Mohammed Ben Sulayem has promised the world’s best cross country rally drivers and riders an exhilarating test when the new Dubai International Baja gives UAE motor sport another place on the world stage next month. Sulayem, President of the Automobile and Touring Club of UAE (ATCUAE), the rally organisers, says the stages sweeping through the […]
Officials at the Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation (QMMF) are currently finalising the route for this year’s renamed Qatar Cross-Country Rally, round four of the FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup and round two of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. They also announced that the revised five-day event would take place on April 17-22. […]
Dubai, UAE, 6th February, 2017: Rallying is heading for a bright new future in the UAE, with a second World Cup cross country event now added to the national motor sport calendar and moves to attract another generation of competitors gathering pace.The 2017 Dubai International Baja, taking place in the Al Qudra desert from 9-l1 […]
Two years ago, Marty Mann and Tom More drove the more than 1,200 miles from their homes in Kalispell to Johnson Valley, California, to see the fabled King of the Hammers off-road endurance race for the first time. They vowed it wouldn’t be the last time. (photo: Ryan del Monte) “We went down there, watched […]
Dubai, UAE, 29 January, 2017: The Automobile and Touring Club of UAE (ATCUAE) today underlined its plans to establish the new Dubai International Baja as the country’s second top flight event in the world of cross country rallying. Taking place from 9 to 11 March in the Al Qudra desert, the three-day event is being […]
By Robb Pritchard The 11th annual Nitto King of the Hammers week will commence with Hammertown opening to the public on Friday, February 3rd, 2017 and continue through Saturday, February 11th, 2017. What is considered the toughest one-day off road race in the world, King of the Hammers (KOH) is also the largest off-road racing […]
Rally Director Darren Skilton today announced that ASO has confirmed Sonora Rally as this years North American Dakar Challenge event for motorcycles. The winner of the 2017 Sonora Rally Dakar Challenge will receive a paid entry into the 2018 Dakar Rally. “We are very proud that ASO recognizes the unique nature of Sonora Rally. Our […]
Global service provider Donaldson Filtration Solutions has called time on the South African Cross Country Championship.In an official statement Donaldson has confirmed its plans “not to pursue an extension to its sponsorship agreement beyond the 2016 season” for South Africa’s premier cross country racing championship. Donaldson, in a statement released to SANORA, said a reshape […]
The 18-year old South African Sella on his KTM was second on the final stage behind two-time defending LAC ROSE / DAKAR:champion Pal Anders Ullevalseter; he won five of the 12 stages.Meanwhile Vladimir Vasilyev became the first Russian winner of the car category after leading from day to finish two hour and ten minute cushion […]
By Tia Calvo Imagine one of the most challenging off-roading locations you can. Think wild entangling jungle, rain, mud, and dangerous plants and animals. Then add eight teams of kick-ass ladies from around the world in a series of modified and lifted 4×4 trophy cars and you have Shemud – the world’s only international all-women’s […]
THE LEADERS ARE NOT GIVING UP After a rather frightening night on the plain of Azougui, competitors of the 2017 Africa Eco Race started this 9th stage between Azougui and Akjoujt, a village located halfway between Atar and Nouakchott. At the program of the day, a special stage of 391 km half dunes, half fast […]
Italy’s Paolo Ceci produced a stunning performance to clinch the 6th stage of the Africa Eco race on Sunday.The Honda rider dominated his opponents from the outset and completed the 744km course from Dakhla to Tiwilit in an impressive time of 1 hour and 22 minutes, enough to edge out South Africa’s Gev Teddy Sella […]
Stage two of this year’s Africa Eco Race took the competitors over 393 kilometres from Moulay Domain to Tagounite in Southwest Morocco. Italian Paolo Ceci won the stage in the bikes category.The Honda rider also moved into the overall race lead. Gev Teddy Sella followed his opening stage victory with a second […]
Dutch Rally Press The first real stage between Domaine Moulay near Erfoud and Tagounite not far from Mahmid in Morocco, took place on Tuesday January 3rd 2017. A real stage of Off Road rally with navigation, the first dunes and the track both technical and fast. A selective sector of 370 km which has already […]
Zero One Racing has been the official Mint 400 “arrive and race” partner for five consecutive years, hosting celebrity racers such as the Red Bull Signature Series host Sal Masekela, Denver Bronco DeMarcus Ware, actor and respected road racer Patrick Dempsey, and actor/comedian Dax Shepard to name a few. The Mint 400 has a rich […]
Rubicon Trail, Darien Gap, Khyber Pass… there are many routes around the world that lure off-roaders with their history or their infamy… But how keen would you be to drive the Road of Death, a tragically perilous track cut into the soft rock of a mountain face high above the Bolivian rainforest? With an average […]
“Paaji koi nahi, aajao seedhe seedhe,” screamed Kirpal Singh Tung while guiding Gurmeet Virdi to manoeuvre his 4X4 over a huge tree trunk. For those who know him, Gurmeet is a very calm, cool and composed guy who loves off-roading. It’s not easy to ruffle him. In fact, he reminds me of Kimi Raikkonen. Irrespective […]
The Bassella Race, which is the biggest gathering of all-terrain bikes in Spain, will be hosting a “Merzouga Challenge” for its eighth edition. The young riders will be attempting to follow in the tracks of Roma, Coma or Barreda on 10th, 11th and 12th February 2017… In Spain, every single champion in the all-terrain motorbike […]
A SPORTY 2017 COURSE « “Designing a race course, is a bit like a puzzle. We have to put all the pieces together. Sometimes the assembly is straight forward, other times it is more complicated and it gives us many different possibilities. For the 2017 race, we had many different options, especially with the Mauritanian section, […]
Emirati Ahmed Al Maqoodi put his knowledge of the local conditions to great use, cruising to the title in the Dubai International Rally on Friday. Driving a Polaris Racing Team UAE car, Al Maqoodi completed the two legs, a distance of around 220kms in the sands of Al Qudra, in 3hrs 19mins 16secs, to finish […]
Born in 1967, the Roof of Africa event used to include cars, quads and motorcycles, but has progressed from a fast and flowing race in the lowlands of Lesotho to one of the world’s toughest Extreme Enduro events, known as the ‘Mother of Hard Enduro’ to be precise. The 49th edition of this prestigious event […]
Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 champions Gurmeet Virdi and Kirpal Singh Tung beat seasoned international off-roaders to grab the top spot in their category in the world-renowned off-road motorsport competition held in Malaysia. Virdi and Tung have put India on the global off-roading map and ensured that their names will find a prominent mention in […]
The 2016 Dubai International Rally, running for the first time under its new format as a Cross Country Baja Rally, will feature a bumper entry list of over 70 cars, buggies, motorcycles and Quads. “We are delighted that so many competitors have come out to support our new initiative with the event, and it is […]
In my humble and mud-stained opinion there are a couple of special things about Europe’s Ultra4 racing series. One is how far the vehicles have been developed from what we had just a few years ago. Huge V8s put 500bhp to the ground via 40 inch tall tyres, suspension is from companies that supply the […]
The 49th Baja 1000 took place on Mexico’s beautiful Baja Peninsula over the weekend. This year’s race was another loop route: Ensenada to Ensenada, 854.50 miles of grueling off-road misery fun in between. And Polaris RZR factory racer Wayne Matlock (or whoever was piloting his UTV at the time) did a respectable chunk of that […]
Vision Wheel dominated the 2016 Baja 1000, as Vision Wheel sponsored racer Rob MacCachren ran away from the field to win this years race by over twenty-seven minutes! This is the third straight win for Rob Mac but his first on the new Vision Manx Forged Race Wheel. The grueling 854.5 mile race course was […]
From Moscow’s Red Square to Xi’an’s Imperial City, with a rest day in Urumqi, the 2017 Silk Way Rally opens a new chapter in the history of cross-country competition, proposing a long west to east journey and a sporting and mechanical challenge defying the elements like no other. Last summer it was mission accomplished! At […]
The Automotorsport Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan is delighted to announce that Rally Kazakhstan will be the fourth or fifth round of the 2017 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies for the first time on May 20-27, 2017.The rally will be open to FIA T1, T2, T3 and T4 classes and runs under the […]
Rumor of late has had it that Ford has been working on a new Bronco SUV, and it turns out that rumor is true! Sort of. Ford Performance has unveiled a classic Bronco-styled buggy that Formula Drift champion Vaughn Gittin Jr. will be entering in the 2017 King of the Hammers off-road race. The annual […]
Set to compete in 2017 MINT 400 off-road race Toyota has announced their entry in off-road desert racing with the debut of the Tacoma TRD Pro Race Truck. Set to compete in the 2017 MINT 400 Off-Road Rally, it gets significant suspension upgrades to take on what’s been dubbed as the Great American Desert […]
The 2016 FIA Cross Country World Cup ended with the final race, Baja Portalegre 500 held in Portugal. This race proved to be an exciting and fast paced world cup season ender that resulted with a MINI ALL4 Racing on the top step of the podium. Ricardo Porém (POR)and co-driver Filipe Palmeiro (POR) showcased a […]
Ultra4 Racing is a tough series to compete in. Hundreds of competitors from around North America battle it out against each other on some of the wildest terrains there is. These rigs and their occupants must traverse over boulders, sand, around trees and so much more, just to finish the race. The fastest time gets […]
The 2016 SA National Cross Country Motorcycle and Quad Champions had to work hard at the SACC Westonaria Race, the final round of the championship that took place from the Kloof Country Club at Glenharvie in Gauteng this weekend, 28 and 29 October, to earn their crowns. They had to endure hot and dusty conditions […]
It was a case of so tantalisingly close yet just a stretch too far for Neil Woolridge Motorsport Ford Performance, as the team’s Class T title challenge ended today by a losing margin of just 68 seconds after the hard-fought season was wrapped up at the Atlas Copco Gold 450 race on Gauteng’s West Rand*. […]
Germany-based South Racing enjoyed a superb two days of competition in the 30th Baja Portalegre, with Spaniard Xavier Pons leading the team’s seven-car line-up home in a superb second overall at the finish in eastern Portugal on Saturday afternoon. South Racing entered three DMAS Ford Rangers and four Toyota Hiluxes in the final round […]
Westonaria, situated on the western border of Gauteng, played host to the ultimate round of the 2016 South African National Cross Country championship (SACC) on 28 and 29 October. With all championships still up for grabs, the ‘Atlas Copco 450’ promised to be an exciting round not to be missed. Competitors had to complete a […]
With the overall Donaldson Cross-Country championship title already in the bag, thanks to the performance of Leeroy Poulter and navigator Rob Howie earlier in the season, all eyes turned to the battle that raged in Class T, when Toyota tackled the Atlas Copco Gold 450 – final round of the 2016 cross-country championship – on […]
Nitto Tire U.S.A. Inc., a leading manufacturer of off-road and street performance tires, is excited to announce that Team Nitto driver Jason Scherer has been crowned the 2016 Ultra4 National Champion after placing 3rd in the final race of the season held at Wild West Motorsports Park in Reno, Nevada this past Saturday. Nitto’s team […]
Germany-based South Racing draws the curtain on a busy and successful season of cross-country rallying by fielding the largest line-up of cars in the company’s history at the 30th Baja Portalegre 500, the final round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, on October 27-29. South Racing will run three DMAS South Racing Ford […]
The nerves will be shattered at the upcoming SACC Westonaria Race, the sixth and final round of the 2016 SA National Cross Country Championship that takes place on Friday and Saturday, 28 and 29 October from the Kloof Country Club Glenharvie in Gauteng, as the championship titles and final standings for the season will be […]