Anibal Lopez dies at 42
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SCORE International driver Anibal López, Pro Stock UTV winner of the 2022 Baja 500 and 2023 San Felipe 250, died Wednesday in a motorcycle accident. He was 42 years old.
Álvaro Cóppola will run the Dakar Rally in 2025, his first time at the event in Saudi Arabia and his first in eight years.
The Parker 400, Mint 400, and California 300 will once again comprise the Unlimited Off-Road Racing calendar in 2025, though they will be joined by the new Reno 600 in late spring.
With Aliyyah Koloc recovering from surgery, her father Martin will run a race for the first time in over two decades when he enters the Hungarian Baja in her Red-Lined REVO T1+.
Hino Team Sugawara will go for their 34th consecutive Dakar Rally finish in 2025. To get there, the team and boss/driver Teruhito Sugawara will focus on modifying the engine piping and improving durability.
Balázs Molnár will bring the new Can-Am Maverick R to this weekend’s Hungarian Baja. Although not competing in the FIA European Baja Cup, his team made various adjustments so it meets FIA regulation.
Rather than running his second Dakar Rally in 2025, Vincent Biau has opted for the ‘other’ Dakar rally as he will enter the Africa Eco Race on his Suzuki V-Strom 800DE adventure bike.
From Nasser Al-Attiyah and Luc Alphand to Albert II of Monaco and Adam Małysz, there is quite a pool of people who have both raced the Dakar Rally (or rally raids in general) and competed in the Olympic Games.
American off-road star Brock Heger will get a taste of the Dakar Rally in 2025 with Polaris Factory colleague Max Eddy Jr. as navigator. He’ll be the team-mate to defending SSV winner Xavier de Soultrait.
Orlando Terranova, who last raced it in 2023, is open to an 18th Dakar Rally in 2026 if he is able to find it in his heart to commit to such an endeavour.
Nikita Mazepin, T3 winner of the 2022 Silk Way Rally, finished 2nd in his first rally raid of the year and fourth overall at the Denis Davydov Baja.
Polaris reveals 2025 RZR Pro lineup, hopes to "push boundaries of style and performance"
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The new 2025 Polaris RZR Pro R, building upon the lineage that has won Baja and the 2024 Dakar Rally, and its family members Pro S and XP mainly focuses on improving the interior.
Ottavio Missoni Jr., scion of the legendary Missoni fashion line, will run his second Dakar Rally in 2025. This time, however, he will take it on by himself in Original by Motul.
Jatin Jain will make his Dakar Rally début in 2025 with the backing of Indian businessman and rally promoter Vamcy Merla.
Despite being just 12 years old and a newcomer to short course racing, Wyatt Miller notched back-to-back seconds in the Championship Off-Road Pro SPEC weekend at Dirt City.
After being disqualified while leading the Dakar Rally, Eryk Goczał returned with a vengeance as he held off Ghislain de Mévius and Nasser Al-Attiyah for the Baja España Aragón Challenger win.
2× Dakar Rally winner and the inaugural World Rally-Raid Champion for bikes Sam Sunderland is calling it a career.
