NASCAR has implemented multiple rule changes for 2023 including removing stage cautions for road courses, banning Ross Chastain’s wallride move, a choose rule for superspeedway and dirt, and allowing all full-time drivers regardless of points standing to be playoff eligible.
Although the Africa Eco Race has been pushed to 2024, organisers will keep the race alive in 2023 by forming a “natural collaboration” with the Carta Rallye in Morocco on 12–18 March.
NASCAR Truck/Mexico Series racer Max Gutiérrez and his brother Federico, the 2022 Mexico Challenge Rookie of the Year, were involved in a car crash Sunday that killed the latter; “Fico” was 17.
As much as MotoGP great Marc Márquez likes the Dakar Rally, he has no interest in racing it on a bike. While it has its own challenges, he did not necessarily rule out a run on four wheels.
After beating Mick Schumacher in the final, Mattias Ekström is now tied with Sébastien Loeb and Didier Auriol for the most Race of Champions individual tournament victories with five.
Speaking to Autosport, Extreme E executive James Taylor said the new hydrogen counterpart Extreme H will use a “Generation 2” chassis with goals of a shakedown by June.
Ty Dillon will rejoin his grandfather’s team Richard Childress Racing for the first time since 2018 when he runs a part-time NASCAR Xfinity schedule starting at Darlington in May.
NASCAR great Jimmie Johnson, 2010 Le Mans winner Mike Rockenfeller, and 2009 Formula One Champion Jenson Button will join forces to race the NASCAR Cup Next Gen car at Le Mans in June.
For the second straight year, Petter and Oliver Solberg won the Race of Champions’ Nations Cup for Team Norway after beating Team All Stars’ Felipe Drugovich and Thierry Neuville.
A horror crash in the 2021 Dakar Rally almost killed CS Santosh and left him with severe head injuries. As he continues his recovery, he hopes to return at the 2024 race.
Anja van Loon raced a T3 in her Dakar Rally début, but intends to switch to the trucks of T5 for the 2024 Rally with an all-female crew. To prepare her for the start, she will first pilot an IVECO in the Morocco Desert Challenge in April.
After departing SS-Green Light Racing, Joe Graf Jr. has found his way to RSS Racing where he will run approximately 28 races starting with the NASCAR Xfinity Series season opener at Daytona.
As he prepares for his NASCAR Truck Series rookie year, Rajah Caruth will run a limited Xfinity slate for Alpha Prime Racing.
Italian motorcycle brand Aprilia, who currently competes in MotoGP, will form a rally raid programme led by Jacopo Cerutti with goals of running the Dakar Rally by 2024.
Now a 5× Dakar Rally champion, Nasser Al-Attiyah is hoping to make his return to the Summer Olympics at Paris 2024. He won bronze in skeet shooting at the 2012 Games.
2023 Race of Champions: Lucas Blakeley wins eROC, runs it back with Opmeer in Nations Cup
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Lucas Blakeley defeated defending winner Jarno Opmeer in the final to win the 2023 Race of Champions’ eROC World Final. For the second year in a row, the two will team up to form the eROC All Stars in the Nations Cup.
Robert Wickens’ IndyCar career came to an end after his horrific crash in 2018, but he and his IMSA boss Bryan Herta are willing to give open-wheel racing another go by entering the 2024 Indianapolis 500.
