All 4 SCORE International races—San Felipe 250, Baja 500, Baja 400, Baja 1000—will have qualifying for Trophy Truck, Trophy Truck Legends and Trophy Truck Spec in 2024. Previously, it was just the 250 and 400.
Instead of Abu Dhabi with the World Rally-Raid Championship, reigning champ Luciano Benavides, his brother Kevin, and Adrien Van Beveren are heading to Argentina for the FIM Sand Races World Cup.
After rolling on Saturday, ACCIONA | Sainz took the Sunday Desert X Prix win.
Reigning Extreme E champion Rosberg X Racing kicked off the 2024 season with the Desert X Prix Saturday win, though it did not come easy as they had to hold off McLaren in a wild final lap.
Although the Sonora Rally is no longer part of the World Rally-Raid Championship, racers will still be gunning for free registration to the 2025 Dakar Rally if they dominate on 21–25 October.
45 drivers (18 Ultimate, 12 Challenger, 15 SSV) and 56 riders (4 RallyGP, 47 Rally2, 5 Quad) make up the 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge lineup. Dakar winners Audi and Honda are absent.
The Desafío Ruta 40 will take place on 1–7 June, moving everything forward by a day to help fans get to the rally.
To support SCORE International’s new Pro Moto Adventure class for rally raid bikes, Kove Moto will offer prize money to the podium regardless of manufacturer at all 4 races including the Baja 1000.
Despite winning the Dakar Rally and being signed up for the 2024 World Rally-Raid Championship, Team Audi Sport will not run the rest of the season due to parts shortages.
Mohammed Al-Balooshi and Yazeed Al-Rajhi kicked off the FIA and FIM Baja World Cups by winning the Saudi Baja, the former’s 4th triumph and the latter’s 7th in his home race.
The 2024 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge will stretch 1,902 kilometres with 1,179 in Selective Sections.
Following a disappointing 2024 Dakar Rally, Nasser Al-Attiyah has parted ways with longtime navigator Mathieu Baumel after a decade together with 3 Dakars and 2 World Rally-Raid Championships.
NASCAR Cup Series team Legacy Motor Club will enter Extreme E in 2024 with Travis Pastrana and Gray Leadbetter for the season opener before owner Jimmie Johnson takes over.
Dakar Rally veteran Jimmy Lewis, who runs an off-road bike racing school, hopes to help those running the Mexican 1000 and NORRA 500 refine their rally raid skills as NORRA’s new motorcycle race director.
Aliyyah Koloc’s 2024 will see her race over 11,000 kilometres on multiple terrains across the World Rally-Raid Championship, the FIA Middle East Baja Cup, and 24H Series.
Carl Cox Motorsport won’t race the 2024 Extreme E season, but this is not a shutdown as they will return when the series becomes Extreme H in 2025.
Want to race the bikes that challenge the Dakar Rally at the equally legendary Baja 1000? SCORE International will let you do that in 2024.
