You could loose or win everything on the last day of the Balkan Offroad 2019, with long and fast stages for the Cross Country and a tough one for the Extreme Class. The overnight rain changed the conditions of the tracks, but they dried out quickly in the morning and allowed for a high speed […]
They say it is not over until the lady has uttered the final notes and this is true about the hard fought battles between teams competing in the Production Vehicle category of the 2019 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS). And while some titles received owners after the recent fifth round of the championship […]
Poland’s Jakub Przygonski and German co-driver Timo Gottschalk edged into a slender advantage of 3.6 seconds after a narrow and dusty opening super special stage of the Jordan Baja on the outskirts of Aqaba on Thursday afternoon. Competitors from 17 nations lined up at the start of the opening competitive section and Przygonski clocked a time […]
You can run, but you can’t hide: in the marathon you need to take care not only of your speed but also of your vehicle, concentration and navigation. In all classes today we saw major changes in the ranking, in a long and fast but difficult stage 6 in the Balkan Offroad 2019. In Cross […]
Three gladiators of world cross-country rallying will lock horns and battle it out for FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas at this weekend’s Jordan Baja, starting in the stunning Red Sea resort of Aqaba on Thursday, according to the Jordan Baja Media Service. No outright wins, but a series of consistent finishes, have given Russia’s […]
Today was the longest stage of the Balkan Offroad 2019, with three specials and a total itinerary of 650 kilometer between Starosel and Shkorpilovtsi on the coast of the Black Sea. As the assistance crew takes a refreshing bath and finds a place on the beach, the competitors are flying across the stages in a […]
Fernando Alonso is known to be me a man who wears different racing hats. The two-time Formula One champion who ended his F1 career after driving for McLaren in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year had tried tried his luck with the World Endurance Championship as well as IndyCar Series. The Spaniard has now […]
Three gladiators of world cross-country rallying will lock horns and battle it out for FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas at this weekend’s Jordan Baja, starting in the stunning Red Sea resort of Aqaba tomorrow (Thursday).No outright wins, but a series of consistent finishes, have given Russia’s Vladimir Vasilyev a slender six-point advantage in the […]
Sredna Gora bites back – it was a tough day in the mountains, with beautiful panoramas and fantastic views for those who had time to look at it. On ‘break day’ halfway through the Balkan Offroad 2019 the marathon has finally begun and the ranking sees major changes on a stage so long and tough […]
Fedor Vorobyev and Michele Cinotto will kick up the dust and try and survive punishing heat in the deserts of Wadi Rum, when they go head-to-head in the battle to secure T3 Trophy honours in the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas at this weekend’s Jordan Baja. Vorobyev holds the advantage heading into the desert […]
The third day of the Balkan Offroad 2019 started with a fast run up Sredna Gora, on broken roads and graveltracks. Full drifting, sharp corners and unexpected bumps and ditches – both up and downhill over the mountains. After that the track levelled out, as the roadbook took the competitors to the fertile soil of […]
If Ata Al-Hmoud is to retain his Jordan Baja crown in the motorcycle category, the Jordanian rider will need to be fully focused and mentally prepared when the Hashemite Kingdom’s exciting new addition to the global cross-country rallying calendar gets underway in Aqaba on Thursday afternoon. The Beta 480 rider was in a class of […]
Starting in the mountains near Borovets, driving down to the Rhodopia Mountains and then back north for a final stage through the fields towards the new camp in the vineyards of Starosel, todays stage had it all: mountains, technical driving, navigation and a final fast stage at high speed. “It was cold in the mountains!” […]
World Rallycross going down to the wire at Killarney South African race fans are set for a sensational showdown when the FIA World Rallycross Championship presented by Monster Energy comes to a dramatic head at the Killarney International Raceway season finale 9-10 November. Swede Timmy Hansen won the penultimate World RX round in Latvia over […]
The tide turned for the defending Production Vehicle champions, Giniel de Villiers/Dennis Murphy (Toyota Gazoo Racing Hilux) who finally got the monkey off their back when they won the Lichtenburg 400, the fifth and penultimate round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) that took place this weekend in the North-West Province. It […]
Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Giniel de Villiers and navigator Dennis Murphy claimed victory on the Lichtenburg 400, round 5 of the 2019 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS) this weekend. At the same time, teammates Henk Lategan and Brett Cummings finished in second place, clinching the overall SACCS championship for 2019 in the process. “It was […]
An experienced rally raid campaigner, Marc, 42, first competed in the Dakar Rally in 2002 when the event was still held in Africa. With nearly two decades in the sport, most recently as Sporting Director of the Dakar Rally, Marc is perfectly positioned to work closely with Fernando, two-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner, reigning […]
Husqvarna leads way to Free State Q4 Fuels Husqvarna Racing heads to Welkom’s penultimate sixth round TRP South African National Motocross championship races with both its riders leading their classes. Premier class MX1 leader Maddy Malan and 65cc lad Neil van der Vyver arrive in the Free State with their Husqvarnas boasting title leaders’ red […]
Sam Sunderland crowned 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Champion following Round 3 of 4 in Chile as the KTM rider turns attentions to 2020 Dakar Rally Sam Sunderland got his preparations for a second career Dakar Rally win underway in fine style as he wrapped up the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship in Chile. […]
Record-breaking fourth win in a row for the Neil Woolridge Motorsport (NWM) designed and built Class T1 Ford Ranger V8 on longest and toughest Rally dos Sertões to date. Lucas Moraes and Kaique Bentivoglio power NWM X Rally Team/MEM Motorsport Ford Ranger to victory on eight-day 6 000km race Three-time winners Cristian Baumgart and Beco […]
Victory on last month’s Bronkhorstspruit 400, Round 4 of the 2019 South African Cross-Country Series (SACCS), moved Toyota Gazoo Racing SA’s Henk Lategan and navigator Brett Cummings to within a hair of winning the 2019 title. There is still some work to be done for the Toyota Hilux crew over the remainder of the season, […]
Unlike most luxury automakers, Audi has a history that’s steeped in dirt, gravel, and mud. The automaker splashed onto the global stage in the early 1980s by dominating the World Rally Championship with its quattro all-wheel-drive system—a signature element that remains part of its lineup to this day. But what does a future of self-driving […]
New Aqaba-based round of FIA Baja World Cup to be staged in Wadi Rum Jordan Motorsport has announced a quality international entry for the forthcoming Jordan Baja, the new seventh round of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas. The event will be based in Aqaba and centred around Wadi Rum on September 19th-21st. […]
The exciting and extremely competitive South African Cross Country Series (SACCS) has hit the home stretch, with the Lichtenburg 400 selected as the penultimate round of the championship, taking place on 13 and 14 September. Harrismith was originally scheduled for this fifth round, but exceptionally dry conditions and a high risk of fire in the […]
The battles in the Special Vehicle category of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) have always been tough and this year is no exception. With only two rounds of the 2019 SACCS remaining, the bar will be raised at the Lichtenburg 400, the fifth and penultimate round of the series that takes place […]
Sam Sunderland (GBR) has sped his way to the 2019 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship. The British biker kept up his incredible form at Rally Atacama to win the season long rally-raid championship with a round to spare. Sunderland arrived in Chile having won the opening two rounds of this year’s FIM Cross-Country Rallies […]
2019 Cross-Country Rallies Round WORLD3 , Stage 1 Kevin Benavides and Ricky Brabec performed well on the first stage of the Atacama Rally. Joan Barreda and Nacho Cornejo likewise got off to a swift start in the Chilean desert to complete a fine stage for the Monster Energy Honda squad. The first 270-kilometre special stage […]
It is once again time to hit the California desert for the 2019 edition of the Ultra4 Racing PCI Race Radios Rampage at Ridgecrest. The last race of the 2019 Lasernut Western Series heads back to Ridgecrest OHV Area were drivers can expect a combination of open-desert sections and rock obstacles, very similar to Johnson Valley were King of the […]
Track, rally & drag rookies join Alonso on debut There is great excitement in the Cross Country world right now with nobody less than Fernando Alonso making a guest appearance at the Lichtenburg 400 over the 14 September weekend. The race was also shifted away from Harrismith at the last moment due to the risk […]
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Sam Sunderland has successfully completed the first full stage of the 2019 Atacama Rally in second place. Also posting impressive times on the challenging route, Matthias Walkner was fifth fastest, with Toby Price and Luciano Benavides both inside the top 10 in eighth and 10th respectively. The Atacama Rally marks […]
Thersby appointed Red-Lined motorsport manager More often than not, the people in the shadows are the unsung heroes in sport. Nowhere is that truer than in racing, where the drivers and the cars take all the glory, while the team and the people who do all the work to keep them there, are so easily […]
Brazilian driver Guilherme ‘Guiga’ Spinelli and his navigator Youssef Haddad gave their new South Racing-built Mitsubishi L200 Triton Sport Racing an impressive debut in Brazil’s daunting Rally dos Sertões, which finished in the town of Aguiraz in the state of Ceará on the country’s north-eastern coast on Sunday. The Mitsubishi Spinelli Racing crew reached […]
Chile’s Atacama Desert, from Monday through to Saturday, will be the battleground for the third round of the FIM World Cross-Country Rally Championship, with Monster Energy Honda Team poised and ready to undertake the challenge. Kevin Benavides, Ricky Brabec, Joan Barreda and José Ignacio Cornejo have now made it through the mandatory administrative and technical […]
A valuable podium finish for Overdrive Racing’s Vladimir Vasilyev in the demanding Orlen Baja Poland, round six of the 2019 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Bajas, has lifted the Russian back to the top of the championship standings heading into the final two rounds of the series. The VRT Toyota Hilux driver and co-driver Konstantin […]
Drama and a champion in East London East London’s Extreme Festival delivered drama in spades and a new South African champion at a thrilling Grand Prix Circuit race day on Saturday. And while one man walked away a champion, the rest of the series saw their titles tighten up at the top to leave the […]
The town of Lichtenburg in the North-West Province as well as the surrounding areas are in the final process of preparations for the Lichtenburg 400, the fifth and penultimate round of the South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS). Although the town did not have too much time to get the wheels rolling, they are […]
There seems to be no end to the level of excitement of the 2019 South African National Cross Country Series (SACCS) and with only two rounds of the season remaining, a change of venue as well as the appearance of an international motorsport hero, will add spice to the current brew. Due to the extremely […]
Husqvarna star Oosthuizen unbeaten Pepson Plastics Husqvarna star William Oosthuizen made it five South African National Enduro Championship E1 class wins out of five starts at the tough and testing Robertson Enduro over the weekend as he led another strong team performance in the Western Cape. Oosthuizen’s teammates similarly ignored the trappings of the valley […]
The last round of the National Cross Country Championship ended in devastation for Brother Leader Tread KTM’s Bradley Cox. The rider set off into the Maluti Mountains not only with the OR3 Championship lead, but with a solid shot at taking the overall victory that day. After just kilometres into the first lap, the orange […]
Letshego Zulu joins Red-Lined It seems that the Red-Lined Motoring Adventures bug has bitten Letshego Zulu hard! Zulu, whom race fans will know as the late Gugu’s wife, is also not just a biokineticist, adventurer, businesswoman and television personality as a contestant in both Fear Factor and Survivor South Africa, but she has now twice […]