The Proton Iriz RX will make its first start in Nitro Rallycross this weekend in Strängnäs with Patrick O’Donovan behind the wheel.
As he nears completing treatment for his bladder cancer, two-time Dakar Rally champion Nani Roma is eager to race again. He hopes to run the Rallye du Maroc in October ahead of Dakar 2023.
WRC veteran Dani Sordo finished 2nd in his home Baja Aragón’s T3 FIA class for his maiden rally raid podium. He also won the Spanish Championship’s T3 category.
Four-time World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson will make his Nitro Rallycross Group E début with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing JC at Strängnäs.
Mammoet Rallysport has become Eurol Rally Sport, and the lubricant’s new title sponsorship helps owner Martin van den Brink’s Dakar 2023 aspirations with Team de Rooy as he can join son Mitchel there.
The Baja España Aragón will feature names like Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah, WRC regular Dani Sordo, and even the international rally raid début for Harley-Davidson.
Thrill One, which owns Nitro Rallycross, has been bought for $300M by Fiume Capital and Juggernaut Capital Partners, with co-investment from UFC’s Dana White and skater/entrepreneur Rob Dyrdek.
Rather than a standard time attack, the Vegas to Reno in August will instead set its starting order with a one-on-one knockout format.
Extreme E will appear in Forza Horizon 5’s Series 10 update, marking the series’ first time partnering with a video game, while developer Turn 10 Studios is now XE’s Official Gaming Partner.
After a June meeting, the FIM’s rally raid rulebook will better align with the FIA and include safety features for future seasons like airbags, better helmets, Dakar eligibility, and an accident database.
Among the seven class winners at the Silk Way Rally were KAMAZ-master’s Dmitry Sotnikov taking the overall and Nikita Mazepin scoring the T3 class win in his first major rally raid.
Reed LeDuc, whose grandfather Curt is a desert legend and father Kyle has won in Extreme E and many short course series, extends the family lineage of winners with his first win in Championship Off-Road’s Short Course Karts at ERX.
The Off-Road Motorsports Hall of Fame has revealed the Class of 2022: Randy Anderson, Lance Clifford, Vic Curl, Butch Dean, Jim Fricker, Brad Lovell, Eric Solorzano, Scott Taylor, and Mike Thomas. The induction ceremony will take place on 30 October.
The penultimate stage of the Silk Way Rally provided more challenges with a ford than anything on the course so far, with many Truck racers suffering vehicle damage once they completed their crossings.
Nikita Mazepin topped the T3 category in a very muddy Leg 7 of the Silk Way Rally, a race that serves as a potential tune-up for a Dakar run.
With KymiRing’s track builders declaring bankruptcy, Motocross World Championship relocating its date, MotoGP repeatedly postponing its race there, and Nitro Rallycross cancelling its visit, the Finnish circuit’s future is anything but bright.
Dan Ertman, a Short-course Off-road Drivers Association Class 6100 racer who scored a podium in the 2019 Red Bull Crandon World Cup’s Good Ole Boys race, died Saturday in a motorcycle crash. He was 53.
