“Cenda”, the IVECO PowerStar that Martin Macík Jr. drove to victory at this year’s Dakar Rally, will be piloted by Richard de Groot and Firemen Dakarteam at the 2025 edition.
INTERVIEW: "I know I'm capable of winning the Championship" - Kevin Hansen is ready for World RX 2024
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Kevin Hansen, runner-up of the 2023 FIA World Rallycross Championship, talks to The Checkered Flag about his determination to go one better in 2024 and the exciting future of the sport.
WRC star Sébastien Ogier doesn’t have much interest in emulating Sébastien Loeb and Carlos Sainz by tackling the Dakar Rally.
Dakar Rally legend Stéphane Peterhansel was back on two wheels in Sardinia and did not miss a beat as he finished third in the 40-year celebration of the first rally raid on the island.
Kevin Benavides: "I'm going to recover, I'm going to come back and keep giving my best day by day"
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Going public about his crash in May, Kevin Benavides said he doesn’t remember much from it as he suffered a diffuse axonal injury and broke his humerus, elbow, and cervical spine, among others.
An accident between a Dakar Rally veteran and a family friend of Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán forced the rest of the Baja Satu Mare in Romania to be cancelled after three stages.
2023 Silk Way Rally winner Siarhei Viazovich claims the Dakar Rally’s organiser has not refunded MAZ-SPORTauto’s entry fee after they got blocked from racing in 2022 because of sanctions on their parent company.
A month before the 2024 Silk Way Rally kicks off, the race’s organisers have been placed under sanction by the United States due to its use as a front for Russia’s military intelligence operations.
Christof Danner, who races cross-country rallies in Europe and Africa, and his Puch G320 will enter the Dakar Classic in 2025.
Six-time world champion Johan Kristoffersson has revealed the machinery his team will be using to challenge for a seventh world title.
Rallycross superstar Timmy Hansen sat down with The Checkered Flag to discuss the exciting prospect of the 2024 FIA World Rallycross Championship.
Laisvydas Kancius, the 2023 World Rally-Raid Champion in Quads, is the latest rider to switch to an FIA class as he will call the shots for Gintas Petrus at the Rallye du Maroc and 2025 Dakar Rally.
The Pro 2-only joker lane was Kyle Greaves’ best friend as he used it to pass the Pro 4 of his cousin C.J. and win the Kyle LeDuc Memorial Cup at Antigo.
After Supercars great Craig Lowndes’ Finke Desert Race début was cut short by a suspension failure on his Chevrolet Silverado, Brad Lovell’s Ford Ranger Raptor came out on top in the Production 4WD class.
Starting 2025, the World Rally-Raid Championship will have a Power Selective Section akin to WRC Power Stages. The FIA will also allow teams to pick permanent numbers, among other newly approved changes.
The 2024 Rallye du Maroc will span 2,492 kilometres, 1,517 of which are timed Selective Sections, beginning in Marrakesh and running through Zagora before ending in Mengoub.
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