be quite a change of scenery for the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) when the fourth round of the championship takes teams from their recent excursion in the Botswana desert to the mealie fields of the Bronkhorstspruit area when they tackle the Atlas Copco 400 on 3 and 4 August. The […]
The big beasts of rally-raid are ready to roar at the 2018 Silk Way Rally. This year’s edition of the prestigious offroad race will be held exclusively in Russia. With a 2,500-kilometre course laid out from the Caspian Sea to Moscow’s Red Square there’s guaranteed high-octane drama to come. This week has seen race crews from […]
South Racing will run three Can-Am Maverick X3s for one Middle Eastern and two North American teams at this weekend’s Baja Aragón Teruel. The company will run three Dakar-specification Can-Am Maverick X3s in the Spanish National Championship event that runs alongside the seventh round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. This will be […]
Overdrive Racing’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah will be bidding for his first ever victory in the Silk Way Rally when he and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel line-up at the start of the first of seven special stages in Astrakhan on Saturday (July 21). Al-Attiyah drives a Toyota Hilux with support from Red Bull, the Qatar Motor […]
Overdrive Racing kick-starts a hectic two weeks of global motor sport activity when it fields five cars in Baja Aragón Teruel 2018, the seventh round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, next weekend. The Belgian car preparations company will also be running cars in the Silk Way Rally in Russia next week but […]
Two MINI crews of Yazeed Al Rajhi (KSA) with Timo Gottschalk (GER) and Joan ‘Nani’ Roma (ESP) with Alex Haro (ESP) will line-up for the start of the 2018 Silk Way Rally in Russia. The podium event will be staged in Astrakhan on Friday 20 July before the seven-day, 3,570km race begins the following day. […]
Pepson team after Piggs Peak glory Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Racing heads to Swaziland for the fourth round of the MSA South African Cross Country Moto Championship at the Mhlibhi Piggs Peak 400, keen to continue the team’s impressive form in the first half of the season. All four riders have delivered strong performances so far […]
TVS Racing Factory rider Aishwarya Pissay will become the first Indian woman to participate in the Baja World Rally as she makes her international rally debut. Sherco TVS Rally Factory Team has announced Indian rally rider Aishwarya Pissay will be joining the team for the Baja Aragon rally later this year. The Baja Aragon rally […]
With three of the six rounds of the 2018 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS), including the recent Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race where double points were up for grabs now something of the past, teams will have to strategise and plan how they approach the second half of the season. As expected, the order […]
After three days of racing and a thousand demanding kilometres of the recent Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, there were some changes in the Special Vehicle Championship of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS). One thing, however, that has not changed, is the fact that after a record 105 starts in the championship […]
Isuzu Motors India has joined hands with Cougar Motorsport to sponsor the 2018 edition of Rain Forest Challenge (RFC) India. This is the 5th edition of India’s toughest international off-road motorsport event, to be held in Goa between July 21st and 28th, 2018. ISUZU has a strong legacy of making tough, durable vehicles that can […]
Vacation? What vacation? Cross-country rally competitors don’t have vacation! At least in Poland, where right in the middle of summer they will fight for points in Polish Cross-Country Rally Championship and Cup, as well as Polish Bajas Cup and – for the first time – FIA-CEZ. 38th Polskie Safari Rally will take place on 4th […]
David Castera, the new director of the Moroccan Rally has announced on the Rally website, that Toyota Gazoo Racing Team will compete in the next edition of Morocco Rally, which will be held October 3rd through 9th 2018 by ODC Events and will be part FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and FIA Cross-Country Rally World […]
Today is the last day of the Rallye Breslau Poland, with the teams finishing after 8 days of racing. After a fantastic stage today Marcin Talaga is the first quadrider to arrive at the finish, followed by Aidas Bubinas on his KTM motorbike and Aleksander Piorczynski on quad, riding in his ‘backyard’. There is a big […]
The day before the last day.. there is a special tension in the bivouac as the mechanics prepares the vehicles for the last time, the drivers and co-drivers recover from the day and weigh their chances for the stage tomorrow.. Today was the seventh stage of the Rallye Breslau Poland, an almost perfect day in […]
Leaving Drawsko Pomorski the teams say goodbye to this fantastic region. The Rallye Breslau Poland moves to the north-west, to the second stage of today and the last bivouac in Gwda Wielka. Starting in the afternoon in Drawsko, it took until 17:30 before the first competitor started in the superfast and sandy second stage on […]
A mass start, a hunt across the plain towards the next note in the roadbook. Chasing your fellow competitors, racing nose by nose, only to forget a marathon rallye is won with patience and lost with haste… Both in Extreme Class and in Cross Country today was a tough nut to crack, with washed out […]
Starting in the afternoon, a finish in the evening.. today the competitors of the Rallye Breslau Poland get an adventurous and challenging day, with two stages, ending after sunset. It was a choice from the military, or perhaps a gift as it makes the race even more interesting. The battle in front is fantastic, with […]
‘As soon as we left the dust, it was fantastic!’ says Bernd Jaeger with his famous VW T3 Rallyebus. ‘Can you imagine the fun we had in the sand?’ Racing together with Breslau ‘ancien’ Ton Stoker in the Desert Warrior and Gregorz Brochocki in the Dacia Duster, they covered almost 200 kilometer of roadbook, creating […]
There were just a few hours of rest after the night stage, as the Breslau continued with two special stages. With no less than 160 kilometers on roadbook across the Polygon the competitors saw everything: from gravel to deep sand, from wide open moorland to tight forests from hard compass navigation to max speed through […]
‘Already on the first page, I missed a turn!’ says Oliver Schwanke, codriver of Hartmut Moebus. ‘The roadbook is really good, but we have to adjust to it, and you cannot afford to miss a point.’ This is Breslau, a true off-road challenge with a strong emphasis on navigation. No prologue, but a first stage […]
The ‘BRESLAU 500’ is a new three day event ahead of the Rallye Breslau Poland 2018: an action packed weekend offroad racing with two camps, long days and a fantastic nightstage. It starts on June 29 with a nice and long day near Dretyn, and shares two days with the big Rallye Breslau Poland 2018. […]
From June 29th until July 7th the northwest of Poland will roar again – and will see a “little Rally Paris-Dakar” in the forests and Military Grounds of western Poland. Also in 2018 the organizers of the biggest Off-Road Rally in Central Europe, the “Rallye Breslau”, are proud to say: “The legend lives on!” Next […]