Francisco Alvarez earned free registration to the Dakar Rally after winning the 2023 Sonora Rally’s Road to Dakar, which he will use to enter the 2025 edition.
The 2024 Asia Cross Country Rally was a bit of a letdown for Team Mitsubishi Ralliart, but the outfit is relatively pleased with how the upgraded Mitsubishi Triton performed in Thailand.
The highly successful Can-Am Maverick R swept the UTV Turbo Pro podium in its maiden Vegas to Reno, while Josh Row was the fastest UTV overall in his Maverick R.
The Checkered Flag sat down with Willem Avenant to discuss his Dakar Rally début in 2025, including the journey to qualify and his Decoding Dakar series to make the road a little easier for aspirants.
Petty's Garage: "Exciting time for classic stock car racing" as NASCAR Classic debut looms
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It is fitting that Petty’s Garage, owned by the legendary Petty family, is the title sponsor of the new NASCAR Classic series for historic stock cars that will début this weekend at Virginia International Raceway.
For the 2024 Rally dos Sertões in Brazil, Guiga Spinelli will drive the Mitsubishi Triton Ultimate Racing, marking the first time the manufacturer has a T1+ regulation vehicle.
Alain Delon, who died Sunday, was the first actor to start the 24 Hour of Le Mans and even sponsored cars there and Paris–Dakar Rally through his perfume line.
After five Dakar Rally starts, eight Silk Way Rallies, and a Morocco Desert Challenge win over the past decade, Aliaksei Vishneuski has left MAZ-SPORTauto and rally raid with plans of focusing on drifting.
After a successful first foray into SSVs by winning as a co-driver, W2RC Quad champion Manuel Andújar will now sit in the driver’s seat at the Rally Raid San Rafael in September.
Ryan Arciero is now a back-to-back-to-back-to-back winner of the Vegas to Reno after winning his duel with Nic Whetstone.
After seven tries, Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand is finally an Asia Cross Country Rally winner as Mana Pornsiricherd led the way in his Toyota Hilux Revo.
Primm will once again play host to short course off-road racing as part of the Mint 400’s support card in 2025.
Former Quad rider Juraj Varga made his début as the driver of a side-by-side at last weekend’s Hungarian Baja. Although new to the vehicle and he wasn’t classified, he feels he’s getting comfortable the more he runs.
The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with 2025 Dakar Rally-bound Polaris driver Brock Heger.
Françoise Elby, an artist and 5× Paris–Dakar Rally competitor who was the highest finishing woman in 1983, died earlier this week at the age of 85.
Alain Cournil, who ran the Cournil 4×4 marque and sponsored its drivers in the early Paris–Dakar Rallies before it became the modern UMM, died earlier this week at the age of 74.
Brock Heger, an American off-road star who has won in virtually everything he’s touched, sat down with The Checkered Flag to discuss heading to the Dakar Rally for the first time in 2025.
