After being barred from running the 2023 Dakar Rally due to FIA regulation violations, Feryn Dakar Sport will run the Africa Eco Race in 2024 instead.
Matthew Glade, Mike Johnson, Sara Price, and Matt Sutherland completed an arduous two weeks of racing in Mexico’s deserts as they finished the Sonora Rally followed by the Mexican 1000. Price and Sutherland even won their classes in both races.
Championship Off-Road driver Dylan Parsons, 2021 1600 Single Buggy champion and newcomer to Pro SPEC trucks, sat down with The Checkered Flag to discuss the upcoming season.
Round 2 & 3 of BTRDA rallycross took place at Pembrey. Multiple winners across the classes as well as some rolls and close racing.
Per MARCA, Nani Roma will move from Bahrain Raid Xtreme to the new M-Sport Ford Ranger programme for the 2024 Dakar Rally on a 2-year deal. Laia Sanz is also in the mix.
Nikolai Strakhov, who finished 2nd in the 1991 Dakar Rally in the first race with Russian drivers and was KAMAZ-master’s longtime lead engineer, died last Tuesday at the age of 63.
Stephane Peterhansel on rally raid bike return: "I was a little lost at first but it's coming back"
1 Mins read
Stéphane Peterhansel, who won 6 Dakar Rallies on a Yamaha bike, returned to his roots at the Morocco Desert Challenge as part of the Ténéré Spirit Experience.
2022 Silk Way Rally SSV winner Nikita Mazepin expects to punt on running the 2023 edition in July as he focuses on his foundation. He recently returned to international racing in Asian Le Mans.
Laurent Lichtleuchter was like a brother to Akira Miura as they won 3 Dakar Rallies. After his death in a fatal crash, the team and Toyota president Akio Toyoda recalled fond moments with their intrepid co-driver.
Missed The Checkered Flag’s coverage of the Sonora Rally? Check it out here!
With Sébastien Loeb’s retirement, Nasser Al-Attiyah turned the tables on him to pull ahead in the World Rally-Raid Championship with his Sonora Rally triumph.
Mattias Ekström hoped to break up the Red Bull dominance in T3, but came six minutes shy as Mitch Guthrie took his first World Rally-Raid overall win.
Rokas Baciuška won every stage including the Prologue to extend his World Rally-Raid T4 Championship lead.
Massimo Camurri won nearly every stage in Rally3 en route to the Sonora Rally triumph.
Although skipping Abu Dhabi, Romain Dumontier remains two-for-two in World Rally-Raid starts in 2023 having won the Dakar Rally and sweeping the Sonora Rally.
After missing Abu Dhabi due to injury, Daniel Sanders did not miss a beat in Sonora as he can now call himself a World Rally-Raid Championship race winner.
Laisvydas Kancius battled with Rodolfo Guillioli for the Quad win at the Sonora Rally and came out on top.
