After winning the 2023 Dakar Classic in a Toyota Land Cruiser HDJ80, Juan Morera will return in 2024 with a car modelled on Jacky Ickx’s 1986 Porsche 959, using the base of a Porsche 964.
Hallspeed, behind the Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+ that won the last two Dakar Rallies, is now under the ownership of South African Rally-Raid champion Shameer Variawa.
Christopher Bell will race in the NASCAR Truck Series for the first time since 2018 when he enters the North Wilkesboro race for Hattori Racing Enterprises.
Eduard Pons, rally and cross-country competitor, plans to run all four World Rally-Raid Championship rounds in 2023 ahead of racing the 2024 Dakar Rally. He finished twelfth in T3 in the first W2RC leg at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
The 2023 Desafío Ruta 40, the penultimate stage of the World Rally-Raid Championship, will run for five stages and 4,440 km from La Rioja, through Belén, and end in Salta.
A teaser promotional video for the 2024 anime HIGHSPEED Étoile was released Friday. Created in partnership with Super Formula, the show will have branding from series backers Toyota Gazoo Racing and Honda, as well as companies like SEGA and VRChat.
As much as he would love another shot at it full-time, Davey Hamilton Jr. told fellow driver Bill Hynes on his podcast that there is “no chance” of a return to Stadium Super Trucks due to his injury history.
When NASCAR returns to Fontana, California, the track located there will no longer be called Auto Club Speedway as its naming rights deal with American Automobile Association has expired.
#29, a number that Kevin Harvick raced to begin his NASCAR Cup career, will return for what will be his final All-Star Race at North Wilkesboro.
Occasional World Rally Championship driver and twice PWRC champion Armindo Araújo is embarking on a rally raid programme in 2023 alongside his usual rally schedule with the hopes of competing in the Dakar Rally by next year.
Polaris Factory Racing has pulled the cover off of their first motorsport-specific UTV that Brock Heger, Cayden MacCachren, and Austin Weiland will pilot in the 2023 SCORE World Desert Championship and Vegas to Reno: the RZR Pro R Factory.
Layne Riggs, son of Scott Riggs, will run his first NASCAR Truck Series race of 2023 at Atlanta for TRICON Garage.
Hendrick Motorsports and ally Justin Haley have lost 100 points due to louver modifications, while Denny Hamlin was docked 25 for intentionally wrecking Ross Chastain.
After becoming the youngest winner in Dakar Rally history when he claimed the T4 overall, Eryk Goczał will move up to T3 for the 2024 edition.
Javier Campos became eligible for the 2024 Dakar Rally thanks to the 2022 Rallye du Maroc effort, and has two major European rallies and a potential return to Morocco planned for 2023 to prepare.
The Nashville Fair Board voted 3–2 to sign off on Bristol Motor Speedway’s revitalisation plan for the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway. The process now goes to the city’s Metro Council.
Garrett Smithley will replace Bayley Currey in the #4 JD Motorsports car for the rest of the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity season.
