The Real Way to Dakar, a rally that loosely follows the old Dakar Rally route from Europe to Senegal, has been shut down as the organisers’ families are dealing with serious health crises.
After finishing 25th in the SSV category at their maiden Dakar Rally this year, the Grzegorzs of Overlimit will have another shot in 2025.
Buggyra boss Martin Koloc’s cross-country début ended early after he withdrew from the Hungarian Baja, feeling navigation was too dangerous amidst dust and getting lost on the Bakony military training range.
One-time FIM Bajas World Cup rider Henry Favre will make his Dakar Classic début in 2025 in a 1990 Mitsubishi Pajero shared with Alessandro Iacovelli.
Hoping to expand their factory presence in South America, Fantic has signed Tomás de Gavardo to their rally raid programme. He will make his début at the Rallye du Maroc before racing the Dakar Dakar Rally.
When Bark River hosted an unprecedented 3-race weekend to make up for the rained out Crandon Saturday in June, Mickey Thomas and Jordan Bernloehr answered the call by winning all of them in Pro 2 and Pro Buggy.
While not classified in the FIA results as it is an Experimental car, M-Sport’s new Ford Raptor T1+ is technically already a race winner after being the fastest at the Hungarian Baja.
FIM mandating FRHPhe-02 helmets starting 2026
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The 2025 Dakar Rally and off-road season will be the last before the FIM requires all bike and quad riders to switch to the newly homologated FRHPhe-02 helmet.
Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Famer Bill Savage aims to use his new role as NORRA’s technical director to emphasise competitor safety while ensuring vintage cars that race maintain their historic luster.
After racing a Peugeot 504 Coupe at the 2024 Dakar Classic, Patrice Auzet will drive a Renault 30 based on the car that Jean-Pierre Gabreau raced at the 1981 Paris–Dakar Rally.
Dušan Drdaj will race under the new Cajdašrot Dakar Team banner for his second career Dakar Rally in 2025.
SCORE International driver Anibal López, Pro Stock UTV winner of the 2022 Baja 500 and 2023 San Felipe 250, died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident. He was 42 years old.
Álvaro Cóppola will run the Dakar Rally in 2025, his first time at the event in Saudi Arabia and his first in eight years.
The Parker 400, Mint 400, and California 300 will once again comprise the Unlimited Off-Road Racing calendar in 2025, though they will be joined by the new Reno 600 in late spring.
With Aliyyah Koloc recovering from surgery, her father Martin will run a race for the first time in over two decades when he enters the Hungarian Baja in her Red-Lined REVO T1+.
Hino Team Sugawara will go for their 34th consecutive Dakar Rally finish in 2025. To get there, the team and boss/driver Teruhito Sugawara will focus on modifying the engine piping and improving durability.
Balázs Molnár will bring the new Can-Am Maverick R to this weekend’s Hungarian Baja. Although not competing in the FIA European Baja Cup, his team made various adjustments so it meets FIA regulation.
