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TRANSCRIPT: TCF Interview with Aliyyah Koloc

By Justin Nguyen
December 24, 2022
6 Mins read

The full transcript of The Checkered Flag’s interview with 2023 Dakar Rally rookie Aliyyah Koloc.

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INTERVIEW: Aliyyah Koloc prepares for Dakar Rally debut

By Justin Nguyen
December 23, 2022
5 Mins read
As her first Dakar Rally looms, 18-year-old Middle East Cross-Country Bajas champion Aliyyah Koloc spoke with The Checkered Flag about her preparations for the legendary rally raid.
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Appendicitis sidelines Konrad Dabrowski for Dakar 2023

By Justin Nguyen
December 22, 2022
2 Mins read
Rider Konrad Dąbrowski has been forced to ditch his 2023 Dakar Rally plans after being hospitalised for appendicitis.
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Aliyyah Koloc beginning move to T1 rally raid with Red-Lined

By Justin Nguyen
December 22, 2022
2 Mins read
Aliyyah Koloc will make her Dakar Rally début in the T3 category but hopes to race in T1 someday. The first step towards this will be taken in 2023 when she races in the South African Rally-Raid Championship in a T1 for Red-Lined Motorsport.
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Josef Machacek replaces injury-sidelined Yasmeen Koloc at Dakar 2023

By Justin Nguyen
December 20, 2022
2 Mins read
With Yasmeen Koloc still nursing her wrist injury sustained in a GT crash, Buggyra Racing advisor and two-time Dakar Rally winner Josef Macáček will replace her in the #345 T3 entry.
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Red Bull Can-Am Factory Team created ahead of 2023 Dakar Rally

By Justin Nguyen
December 13, 2022
2 Mins read
The new Red Bull Can-Am Factory Team and Junior Team will field Can-Ams for Mitch Guthrie, Austin Jones, and Seth Quintero (Junior Team); plus Rokas Baciuška, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Francisco López Contardo (Factory),
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Century Racing brings 10 cars to Dakar 2023, including 2 new CR6-Ts

By Justin Nguyen
December 13, 2022
2 Mins read
Century Racing will have ten of their CR6 cars in the 2023 Dakar Rally. Two are the new CR6-T model that use an engine typically found in an Audi RS4 and Porsche Cayenne.
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X-raid Team to race MINI Cooper Plus in T1+ at Dakar 2023

By Justin Nguyen
December 12, 2022
2 Mins read
X-raid Team will race in the 2023 Dakar Rally’s T1+ category with Jakub Przygonski and Sebastian Halpern in the MINI John Cooper Works Rally Plus.
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Martin Soltys returns to Buggyra Tatra for Dakar 2023

By Justin Nguyen
December 8, 2022
1 Mins read
After racing with IVECO in 2022, Martin Šoltys returns to Buggyra Tatra Racing for the 2023 Dakar Rally.
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KH-7 Epsilon truck to use hydrogen power for 2023 Dakar Rally

By Justin Nguyen
December 5, 2022
2 Mins read
KH-7 Epsilon Team’s MAN truck for the 2023 Dakar Rally will partly run on hydrogen.
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Russians Krotov, Kuzmich, Zhiltsov ready for Dakar 2023 with new licences

By Justin Nguyen
December 3, 2022
2 Mins read
Denis Krotov, Konstantin Zhiltsov, and Alexei Kuzmich agreed to the FIA’s terms condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and will run the 2023 Dakar Rally under the Kyrgyz, Israeli, and FIA flags.
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Feryn Dakar Sport barred from 2023 Dakar Rally by FIA due to rollcage violations

By Justin Nguyen
December 2, 2022
2 Mins read
Feryn Dakar Sport’s two 2023 Dakar Rally entries, a pair of Toyota Land Cruisers for Koen Wauters and Tom de Leeuw, have been kicked out by the FIA for non-compliant rollcages.
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2023 Dakar Rally route breakdown released

By Justin Nguyen
December 2, 2022
2 Mins read
The 2023 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia runs from the Sea Camp along the Red Sea through Al-‘Ula, Ḥaʼil, Dawadmi, Riyadh, Haradh, Shaybah, the Empty Quarter, Al-Hofuf, and ends in Dammam.
Dakar

Dakar Rally Truck pioneer Georges Groine dies at 88

By Justin Nguyen
December 1, 2022
1 Mins read
Georges Groine, winner of the Dakar Rally’s Truck category in 1982 and 1983, has passed away at the age of 88.
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Heels on Wheels team's Dakar entry delayed to 2024

By Justin Nguyen
November 26, 2022
2 Mins read
Heels on Wheels, a Czech team led by Lenka Hlavatá and Gabriela Budínová that hoped to be the first all-female amateur outfit at the Dakar Rally, has postponed their entry to 2024
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Tomas Ourednicek gains Toyota factory backing, to run GR Hilux T1+ in 2023 and Dakar 2024

By Justin Nguyen
November 24, 2022
2 Mins read
Tomáš Ouředníček and co-driver David Křípal will run select World Rally-Raid Championship rounds in 2023 and the 2024 Dakar Rally in a Toyota GR DKR Hilux T1+.
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Former Bike rider Helder Rodrigues returns to Dakar after 5 years, racing in T3

By Justin Nguyen
November 24, 2022
1 Mins read
Hélder Rodrigues has long enjoyed success at the Dakar Rally on a bike, but will return to the race after five years away in a T3 Light Prototype.
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