The name “Sugarbelt” is synonymous with South African cross-country racing. And now, after taking a break in 2014, crews are preparing for a return to this iconic race, which takes place on 8 and 9 May 2015. The race was last run in 2013, and was won on that occasion by Castrol Team Toyota’s Anthony […]
Tight and tricky course for Sugarbelt 450 Building on a season opening victory in the Special Vehicle category will be top of the agenda for Motorite Racing crew Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen on the Sugarbelt 450, round two of this year’s Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in KwaZulu-Natal on May 8 and 9. Former South […]
Home ground race a spur for Ford Performance team The Ford Performance team will be hoping to see a fairytale scenario unfold in the Production vehicle category at the Sugarbelt 450, round two of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in KwaZulu-Natal on May 8 and 9. The race is based at the Beaumont Eston Farmers […]
Close! That is the only word to accurately describe the standings in the various class championships of the 2015 Liquorland National Enduro Motorcycle Championship and with the fourth of six rounds happening this weekend in the Ashton area in the Western Cape, time is starting to run out for those riders who have their eyes […]
Ford Performance is hoping to claim home advantage on the upcoming Sugarbelt 450, second round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, which takes place in KwaZulu-Natal on 8 and 9 May.The race is based in the small farming town of Eston, around 35 km from the team’s workshop in Pietermaritzburg where the V8-powered Ford Performance […]
The Mooi River National Off-road, the third round of the TOTPAK National Off-road Championship that took place in the Mooi River area KwaZulu-Natal, produced nail biting motorcycle and quad racing action in the Midlands Meander with competitors giving it their all to claim valuable points towards their championships. It was a tough day in the […]
Rally officials have announced an impressive provisional entry list of 39 cars and six motorcycles for this weekend’s FIA-sanctioned Rally Jeddah, which is being supported by Mohamed Yousef Naghy Motors (MYN Motors) – Land Rover. Officials have now transferred to rally headquarters at the Al-Nakheel Beach Resort and are finalising all last minute preparations […]
Taxing route a mixture of sugarcane fields, plantations and open veld Variety will be the name of the game when competitors take on a taxing route on the Sugarbelt 450, round two of this year’s Donaldson Cross Country Championship, in KwaZulu-Natal on May 8 and 9. Crews will, however, feel at home with a race […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Spain’s Marc Coma and Poland’s Rafal Sonik each confirmed their third victories at the Sealine Cross-Country Rally in four years in the car, motorcycle and quad categories on Friday. Victories on the final stage of the punishing five-day event fell to Reinaldo Varela, Joan Barreda Bort and Mohammed Abu Issa, […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Spain’s Marc Coma and Poland’s Rafal Sonik remain firmly on course for victory in the car, motorcycle and quad sections of the 2015 Sealine Cross-Country Rally, after the penultimate 406.78km selective section through the Qatar deserts on Thursday. KTM’s Coma began the day with an overall lead of 10min 12sec […]
To the off-road racing community, the passing of Hollywood leading man, film actor and television icon James Garner last July marked another loss to the sport’s fading passage of its original roots. At next week’s 6th annual NORRA General Tire Mexican 1000 rally, Garner’s memory and lasting impact to Baja desert racing will be remembered […]
An all new event on the 2015 TOTPAK National Off-road Championship, the Mooi River National Off-road that will take place on Saturday, 25 April, in the Mooi River area in KwaZulu-Natal, will not only introduce the national tour to this area for the first time in more than 15 years, but it will level the […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Spain’s Marc Coma and Poland’s Rafal Sonik are the outright leaders of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally, after a demanding 398.88km competitive section across the remote deserts to the west and south of Doha on Tuesday. Car, motorcycle and quad stage victories on the day fell to Al-Attiyah, Austrian KTM rider […]
A wet and challenging KEI National Enduro produced new winners this past weekend and as the 2015 Liquorland National Enduro Championship reaches the halfway mark, a few new championship leaders emerged. This means that an exciting second half of the season can be expected with round four already taking place in two weeks in the […]
Qatar’s Nasser Saleh Al-Attiyah, Spain’s Marc Coma and Qatar’s Mohammed Abu Issa edged into early advantages in their respective car, motorcycle and quad categories after the opening 201.94km selective section of the Sealine Cross-Country Rally between Al-Wabra and Sealine in Qatar on Monday afternoon. Hot and windy conditions made the going tough for all […]
Austrian motorcycle manufacturer KTM will take on Honda’s Team HRC in what promises to be a fascinating two-wheel battle for supremacy in this week’s Sealine Cross-Country Rally, round two of the FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. The two stalwarts of cross-country rallying have dominated the sport in recent seasons and lock handlebars again over […]
Overdrive Racing will be aiming to win next week’s Sealine Cross-Country Rally for the second time. The Belgian team has entered three Toyota Hiluxes in the third round of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies, which takes place on April 20-24. The event runs for five days across challenging desert selective sections through […]
• Dakar champions Al-Attiyah, Coma and Sonik top car, motorcycle and quad classes • 11 FIA Priority drivers in car section; KTM and Honda set for motorcycle showdown • Competitors from 27 countries to face daunting route through Qatar deserts A provisional record entry of cars, motorcycles and quads will tackle next week’s Sealine […]
The championship battles will continue as the Liquorland National Enduro Motorcycle Championship reaches the halfway mark with the KEI National Enduro that will take place this weekend at East London in the Eastern Cape. National enduro motorcycle competitors will however have to look at the bigger picture as they will have to score the maximum […]
Comfortable win for former champions on first event of the season Former South African champions Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen are no strangers when it comes to leading the Special Vehicle points log in the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, and find themselves in familiar territory after the opening round of this year’s series. Hutchison […]
Two Castrol Team Toyota Hilux crews in top three A maiden overall win for Castrol Team Toyota’s Leeroy Poulter on the recent RFS Endurance has given him and co-driver Rob Howie the early Production Vehicle lead in the Donaldson Cross Country Championship. The RFS Endurance was the opening round of the Donaldson series with […]
Nasser Al Attiyah will appeal the FIA’s decision last night to disqualify him from the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, saying the suspension travel irregularity that was cited by the governing body for world motorsports gave him no advantage. The Qatari is competing in the FIA Cross Country World Cup for Mini All4 Racing. He […]
BREAKING NEWS: AL ATTIYAH EXCLUDED FROM DESERT CHALLENGE Nasser Al Attiyah has been excluded from the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED BY NISSAN for a suspension travel irregularity following post-event scrutineering by the FIA. Russia’s defending champion Vladimir Vasilyev, partnered by Konstantin Zhiltsov in a Mini, is the winner in the cars category. ___________________________________________________________________________ EARLIER […]
• Transmission damage thwarts Khalid Al-Qassimi after brave climb to fourth • Outright Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge win for Qatar’s Nasser Al-Attiyah • Master relay problems cost Varela and Gugelmin third in overall standings Overdrive Racing finished the gruelling six-day Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in fifth and sixth positions with two of their four Toyota […]
UAE’s Al Qassimi climbs within reach of podium position while Al Helei finds cruel luck in Rub Al Khali Nasser Al Attiyah strengthened his grip on the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED by Nissan today with another measured drive in the Rub Al Khali while world champion Marc Coma made a big move in his […]
* Three-day event to be supported by MYN Motors – Land Rover * Generous financial package on offer for European and GCC entrants Officials in Saudi Arabia have announced Rally Jeddah 2015, a three-day cross-country rally for cars, motorcycles and quads, that will run across the scenic and challenging western Saudi deserts from April 30-May […]
UAE’s Al Helei, Al Qassimi still in the hunt for top places after demanding day in Rub Al Khali Nasser Al Attiyah grabbed the lead in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED by Nissan today while Dubai-based British rider Sam Sunderland forced his way ahead in the battle of the bikes. Partnered by French co-driver […]
Harrismith off-road race. The green car driven by Manfred and Daniel Schroder were racing on the track, they came over a crest and the other car driven by Jurgen Schroder and Mike Abramson, as a result of getting lost were going in the wrong direction. As a result they had a head on collision at […]
World champion Coma grabs early advantage in battle of the bikes The UAE’s Yahya Al Helei covered himself in glory today in the 25th anniversary Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED by Nissan , outshining the world’s best drivers to take the lead as he extended his remarkable 100% appearance record in the event. Partnered […]
Hutchison/Stassen master tough conditions on RFS Endurance Former South African champions Evan Hutchison and Danie Stassen mastered treacherous conditions to win the Special Vehicle category on the RFS Endurance, the opening round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, here today. It was the perfect start to the season for the Motorite BAT Viper pair, but […]
Points win for Team Castrol Toyota in factory team battle In boxing parlance Team Castrol Toyota scored a points win over Ford Performance in the Production Vehicle category factory battle on the RFS Endurance, the opening round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, here today. Leeroy Poulter and Rob Howie romped to victory in the […]
Tough route and wet conditions for Donaldson Cross Country Championship opener It was a tough day at the office for Special Vehicle crews on the qualifying race for the RFS Endurance, the opening round of the Donaldson Cross Country Championship, here today. A tough 196 kilometre route was made even tougher by treacherous conditions courtesy […]
Odds against repeat wins for Vasilyev, Goncalves, Sonic as UAE’s classic desert rally passes three milestones Russian driver Vladimir Vasilyev, Portuguese bikes star Paulo Goncalves and Polish quads rider Rafal Sonic are all chasing their places in the record books over the next five days as the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED BY Nissan passes […]
Powerful international line-up of cars, buggies, bikes and quads set for super stage action at Yas Marina Circuit The stage is set for the 25th edition of the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED BY Nissan which gets under way with a super special spectator stage at Yas Marina Circuit tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. Starting at […]
The Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge POWERED BY Nissan will mark its 25th anniversary in style on Saturday when the event is given a rousing send-off at Yas Marina Circuit, the stage for so much dramatic Formula One action in the UAE capital over the last six years. Abu Dhabi’s magnificent Grand Prix Circuit will […]
The fights for the national championship titles of the 2015 Totpak National Off-road Motorcycle and Quad Championships are on after new winners emerged at the Swazi Cowboyz 400, the second round of the national series that took place in the Mhlambanyatsi area. It was a tough race for competitors who had to work hard on […]
Yazeed Al-Rajhi stormed to an emphatic fourth victory in the Ha’il Nissan International Rally, which finished in the north-central region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The Hummer driver was the class of the record entry from the start with German co-driver Timo Gottschalk and celebrated a fourth win in four different makes […]
Defending Donaldson Cross-Country champions, Castrol Team Toyota’s Anthony Taylor and Dennis Murphy, are fully prepared to tackle 2015 season. The pair have tested the new specification Toyota Hilux race vehicle, which is based on the vehicle that saw Giniel de Villiers and German co-driver Dirk von Zitzewitz finish second in this year’s grueling Dakar Rally, […]
Production Vehicle category will again be ultra-competitive Two factory heavyweights slugging it out, with a number of talented privateers trying to steal their thunder, make for an inviting Production Vehicle category bill of fare when this year’s Donaldson Cross Country Championship gets underway with the RFS Endurance in Harrismith on March 27 and 28. The […]
The Ford Performance team is ready and primed for the exciting first round of the 2015 Donaldson Cross Country championship, which takes place in the Free State town of Harrismith on 27 and 28 March.The new-look series features just six events, two less than last year, but with an interesting new formula comprising a mix […]