A free entry into the 2018 Dakar Rally is again the prize for a privateer team in this year’s Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race. The race is round three of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) for Auto and incorporates the Dakar Challenge which is the gateway for a free entry into next year’s […]
There are lots of points up for grabs at the upcoming Toyota 1000 Desert Race (TDR), the third and fourth rounds of the South African Cross Country Championship for Motorcycles and Quads (SACC Moto) that takes place on 23, 24 and 25 June in Botswana, but it will not be easy as a total of […]
Husqvarna’s Swanepoel finishes on debut Only 25 riders finished the Erzberg Enduro on Sunday — the Austrian event is universally known as the toughest of all hard enduros. One of those finishers was Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Motorcycles South Africa rider, Brett Swanepoel, who ended up 19th at his first attempt at the event known […]
After his switch from two to four wheels for the 2016 Dakar Rally, the young Pole now celebrated his first win in the Car cetegoryTogether with his Belgian navigator, Tom Colsoul, he won the sixth round on the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup calendar, the Italian Baja. With this success he worked his way […]
When Richard Leeke III rolls down the start ramp of the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1 000 Desert Race, the third round of the South African Cross Country Series, on Friday June 23, he’ll be following in some very large footsteps: his father’s. Richard Leeke II has a record nine overall “Desert Race” (in its various iterations) […]
For fans of cross country racing, the last weekend in June means only one thing: The Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, or The Desert for short. But while fans certainly have a lot to look forward too, The Desert is traditionally a pivotal race in the season, thanks mainly to the double points on […]
Championship hopefuls in the Special Vehicle category will be eyeing the 60 points up for grabs over the two heats with greedy eyes on the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round three of the South African Cross Country Series championship (SACCS), from June 23 to 25. With the season reaching the halfway stage […]
With 60 points up for grabs over two heats the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round three of the South African Cross Country Series from June 23 to 25, has the potential to be a game changer where championships in the Production Vehicle category are concerned. Championship hopefuls will be fully aware of the […]
Toyota crews have notched up more victories than any other manufacturer on the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race, round three of this year’s South African Cross Country Series Auto championship, in Jwaneng from June 23 to 25. Toyota’s successes on the only marathon event on the SACCS calendar can, however, be split into two […]
The competitors of Taklimakan Rally 2017 started yesterday at Tacheng in Xinjiang Province, in the far West of China. The competition promises to be of high level as well as very exciting because of the high number of pretenders to a final victory, especially in the car category. Redline Motorsport Among the foreig competitors are […]
Overdrive Racing will run four Toyota Hiluxes in this weekend’s Italian Baja, round six of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, in northern Italy. Aron Domzala teamed up with Maciej Marton to finish third in Kazakhstan last month and the Pole returns to European action with Szymon Gospodarczyk on this occasion to head the […]
The Dakar Challenge, offering privateer teams a free entry to the Dakar Rally, has since 2012 become an integral part of the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race to be run this year from June 23 to 25 in Jwaneng. The 2017 Dakar Challenge is sponsored by Toyota and will again offer a free entry […]
ENSENADA, Mexico – Adding to the McMillin family legacy, third-generation desert racer Andy McMillin drove to the overall and SCORE Trophy Truck class victory Saturday at the 49th SCORE Baja 500. Defeating a field of 233 starters including 33 in the marquee racing division for high-tech, 850-horsepower, unlimited production trucks, McMillin drove to victory over a tremendously tough […]
Its time, the 49th running of the SCORE Baja 500 is on and teams are either in Baja now or making their way down to pre-run for the grueling off-road race south of the border. In desert racing, Baja is king, both the 500 and the 1000 are the most sought after wins in all […]
With 80 percent of this year’s route virgin territory competitors on the Toyota Kalahari Botswana 1000 Desert Race from June 23 to 25 will face additional challenges on an event that annually brings Botswana to a standstill. Leeroy Poulter The biggest sporting and social event in Botswana is round three of the South African Cross […]
In this off-road racing series, a rollover is just the beginning of your problems. They move around like they’re drunk.Watching these outrageous 4×4 buggies roar around is more than a little frightening. Most off-roading is a low-speed affair, all about the exacting application of power to overcome an obstacle without breaking traction. Clearly, that’s not […]
South Racing is delighted to announce that it will develop, market and run specialised Can-Am Maverick X3 vehicles in the new SxS category at the world-famous Dakar Rally. The German-based car preparations company, which runs an impressive list of drivers in various off-road racing programmes around the world, is developing a kit for the Can-Am Maverick […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel emerged unscathed from Friday’s 147.94km sixth stage of Rally Kazakhstan to secure overall victory by the margin of 7min 43sec and the outright lead in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies. After moving into the lead on day two of the 2,500km event across south-west […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah claimed his first stage victory in Rally Kazakhstan and extended his overall lead, after the fourth selective section of 274.17km across some of the remotest desert terrain in the Mangystau oblast, on Wednesday. Nasser Al-Attiyah Al-Attiyah and French co-driver Matthieu Baumel, crewing an Overdrive Racing Toyota Hilux, began the day second […]
#1570 Harley Letner of Youtheory Racing took the overall win this weekend at the 2017 Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic presented by Canidae Tap It. Letner finished over four minutes ahead of second place overall finisher and King Shocks teammate, Jason Voss. King Shocks took eight of the top ten overall finishes and the […]
Yasir Saeidan fell short of winning the FIA T2 World Championship in 2016, but the Saudi Arabian driver arrives on the shores of the Caspian Sea to take part in the inaugural Rally Kazakhstan with a commanding 49-point championship lead. The event gets underway from Aktau City on Sunday (May 21). The Toyota Land Cruiser […]
The epic challenge of the 2017 Silk Way Rally is now in sharp focus following the announcement of the official route. With nearly 10,000km split over 14 gruelling stages on a course stretching through Russia, Kazakhstan and China only the best in the business need apply for this one. At yesterday’s Silk Way Rally route […]
The defending OR1 (Open Class) motorcycle champion, Ross Branch (Brother Leader Tread KTM) and current Open Quad champion, Hannes Saaijman (Q-Kon EMD Basefit Racing VLS) were the respective overall winners of the Battlefields 400, the second round of the SA Cross Country Moto Championship that took place on Friday (12 May) outside Dundee in an […]
South African Cross Country Series rookies, Richard Leeke and Henry Konhë, have notched up a category win in only their second event. The ATS Motorsport duo drove their Class S Ford Ranger double cab to victory in the Battlefields 400, second round of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCC), which ended in Dundee on May […]
Two Veteran non-profits from Southern California, Warfighter Made and Racing4Vets, teamed together for the 50th anniversary running of the Mexican 1000. The all-Veteran team of racers in vintage military vehicles numbered “1” and “22” finished 68th and 135th, respectively. Martha Tansy joined the “Vets” who were among the 266 entries at the start of the […]
Pepson Plastics Husqvarna rider Brett Swanepoel tightened his stranglehold of the South African Cross Country Moto OR2 class championship with a second win on the trot at a cold and wet Battlefields 450 In Dundee KwaZulu Natal over the weekend. Swanepoel took a comfortable class win in Friday’s prologue, where he ended up third overall, […]
The Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Puma Lubricants team scored a resounding victory today at the Battlefields 400, the second round of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS). Treacherous conditions faced the competitors when the action got underway on Friday for the short 46km qualifying loop, with heavy runs in the Dundee area resulting […]
The first cold front of winter 2017 did nothing to dampen the spirits of the Toyota Gazoo Racing SA team, despite temperatures plummeting, the heavens opening, and Giniel de Villiers and Dennis Murphy rolling their Toyota Hilux, , during the qualifying race of the Battlefields 400. As round 2 of the 2017 South African Cross […]
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Officials at the Automotorsport Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan have announced a quality field of 25 of the world’s leading drivers for the Central Asian country’s inaugural round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies on May 20-27.Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, the two-time winner of the Dakar Rally and the defending FIA World Cup […]
Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal will be the play-ground for round two of the SA Cross Country Moto Series when the Battlefields 400 will test national motorcycle and quad riders on Friday, 12th May. Last year, this was quite a challenging event and riders who have upped their fitness levels and who can keep their battle gear […]
The Method Race Wheels Laughlin Desert Classic presented by Canidae Tap It is by far one of the funnest races of the year. It’s a different format, easy to spectate, and has two days of racing for all classes, making the fun to work ratio tilt all the way to the fun side. It’s the […]
The ATS Motorsport Young Guns, Richard Leeke and Henry Kohne, will take to the cross-country battlefield again on May 12 and 13 when they line up for the Battlefields 400, the second round of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS). Based around Dundee in the heartland of KZN, they’re confident that they’ll have a […]
The second round of the 2017 South African Cross Country Series is scheduled for May 12 and 13, and Toyota Gazoo Racing SA is geared up and ready to face the challenge of the Battlefields 400. The race will be run in the area around Dundee in Kwazulu-Natal, and promises some tight racing as Class […]
Pepson Plastics Husqvarna Motorcycles Off Road Team heads into a busy couple of weeks with an appointment at the Dundee SA Cross Country Moto round in KwaZulu Natal this coming weekend 12-13 May, while the Enduro team will be out in force at the Western Cape National in Robertson a week later. Husqvarna hotshot Brett […]
Competitors in the Special Vehicle category at the Battlefields 400, round two of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) on May 12 and 13, will be faced with two major tactical choices – consolidate or play a catch up game. Crews who got the season off to a good start on the Lichtenberg 400 […]
The Battlefields 400, round two of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) on May 12 and 13 is aptly named.Based in Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal a bumper weekend of cross country motor racing is in the offing, and the Production Vehicle category has the potential to look like a war zone. The Toyota Gazoo Racing […]
The Ford Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) Puma Lubricants team is ready and eager to continue its campaign in the exciting South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) when the second round of the championship gets underway at the Battlefields 400 on 12 and 13 May. Based in the historic Dundee area in KwaZulu-Natal, it will be […]
The Red-Lined Motorsport team will be out in force on the Battlefields 400, round two of the South African Cross Country Series (SACCS), in KwaZulu-Natal on May 12 and 13. The team will be fielding three new Nissan Navaras built under the guidance of Graeme Thornton at the Red-Lined Motorsport workshop in the Kyalami Business Park. […]
Leading FIA World Cup teams begin logistical preparations to tackle event for first time AKTAU CITY (KAZAKHSTAN): After three consecutive rounds of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies in the Gulf region of the Middle East, attention in the world’s premier cross-country rallying series now switches to Rally Kazakhstan, the […]