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Justin Nguyen

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Justin is not an off-road racer, but he writes about it for The Checkered Flag.
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Off Road

Tank biathlon cancelled again for 2024

By Justin Nguyen
June 1, 2024
2 Mins read

With Russia sending so many of their tanks to the frontlines of Ukraine, one of the world’s only tank motorsport will not take place in 2024 (though America has that gap covered with the Sullivan Cup).

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Off Road

2024 Baja 500: Jason McNeil, Tim Herbst withdraw trucks after qualifying crashes

By Justin Nguyen
June 1, 2024
1 Mins read
After their trucks wrecked in qualifying, Jason McNeil will not race the Baja 500 and instead support the family team, while Tim Herbst and James Dean switch to the TT Spec side.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Jerome Roussel: FIA interested in South American Baja Cup, updating Stock and SSV regulations

By Justin Nguyen
May 31, 2024
3 Mins read
Could South America have its own FIA Baja Cup? Is there a way to make SSV and Stock racing more affordable yet competitive? FIA cross-country rally category manager Jérôme Roussel is open to it.
DakarWorld Rally-Raid Championship

Rainbow Truck Team eschews 2025 Dakar Rally for Africa Eco Race

By Justin Nguyen
May 31, 2024
1 Mins read
To celebrate their ten-year anniversary, Rainbow Truck Team will enter the Africa Eco Race in 2025. In preparation, they will race the Rallye du Maroc in October.
World Rally-Raid Championship

2024 Desafio Ruta 40: Oriol Vidal sidelined with back injury

By Justin Nguyen
May 31, 2024
1 Mins read
Oriol Vidal will not race in Argentina due to a back injury that has been nagging him since the Dakar Rally. Sébastien Delaunay wil fill in as the navigator for Rokas Baciuška.
Off Road

2024 Baja 500: Toby Price tops qualifying again

By Justin Nguyen
May 31, 2024
1 Mins read
You’ve heard this story before: Toby Price is the fastest Trophy Truck in SCORE qualifying, but can he and Paul Weel finally put together a worthy result in the Baja 500 itself?
World Rally-Raid Championship

2024 Desafio Ruta 40: Route tweaked, now 1,792 km timed

By Justin Nguyen
May 30, 2024
1 Mins read
The Desafío Ruta 40 will now be 1,792 kilometres long in Selective Sections, as opposed to the original 2,085, with 1,275 km in road sections and 164 km in transfer zones.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Carlos Tatay relishes in "very cool" cross-country rally debut

By Justin Nguyen
May 30, 2024
2 Mins read
Despite a transmission problem that sank him to a last-place finish in class, former Moto2 rider Carlos Tatay was pleased with how his first cross-country rally went at the Baja Lorca.
Off Road

PREVIEW: 2024 SCORE World Desert Championship – Baja 500

By Justin Nguyen
May 30, 2024
2 Mins read
Bryce Menzies and Arturo Salas will look to repeat their Baja 500 victories as summer approaches.
DakarPorsche Series

Sylvio de Barros: 1967–2024

By Justin Nguyen
May 29, 2024
2 Mins read
Sylvio de Barros, 3× Porsche Cup Brasil champion who raced the Dakar Rally and was the reigning South American Rally Race winner, died Monday after slipping on a waterfall and hitting his head on a rock.
FIA World Rally Championship

Kim Vatanen: 1972–2024

By Justin Nguyen
May 29, 2024
1 Mins read
Kim Vatanen, son of Dakar and WRC legend Ari Vatanen and the manager for drivers like Sébastien Ogier and Craig Breen, died at age 51 after a battle with cancer.
World Rally-Raid Championship

Eduard Pons, Akira Miura enjoy maiden triumphs at inaugural Baja Greece

By Justin Nguyen
May 28, 2024
3 Mins read
Eduard Pons topped the Baja Greece outright for his first cross-country win, while Land Cruiser-turned-Hilux driver Akira Miura clinched the Ultimate victory in his category début.
World Rally-Raid Championship

2024 Desafio Ruta 40: 115 on entry list

By Justin Nguyen
May 28, 2024
4 Mins read
29 FIA cars, 54 FIM bikes,17 Open vehicles, and 15 Desafío Ansenuza entries comrpise the grid for the Desafío Ruta 40 YPF INFINIA.
Dakar

Vincent Biau skipping 2025 Dakar Rally

By Justin Nguyen
May 23, 2024
1 Mins read
Vincent Biau, who finished 15th in the Original by Motul/Malle Moto class at his maiden Dakar Rally in January, will not return to the race for 2025.
Off Road

Johnny Greaves rolls and wins in wild Mayhem at the Motorplex

By Justin Nguyen
May 22, 2024
3 Mins read
The 2024 Championship Off-Road season began by really putting the “Mayhem” in “Mayhem at the Motorplex”.
Dakar

Dakar Rally navigator and adventurer Jean-Luc Leran dies at 75

By Justin Nguyen
May 21, 2024
1 Mins read
Jean-Luc Léran, who explored the Sahara for nearly 5 decades and finished 8th in the 1991 Paris–Dakar Rally, passed away last Saturday at the age of 75.
Stadium SUPER Trucks

Boost Mobile Super Trucks revived, returning at Adelaide

By Justin Nguyen
May 21, 2024
2 Mins read
The Stadium Super Trucks will race in Australia for the first time since 2021 when they appear at the Adelaide 500 weekend in November.
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