Championship Off-Road’s Black Hills Shootout in South Dakota, originally scheduled to be the final race of 2024, has been postponed to 2025.
After skipping the 2024 Dakar Rally as she had not fully recovered from her pulmonary embolism, Kirsten Landman will make her return in 2025, once again racing solo in Malle Moto.
Michael Schumacher’s 2002 F1 championship-winning cap drummed up over $40,000 to help the 2nd International Legion of Ukraine buy a “GOR” UAV.
Viktor Chytka, normally the co-driver for Martin Prokop, will return to his roots when he enters the Central European Zone Cross-Country Rally Championship’s Riverside Baja on a Quad.
“Lightning” Larry Ragland, one of the greatest racers in desert racing history, is hanging up his helmet after an illustrious 48-year career. He went out on top by winning the NORRA Mexican 1000’s Historic Truck class.
Turns out tank training areas aren’t exactly built for Toyota Hiluxes and Can-Am Mavericks to race through them.
The Mexican 1000 is the Happiest Race on Earth, but the deaths of Brent Yeadon and Johnny Kaiser unfortunately put a damper on the event.
The Valley Off Road Racing Association and Legacy Racing Association have joined forces to create the Battle Born 1000, a 1000-mile race through the Nevada desert scheduled for 26–28 June 2025.
Antoine Detourbet, who has competed in events like the Tuareg Rallye and Africa Eco Race, will enter the Rallye du Maroc in October with the hope of making the Dakar Rally.
Sheldon Creed and Riley Herbst, off-road racers before pursuing stock car careers, will respectively honour Ivan Stewart and Terrible Herbst Motorsports for the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Darlington.
Driver and co-driver trophies will be awarded for all four FIA categories throughout the 2024 World, European, and Middle East Baja Cups, including the first class-specific titles for Ultimate.
With KAMAZ-master still barred from the Dakar Rally, Sergey Kupriyanov is open to bringing the team to the unaffiliated Africa Eco Race. He finished 2nd in Truck at the 2015 AER.
Pol Tarrés’ Yamaha notched the first win for a twin-cylinder adventure bike at the Morocco Desert Challenge, while Mathieu Serradori Century Racing CR7 scored the début win for the Century CR7 T1+.
Drifting and Ultra4 star Vaughn Gittin Jr. can now add a desert racing win to his résumé after taking the Car/Truck overall win at Best In The Desert’s Silver State 300.
Mykhailo Svirgun, who raced in the Ukrainian Trophy-Raid Championship, died while serving with the Armed Forces of Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
Japanese actor Show Aikawa and his team will return to the Asia Cross Country Rally for the first time since 2019, fielding a Land Cruiser for D1 Grand Prix drivers Masato Kawabata and Daychapong Toicharoen.
After primarily using Can-Am Mavericks, Santag Racing has become GRallyTeam’s factory team on the Iberian Peninsula and will race an OT3 in the FIA European Baja Cup with Armindo Araújo and João Dias.
