After finishing third in the Dakar Rally’s Challenger category, Rokas Baciuška will once again race a Toyota Hilux T1+ at the Saudi Baja before committing to the Ultimate class for the 2025 Dakar Rally.
Jaromir Romancik: "(Malle Moto) is the real Dakar and it's probably the cheapest option for me"
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Jaromír Romančík’s maiden Dakar Rally didn’t end as he hoped, but he’s eager to be back in 2025 and possibly competing solo in the Original by Motul classs.
Jan de Rooy, Dutch and FIA European Rallycross star in the 1970s and winner of the 1987 Paris–Dakar Rally in the Truck category, died Tuesday at the age of 80.
The Dacia Sandrider will run the Rallye du Maroc in 2024 followed by the 2025 World Rally-Raid Championship and Dakar Rally with Sébastien Loeb, Cristina Gutiérrez, and Nasser Al-Attiyah.
SUN AG, which produces the pocket-sized Minimeal snacks, will enter Extreme E with SUN Minimeal Team for Timo Scheider and Klara Andersson starting in 2024.
Giulia Maroni, the 2021 Italian Cross-Country co-driver champion and 2022 FIA European Bajas T4 runner-up who also raced the Dakar Rally, died Sunday when she slipped while mountain hiking. She was 37 years old.
After hurting his hip on the opening stage of the 2024 Dakar Rally, Michael Docherty is hopeful about healing up in time for the Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge in late February.
James Hillier, the first Isle of Man TT winner to race the Dakar Rally when he finished 13th in Malle Moto in 2023, hopes to make his return in 2025.
Season 13 of the FIM Bajas World Cup will begin with the Saudi Baja in February and end with the Jordan Baja in November, spanning 8 rounds in 7 countries.
Ukrainian driver Vadim Pritulyak chose to sit out the Abu Dhabi Baja Challenge to protest Sergei Kariakin, a Russian and fellow Dakar Rally alumnus, being on the grid.
Polaris Factory Racing’s Baja-savvy trio of Brock Heger, Cayden MacCachren, and Max Eddy is down for racing the Dakar Rally in the future, though like any motorsport endeavour, it is contingent on funding.
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KH-7 Ecovergy Team’s MAN hydrogen truck piloted by Jordi Juvanteny completed the entire Mission 1000 distance at the 2024 Dakar Rally and swept the fan votes.
After coming up short in 2023, Carlos Santaolalla and Jan Rosa Viñas and their Toyota Land Cruiser are now Dakar Classic champions.
Alexandre Giroud looked to make it three in a row in the Dakar Rally’s Qaud category. Manuel Andújar ended any hope of that as he notched his second Dakar win.
After winning on W2RC début at the 2023 Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge, “Mini Kini” Tobias Ebster won the 2024 Dakar Rally on début as a solo rider in the Original by Motul class.
Harith Noah held off reigning Rally2 champion Romain Dumontier to secure his and Sherco’s first Dakar Rally victory.
