Brian Weber will return to the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Phoenix with MBM Motorsports in his first series start since 2003, while his last NASCAR national event was in 2012.
Akinori Ogata, one of four Japanese drivers to have competed in the NASCAR Truck Series, will make his 2023 début at Atlanta for G2G Racing.
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Non-W2RC driver Mansour Al-Helei probably would have won the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge’s T4 class, but a 15-minute penalty means Rokas Baciuška beat him by 12 minutes.
After finishing second to Red Bull team-mate Austin Jones at the Dakar Rally, Seth Quintero got to finish ahead of Jones at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge.
With Chase Elliott out due to a fractured tibia, his Hendrick Motorsports team-mates gave him a 1–2–3 finish at Las Vegas.
Austin Hill’s dream start to the 2023 NASCAR Xfinity season continues as he claimed Las Vegas for his second win after just three rounds.
After racing for XITE in 2022, Tamara Molinaro has returned to being a reserve driver and advisor for Extreme E. She will be joined in the position by rallycross ace Andreas Bakkerud.
With a new title sponsorship for Andretti ALTAWKILAT Extreme E comes a new livery as the team ditches orange for white.
Abdulaziz Ahli is the first three-time Quad winner in the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge after scoring his third straight victory in the vent.
2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Tobias Ebster punches Dakar 2024 ticket with Rally2 win
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Despite not being a World Rally-Raid Championship points scorer, winning Rally2 at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge means Tobias Ebster is now eligible for the 2024 Dakar Rally.
2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge: Price takes RallyGP lead as Van Beveren scores second win
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Adrien Van Beveren beat out Luciano Benavides at the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge for his second World Rally-Raid win, while Toby Price is the new W2RC RallyGP points leader after taking third by just 2 seconds.
As trouble plagued rivals Nasser Al-Attiyah and Sébastien Loeb, Yazeed Al-Rajhi took advantage to claim the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge T1 victory.
Kyle Busch, seeking to win all three NASCAR national series races at Las Vegas this weekend, got off to a good start by dominating the Truck event.
Chase Elliott will miss Sunday’s NASCAR Cup race at Las Vegas after hurting his leg while snowboarding. Josh Berry will fill in.
Henk Lategan and Mansour Al_Helei got to play spoiler in the World Rally-Raid Championship as the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge wrapped up after five stages.
Preston Pardus will race for his family team Pardus Racing in the Xfinity Series at COTA.
