Kenjiro Shinozuka, 1948–2024
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Kenjiro Shinozuka, the 1997 Paris–Dakar Rally victor and 2× World Rally Championship race winner, died Monday morning after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 75.
In honour of 6× Paris–Dakar Rally truck winner Karel Loprais, Tatra will build a special Tatra T-162 based on a model from 1988 and modernised.
The French military vehicle team Ecurie Frères d’Armes will have a truck team of just women at the 2025 Dakar Classic, which will provide support for their flagship Peugeot P4.
After winning a stage and narrowly missing the SSV podium in her Dakar Rally début, Sara Price is eager to go back for more.
Kove Moto: "The journey to Dakar will not cease, and the footsteps of WorldSBK will continue"
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Despite Zhang Xue’s resignation as CEO, Kove Moto intends to maintain his blueprint of racing in the Dakar Rally and Supersport 300 World Championship en route to World Superbike.
Zhang Xue, behind Kove Moto becoming the first Chinese bike effort at the Dakar Rally, has resigned as company CEO, though he still holds a stake and remains on good terms.
Although the Sonora Rally is no longer part of the World Rally-Raid Championship, racers will still be gunning for free registration to the 2025 Dakar Rally if they dominate on 21–25 October.
Despite winning the Dakar Rally and being signed up for the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Team Audi Sport will not run the rest of the season due to parts shortages.
Following a disappointing 2024 Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah has parted ways with longtime navigator Mathieu Baumel after a decade together with 3 Dakars and 2 World Rally-Raid Championships.
Dakar Rally veteran Jimmy Lewis, who runs an off-road bike racing school, hopes to help those running the Mexican 1000 and NORRA 500 refine their rally raid skills as NORRA’s new motorcycle race director.
Want to race the bikes that challenge the Dakar Rally at the equally legendary Baja 1000? SCORE International will let you do that in 2024.
Rosendo Touriñan, who called the shots as a Dakar Rally co-driver in the 1980s through 2000s, died Wednesday at the age of 74.
1985 Paris–Dakar Rally racer Philippe Moustelou, who went on to organise rallies in Morocco and even dabbled as an actor on local film sets, died Sunday at the age of 64.
The Dacia Sandrider will undergo testing with Nasser Al-Attiyah, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Sébastien Loeb after the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in March. It débuts at the Rallye du Maroc in October.
After 12 years and three Dakar Rally wins, Gustavo Gugelmin is walking away from navigating to spend time with his family. He was recently the co-driver for Austin Jones.
After making his Dakar Rally début in the SSV category, Eduard Pons plans to race in the higher Challenger class at the 2025 race. To prepare him, he will run the Saudi Baja in a Taurus T3 Max.
Matthias Walkner missed the Dakar Rally after a severe fracture in testing that rendered his left ankle little more than dust, but 33 hours of surgeries and 2 months of hospital stays later, he’s going home.
