After racing the 2023 Dakar Rally in a Prodrive Hunter, Vaidotas Žala will drive the Mini JCW Rally Plus for X-raid at the 2024 edition. He raced a Mini from 2020 to 2022.
Mohammed Al-Balooshi entered the Dubai International Baja trailing David Megre by just six points, but left as both a race winner and FIM Bajas World Cup champion.
Wouter-jan Van Dijk, a Dutch expat from Australia, arrived in Mexico with no SCORE experience and a barely legal dirt bike. 48 hours and a bunch of zip ties and trips to OXXO later, he completed the Baja 1000 solo.
New Williams driver Lia Block and NASCAR’s Riley Herbst were among the class winners while Bryce Menzies is finally a Baja 1000 champion as they conquered an unforgettable 2023 edition.
After finishing runner-up in the World Rally-Raid Quad Championship, Rodolfo Guillioli is planning to break into navigating in a car for the 2024 season.
Green Power Race will race an electric bike with Fran Pallas in the 2024 Dakar Rally’s Mission 1000 challenge for alternate-power vehicles.
After breaking his arm in an accident in Morocco, Jean-Pascal Besson will have to skip what would have been his twelfth Dakar Rally in 2024.
The FIA’s World and Middle East Cups for Cross-Country Bajas came to a close for 2023 in Dubai, where Nasser Al-Attiyah headlined the show with his first victory for Prodrive.
Mason Klein will race a Kove 450 Rally at the 2024 Dakar Rally. While technically a privateer racing for Klein Off-Road Racing Team, he will have access to Kove’s factory resources.
From Lia Block’s SCORE début to the star-studded trio of Bryce Menzies, Andy McMillin, and Vildósola, the 2023 Baja 1000—on a daunting 1,300-mile course—is shaping up to be one for the ages.
The 2024 Championship Off-Road season will feature six races, inclduing a new date in South Dakota but without Crandon or MAO due to the new AOE Pro Series.
After missing the 2023 Dakar Rally due to injury, Asian Le Mans LMP3 vice-champion Jérôme de Sadeleer will make his return in 2024 in the SSV class.
Kyle LeDuc, one of the greatest drivers in short course history who’s raced in series like Championship Off-Road, Stadium Super Trucks and Extreme E, passed away after a battle with cancer.
Johan Kristoffersson takes a sixth world title as Kevin Hansen wins the first ever World RX of Hong Kong.
Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa will field a trio of Hiluxes at the 2024 Dakar Rally for Giniel de Villiers plus Dakar newcomers Guy Botterill and Sa’ood Variawa. Henk Lategan will miss the race due to injury.
ALL1 Dakar, a team of best friends from Spain led by Carlos Llibre, will compete at the 2024 Dakar Rally together on bikes in the Rally2 class.
Veloce Racing’s Extreme E car will sport a chrome-and-purple look for the season-ending Copper X Prix in December following a vote.
