Andrew Houlihan, the 2023 FIM Bajas World Cup Veterans Trophy runner-up, will run his first Dakar Rally since 2022 as a solo rider in Original by Motul.
After racing in Abu Dhabi and Morocco, Gediminas Satkus has earned his ticket to his maiden Dakar Rally in 2025.
As the war in Gaza continues, Palestinian driver Hussein Sheiokhi and navigator Mohammed Baghdadi finished third overall in the second round of the 2024 Jordan 4×4 Championship.
Wyatt Miller, rising star in micro sprint racing and 4th-generation Earnhardt racer, will try out short course for the first time when he runs the upcoming Championship Off-Road round at Dirt City in Pro SPEC.
The Hungarian Baja, part of both the FIA European and FIM World Baja Cups, mainly takes place at Bakony Combat Training Centre, the largest army shooting range in Central Europe.
Despite a solid outing at the 2023 Rallye du Maroc, brothers Craig and Carl Searles’ 2025 Dakar Rally applications were rejected as they need just a little more desert rally experience. They now turn to 2026.
After being turned down by the ASO for the 2024 and 2025 Dakar Rallies, including rupturing his Achilles and fracturing his tibia while trying to qualify, Matthieu Jauffraud will set his sights on 2026.
With the FIA expected to homologate the Can-Am Maverick R by 2025, 3× winner Francisco López Contardo is keen on entering it in the new side-by-side vehicle.
Tomáš Vrátný will race the 2025 Dakar Rally in a new truck dubbed the Tatra FF7 prepared by Fesh Fesh team.
Alexey Shmottev on Maverick R's marathon rally raid debut: "The best part is operating the gearbox"
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The Can-Am Maverick R faced its biggest test yet when Sergei Kariakin and Alexey Shmottev raced it at the 2-week Silk Way Rally. While it didn’t go as they hoped, Shmottev had praise for it.
Willem Avenant, Justin Gerlach, Robbie Wallace and many more will finally realise their Dakar Rally dreams in 2025 after their applications were accepted by race organisers.
After Championship Off-Road’s points-paying Saturday at Crandon in June got rained out, Bark River will let everyone make up their lost race day on Friday before the Off-Road Rumble in the UP.
The 2025 SCORE International season will be more of the same with the usual four dates: San Felipe 250, Baja 500, Baja 400, and Baja 1000.
T5.2 trucks, which are assistance vehicles unlike the racing T5.1 ones, will have a different route for the Chrono Stage at the 2025 Dakar Rally along with their own race director.
For the remainder of the 2024 rally raid season, Guillaume de Mévius is entrusting his navigator’s seat to the great Mathieu Baumel.
Ken Block, Marlin Czajkowski, Johnny Greaves, Jimmy Lewis, Rod Millen, Jon Nelson, Mike Pearlman, John Rettie, Pete Sohren, Scott Steinberger and Evelyn Tallman-Duceshi comprise the ORMHOF’s 2024 class.
With his first race for Dacia looming, Nasser Al-Attiyah will drop down to the Challenger class in the meantime by driving a Taurus T3 Max at the Baja Aragón.



