91 entries of 187 racers make up the 2023 Dakar Classic grid including defending winners Serge Mogno and Florent Drulhon.
Catie Munnings and Timmy Hansen have both signed multi-year contract extensions with Andretti United XE.
NASCAR has set up shop in Brazil for the first time, forming a partnership with GT Sprint Race to create the NASCAR Brasil Sprint Race. It is NASCAR’s fourth international series.
Sergei Kariakin’s letter to FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem asking to lift the Russian invasion condemnation policy went unanswered, and he will skip the 2023 Dakar Rally.
Stewart-Haas Racing’s reserve driver Ryan Preece is back in a full-time NASCAR Cup Series ride, though at the cost of Cole Custer. Custer has been demoted to the team’s Xfinity programme.
Season 3 of Extreme E will return to Saudi Arabia, Sardinia, and Chile, while Scotland finally gets its début round. A new stop in either Brazil or the United States is also planned.
Newly crowned European Cup for Cross-Country Bajas champion João Ferreira will race the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2023, driving a Yamaha for X-raid Team with Filipe Palmeiro as co-driver.
Benediktas Vanagas will once again pilot a Toyota GR Hilux at the 2023 Dakar Rally. This time, however, it will be the upgraded T1+ version and he will move up to that group accordingly.
Joe Lombardo, winner of the Nevada gubernatorial election, has raced in the Baja 1000 and Best In The Desert. His Trophy Truck in 2021 also sported branding to plug his campaign.
After a his best season to date in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Riley Herbst will return to Stewart-Haas Racing for 2023.
Ty Gibbs graduating to the NASCAR Cup Series for 2023 isn’t a huge surprise. Joe Gibbs Racing dropping #18 for him to use #54 probably is.
Sergio Vallejo, winner of the Spanish Rally Championship in 2009 and 2014, will compete in the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2023. He will race a Century CR6.
Team Land Cruiser Toyota Auto Body will field the Land Cruiser 300 GR Sport for Akira Miura and Ronald Basso at the 2023 Dakar Rally. The team has won T2 every year for the past 9 Dakar Rallies.
Jeff Proctor set for final Baja 1000 as driver, Honda Factory to launch Gen 2 Baja Ridgeline in 2023
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Honda Factory Off-Road Racing owner Jeff Proctor will run the Baja 100 one last time before stepping down for health reasons, though he and the team will begin a new era in 2023 with the Gen 2 Ridgeline Trophy Truck.
Despite the emissions controversy plaguing Hino Motors, their factory racing outfit Team Sugawara will race the 2023 Dakar Rally with longtime driver Teruhito Sugawara.
The biggest off-road race in North America is finally upon us: the 55th Baja 1000.
After a delay, James Hillier will make his first Dakar Rally start in 2023. Riding in the Malle Moto class, he will be the first Isle of Man TT winner to challenge Dakar.
