The stage is set for a classic battle for glory in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge powered by Nissan, with 166 competitors from 36 countries preparing to tackle the 26th edition of the event. Over the years, the Desert Challenge has produced some intriguing contests on four and two wheels, and the quality of the […]
The 2016 South African Cross Country Motorcycle and Quad Championship will start a whole new chapter in the history of cross country racing when the opening round, the Vryburg Race, takes place on April 1 and 2 in the Vryburg area in the North West Province. After running the national championships as two separate championships […]
Teams prepare for Donaldson Cross Country Motor Racing Championship opener There has been plenty of activity in the annual game of musical chairs as teams prepare for the opening round of the Donaldson Cross Country Motor Racing Championship. The season opens with the RFS Endurance Race in Vryburg in the North West province on […]
Qatar’s esteemed rally driver Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah has made a sensational return to Overdrive Racing and will drive a Toyota Hilux for the Belgian team in the forthcoming Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge and Sealine Cross-Country Rally, rounds two and three of the 2016 FIA Cross-Country Rally World Cup. Al-Attiyah drove for the team in 2012 […]
Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM), with the backing of title sponsor Ford Performance, is set to be a leading contender in the Production Vehicle category of the new-look 2016 Donaldson Cross Country Championship.When the season kicks off at the RFS Endurance race in Vryburg at the beginning of April, NWM will once again be joining the […]
Cougar Motorsport Pvt. Ltd. has announced the opening of registrations for Force Gurkha RFC India 2016 which will be held in Goa from 22nd July to 29th July. The third edition of India’s toughest off-road motorsport event will witness up to 25 teams competing for the title. The event, launched in 2014, is one of […]
Nissan Middle East has pledged once again to back the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE in its continued drive to raise the profile of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge on the world stage.The 2016 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge powered by Nissan sees the Patrol, the “Hero of All terrain in Life”, positioned for […]
An epic week at the Polaris RZR Mint 400 Presented by BFGoodrich Tires has now come to a close. Trophies have been handed out, egos have been humbled, and teams left everything on the line on their way trying to win the Great American Off-Road Race. What started out with the kickoff with over […]
A Brazilian connection will add a little Latin American flair to an already tasty feast at the RFS Endurance, the opening round of this year’s Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in Vryburg in the North West province on April 1 and 2. Two highly experienced crews from Brazil will compete in the new FIA Class in […]
It’s 1971, and a colorful moment in Las Vegas history is unfolding in an expanse of desert north of the city.Journalist, author and provocateur Hunter S. Thompson has come to town to write about the Mint 400 off-road race for Sports Illustrated. Instead, he ends up authoring “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.” The novel […]
South African co-driver Sandra Labuscagne will compete in the international Sealine Cross Country Rally, round three of the FIA Cross Country World Cup, in Qatar from April 17 to 22. The experienced Labuscagne was chosen to attend a training camp organised by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission and Qatar Motor and Motorcycle Federation in […]
The only thing different about the RFS Endurance Race, the opening round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship in Vryburg in the North West province on April 1 and 2, will be a completely new route. For the rest a typical Kalahari route will provide competitors with plenty of sand – and then some more […]
• Ford continues support for national rally and cross country racing commissions • Title sponsor of Neil Woolridge Motorsport team competing with Ford Ranger in Donaldson Cross Country Championship • Incentive programme extended in SA Rally Championship for Ford competitors, includes Class S1600 and S2000 Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has renewed its […]
As the ABE MIDAS Husqvarna Racing outfit headed down to Utrecht in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, hopes were high to put the first National Enduro under the belt and score some valuable points. Multiple South African Motocross champion Richard van der Westhuizen, making the move to Enduro this year competing in both Enduro and Motocross, made the […]
Nissan Middle East has confirmed its title sponsorship of the Ha’il International Rally, Saudi Arabia’s premier motor sporting event, for the second successive year. The FIA-sanctioned event will run under the auspices of the Saudi Arabian Motor Federation for an 11th time on March 9-14. “The rally in Ha’il is one of the most popular […]
The South Racing duo of Nunzio Coffaro and Fernando Alvarez produced two solid performances on their first ever snow rallies, when they brought their Toyota Hiluxes to the finish of the Baja Russia Northern Forest Rally in ninth and 14thoverall. Fernando Alvarez The traditional opening round of the 2016 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies […]
A plus for rally enthusiasts in the country, Northern Motorsport introduced the 2016 India Baja Rally that was organized on February 13-14. A popular event overseas, the high on adrenaline rally originated in the Baja peninsula of North America and the Indian version is based on the same concept at the Baja 1000. The debut […]
Celebrating another decade of excellence, seeing if a celebrated Mexican racer can win four straight years as well as starting and finishing for the first time on the Malecon in the heart of town are just three of the story lines awaiting racers from around the world who will start official pre-running next week for […]
A month after taking all four of its cars to the finish of the gruelling Dakar Rally, South Racing will swap the punishing heat of South America for the ice, snow and plummeting temperatures of a Russian winter, when it enters two cars in next weekend’s Baja Russia Northern Forest Rally. The traditional opening round […]
The 4th round of the 2015-16 Emirates Desert Championship, the national baja championship for cars, buggies, motorcycles and quads, takes place this Friday 12th February in the Al Faqa’a region, along the Dubai/Abu Dhabi border. The region previously held the 3rd round in November 2015 and proved so popular that event organisers, the Emirates Motor […]
Erik Miller wins his second Nitto King of the Hammers desert race This is not to say that Paris-Dakar, the Baja 1000 or Vegas-to-Reno are not tough race events, but you really have to at least see The King of the Hammers before you call any other race the toughest in the world. This year […]
After 116 miles of brutal racecourse in Johnson Valley, California, Brad Lovell crossed the finish line first in Hammertown to take the unofficial win in the Smittybilt Everyman Challenge today. Lovell was the first car across the line and also the the first 4800 Legends class to complete the race. Lovell was one of 48 […]
Qualifying Day 1 of the Nitto King of the Hammers Powered by Optima Batteries did not fail to entertain. Throughout the day, 49 drivers tackled last year’s qualifying course run backwards, which was just around 2 miles, with multiple lines available throughout the course that would, or would not, save a driver time. Yes, short […]
Anyone who’s read my previous stories knows that I travel a lot and here and there I come across weird and wonderful 4×4 creations and events. In between the Baja 1000, Dakar and King of the Hammers I stopped for a while in Ecuador and rented a house on the side of a mountain with […]
Yamaha riders have dominated the 2016 Enduropale du Touquet Pas-de-Calais with Adrien Van Beveren making history by winning the famous French sand race for the third year in a row as he lead a all blue podium. Van Beveren Racing for the Yamalube Drag’On Tek race team took a new turn in his career in […]
The fifth running of the King Of The Motos race—the event that kicks off the King Of The Hammers off-road event in Johnson Valley, California—saw Cody Webb take the overall victory, reclaiming his crown from 2015 winner Colton Haaker. The win marked Webb’s third career win at the extreme off-road race, and he was joined […]
Nitto Tire U.S.A., a leading manufacturer of off-road and street performance tires, is returning as the title sponsor of the 2016 King of the Hammers (KOH) off-road race in Johnson Valley, California, this weekend. Nitto will be fielding one of the most competitive teams of drivers in the event, with four of its drivers […]
Tejinder Pal Singh and co-driver Harpreet Singh from Gerrari Offroaders, Chandigarh, won the first regional round of RFC India. This round was held for the North of the country, in Chandigarh between 16 and 17, January as an extreme competitive category in Gerrari Offroaders’ annual offroad event. As the winner of this round, Tejinder gains free entry […]
After hosting two successful editions in 2014 and 2015, organisers Cougar Motorsport have retained the rights to host the Rainforest Challenge (RFC) India up till 2019.RFC first forayed into India in 2014, with New Delhi-based Cougar Motorsport signing a three year franchise agreement with RFC Founder & Creator Luis J.A. Wee. Ahead of the third edition, […]
Day four of the Africa Eco Race was a day for the reigning champions.Bikes title holder Pal Anders Ullevalseter of Norway took stage four honours on his KTM for his third straight win.He completed the 409 kilometre stage from Assa to Remz El Quebir in Morocco just over 14 minutes faster than second placed Frenchman […]
Defending bikes champion Pal Anders Ullevalseter continued his perfect start to the Africa Eco Race.The Norwegian backed up his stage two victory by winning the 451-kilometre timed special for stage three, which took the competitors from Tagounite to Assa in Morocco’s Assa-Zag province. He was 12 minutes and 49 second faster than Russian Anastasiya Nifontova […]
After missing stage one due to safety concerns the Bikes finally made their bow in the eighth edition of the Africa Eco Race on Wednesday. Defending champion Pal Anders Ullevalseter laid down the marker winning stage two, which took the competitors from Jorf El Hamam to Tagounite in Morocco. The KTM rider was followed by […]
One question that came up during my long and as so many people who have no idea what it is and was all about, like to say, “controversial motorsport career” a few people asked me if I would not have liked to do the Dakar Rally. Without exception and as the years went by, with […]
The eighth edition of the Africa Eco Race from Monaco to Dakar in Sebegal, got underway on Tuesday in Morocco, albeit just the cars and the trucks as the bikes were forced skip the opener due to safety concerns and will begin their adventure on Wednesday. The day’s super special stage was shortened to a […]
For the first time since the creation of the AFRICA ECO RACE in 2009, this impressive African Rally going from France to Dakar by driving on the tracks of Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal, will start from Monaco. For two days, Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th of December 2015, the Principality of Monaco will be home […]
BRP formally announced some big news today, as it has entered into a new agreement with “Gymkhana” viral video star and rally racer Ken Block. Block, a decorated World Rally Championship racer, X Games medalist and viral video trailblazer, is now an official ambassador for the Can-Am brand. Block and his Hoonigan team are joining […]
This past weekend saw the running of the annual pinnacle event of South African Enduro racing, the Roof of Africa. Known by most as the Mother of all hard enduros, this year’s edition didn’t disappoint and was truly a gruelling test of man and machine versus the hard unforgiving mountain terrain that is the mountain […]
Chang Chiew Shen and Lo Fui Min from Team Maxxis-Sabah won the 2015 Malaysian Rainforest after 11 days of fighting it out with the best from countries like Russia, Lebanon, China, Poland and Malaysia. Lee Beng Loo and Lee Beng Khon, from Team Maxxis – Johor who finished second gave the winners a run for their […]
SANORA and the Donaldson Cross Country Motor Racing Championship have again demonstrated a flair for innovation.A one-day Super Sprint event has been added to next year’s calendar with the Donaldson Championship to be run over seven rounds. The 200 kilometre Super Sprint event will run alongside three 450 kilometre sprint events, two 650 kilometre endurance […]
The South African National Off-Road Motorcycle and Quad Championship will in future be run under the auspices of SANORA. SANORA administers the Donaldson Cross Country Motor Racing Championship and has now also acquired the rights to organise the South African National Off-Road Motorcycle and Quad Championship. This is in terms of an agreement between SANORA […]