The top 3 in the World Rally-Raid Championship, led by Nasser Al-Attiyah, along with other 2023 cross-country champs were celebrated at the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony in Baku.
Thad Moffitt, grandson of Richard Petty, will race the #46 full-time in the 2024 NASCAR Truck Series for the newly created Faction46 team.
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Despite winning a Cup Series race, A.J. Allmendinger will drop back down to the NASCAR Xfinity Series with Kaulig Racing for 2024.
Tyler Ankrum is once again a Chevrolet driver as he moves to McAnally-Hilgemann Racing for the 2024 NASCAR Truck Series. Jack Wood will also race part-time in a fourth truck.
After racing part-time in 2023, Timmy Hill will once again run the full NASCAR Truck Series calendar in 2024 for his family-run team.
NASCAR Cup Series team Trackhouse Racing will become a MotoGP team in 2024 as they partner with Aprilia to field bikes for Miguel Oliveira and Raul Fernandez.
After finishing second in Malle Moto at the 2023 Dakar Rally, Javi Vega will not be classified by the ASO in 2024 for returning to the class instead of moving to Rally2, though he plans to race anyway.
Ahead of Extreme H’s inaugural season in 2025, the series has joined forces with the FIA and Formula One to form the Hydrogen Working Group to oversee hydrogen part development.
Dakar Rally and Le Mans ace Romain Dumas piloted a modified Porsche 911 up the west ridge of the Ojos del Salado volcano, setting the altitude world record.
After defecting to the AOE Pro Series only for it to not materialise for 2024, Crandon has returned to the Championship Off-Road calendar. Antigo will host a memorial race for Kyle LeDuc.
While training in the U.S. for the 2024 Dakar Rally, Matthias Walkner fell and broke his left tibia, fibula, and ankle joint, forcing hospitalisation and him out of taking part in the race.
NASCAR’s R&D engineers received the Dino Toso Racecar Aerodynamicist of the Year Award for their successful 24 Hours of Le Mans entry.
After using a 50/50 mix of hydrogen and diesel in 2023, KH-7 Epsilon Team’s MAN truck will switch to hydrogen and hydrotreated vegetable oil for the 2024 Dakar Rally
After three seasons, ABT CUPRA XE will end their Extreme E programme to focus on Formula E, though they are keeping the door open for a potential Extreme H entry.
Dawson Cram, who used to work for JD Motorsports as a mechanic, will rejoin the team as a driver for the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series season.
Marco Aurelio Fontana, the 2012 Summer Olympics bronze medalist in cross-country cycling, has since started dabbling in cross-country rally rider and will enter the 2024 Africa Eco Race.
