Alex Scheuerell, technical director for Polaris Factory Racing, spoke with The Checkered Flag as his team’s Polaris RZR Pro R Factory takes on the Dakar Rally with Xavier de Soultrait and Florent Vayssade for Sébastien Loeb Racing.
Although their Dakar Rally hopes are gone, 47 racers headlined by Seth Quintero and Krzysztof Hołowczyc will be allowed to run the second half of the race even if they won’t be classified as a finisher.
Challenger leader Eryk Goczał called the Chrono Stage the “most beautiful hell” he’s ever visited. It certainly was hell for Nasser Al-Attiyah, whose hopes of a 3rd straight Dakar Rally win are all but gone.
Had intervention happened sooner or the war in Gaza not escalated to begin with, Rodrigo Varela would be racing his original Maverick, stuck on a redirected ship after a Houthi attack, in the Dakar Rally right now.
Yazeed Al-Rajhi began the Dakar Rally’s Chrono Stage as the overall leader. He left it with an overturned Toyota Hilux wondering what went wrong.
While Sébastien Loeb elected to hold back during Stage 5 of the Dakar Rally to avoid starting up front for the Chrono Stage, Prodrive team-mate Nasser Al-Attiyah led the way to reignite his threepeat quest.
José Ignacio Cornejo and Ricky Brabec led a masterful Honda showing in Stage 4 of the Dakar Rally, finishing 1–2 as Cornejo took the overall bike lead.
Stage 3 of the Dakar Rally was a Hilux masterclass as Lucas Moraes scored the inaugural stage win for the Toyota GR DKR Hilux EVO T1U while Yazeed Al-Rajhi’s Hilux Overdrive took over the overall lead.
Jackie Loomans, an entrepreneur who raced the Dakar Rally from 1987 into the 2000s as well African rallies like the Africa Eco Race, died Sunday morning. He was 71 years old.
Stéphane Peterhansel isn’t called “Mr. Dakar” for nothing as he is now tied with Ari Vatanen for the most car stage wins in Dakar Rally history with 50 after claiming Stage 2.
The 2024 Dakar Rally is already shaping up to be slugfest as a challenging Prologue was followed by a disastrous opening stage for many contenders and near-tragedy.
It’s a good thing Prologue times aren’t factored into the final Dakar Rally times because Nasser Al-Attiyah and Skyler Howes, among others, would definitely rather forget it ever happened.
Lukas Lauda, eldest son of the great Niki Lauda, will enter the 2024 Dakar Rally with a Can-Am Maverick modelled after his father’s Marlboro McLaren MP4/2 that won the 1984 F1 championship.
Despite initially planning to race the Dakar Rally on her home soil, Mashael Al-Obaidan will be missing the race in the end.
2020 Dakar Rally bike winner Ricky Brabec feels his fellow American off-road racers aren’t getting as much factory support in recent years due to the sport’s limited presence in the country.
Mason Klein’s Kove Moto début will proceed as hoped after an initial scare in which his Dakar Rally bike was stuck at customs in Dubai, forcing a midnight ride by his team to fetch it.
The legendary René Metge, three-time winner of the Dakar Rally and 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans class winner, passed away Wednesday at the age of 82.
